House of Cards: Why So Many Event Directors are Turning to Poker
If you thought you were seeing more card decks for sale (everywhere!) and more poker tournaments offered, you’re right on the money. Poker is growing ...
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Everyone Into the Cue Sport Pool
Pool tables, a fixture in rec rooms and basements, can turn a profit – if sports event planners can work the angles. The stats back it up, too, showin...
Game, Set, DeathMatch: Fortnite Finals Coming to U.S. Open Grounds
Well, Billie Jean King was always about breaking barriers and apparently, the tennis center that bears her name will do just that. The Billie Jean Kin...
Youth Sports Study Links Participation to Lower Levels of Depression in Boys
If you needed one more reason to promote youth sports, here it is. New research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that participation in...
FIFA's Economic Savior is...Esports?
FIFA, staggering away from the wreckage of its scandal, notes that while many revenue streams are flat, income on the esports front is increasing expo...
Jaws Night at the Pool is What Water Sports Have Been Waiting for
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water. (That's a reference for those in and prior to the Baby Boomer Generation; Google it, you ...
Two Pole Dance Groups Wrestling Over Control: Can the Sport Progress?
Pole sports (that would be pole dancing, not pole vaulting) continues to work toward acceptance in the sports world and its efforts are beginning to p...
What are the Odds for Key NCAA Women’s Basketball Happening and Staying in Vegas?
If the NCAA Women’s Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games happen in Vegas, will they stay in Vegas? Odds are they will. And some college coaches think it may...
On the Outs: Not Included in Paris 2024, Three Sports Wage Independent Campaigns
We know who didn’t get into the Olympics, but what have they been doing about it since the announcement? Three organizational governing bodies, claimi...
AAF is Gone But Why Do Investors Keep Falling for Spring Football?
Another one bites the dust. The Alliance of American Football, previously set for a late April championship, has been, according to league officials, ...