Would you want to be in a group chat with your favorite sports celebrities and athletes? You’ll have your chance this fall, thanks to a collaboration between WhatsApp and OffBall.
OffBall, a year-old sports media startup that focuses on careful curation for its followers, announced on Friday that it was bringing back The Chat, which it had previously conducted with sports stars such as LeBron James.
The franchise is designed to get users to participate in big group chats and discuss sports or anything else. High-profile personalities—such as professional athletes, celebrity fans, and others—also take part, and everyone can text or message each other like in any other group chat, or simply follow along with the discussion.
With the success of previous iterations of The Chat, OffBall is g