By the Numbers: Summer Olympics
It’s an Olympics for a new age. Spectators might not be present but TV and streaming certainly will, meaning the Games, set to begin on Friday, will b...
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A Shortage of New Luggage is the Latest Problem Facing the Travel Industry
Forget toilet paper. The most significant shortfall facing the travel industry is luggage. A shortage of raw materials, a sudden (and we do mean sudde...
By the Numbers: The AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships
When news broke that AAU’s Junior Nationals were not just back but bigger than ever before (nearly 40,000 athletes were present from June 17-29, for e...
Premier Lacrosse League Continues Expansion
When Major League Lacrosse and the Premier Lacrosse League announced in late 2020 that they would be merging to operate under the “Premier Lacrosse Le...
How Will Vaccines for Teens Impact Youth Sports?
Recently, the CDC recommended that everyone 12 years and older receive the COVID-19 vaccine after the FDA expanded emergency authorization of the vacc...
Midwest Success: US Youth Soccer’s College Showcase
When US Youth Soccer announced that a total of 280 boys’ and girls’ teams, mostly from out of state, had competed at its recent college showcase at Gr...
Where They’re Racing, There Are No Roads
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a … flying car? Oh, wait. Multiple flying cars, all part of a new race series set to debut later this year and make in...
Winning on the Beach (Despite the Drama) in a Reopening Event
How would you like to be the first tournament in Northern California after the June 15 reopening? Tighe O’Sullivan of ProAm Beach Soccer talks about t...
Some Universities Reinstate Women’s Sports, But Title IX Battles Continue
As 2021 continues to pick up steam and leave 2020 in the dust, we’re seeing some of the setbacks for college sports start to even out a bit. Some scho...
Attendance at National Parks Surge as States Ease Restrictions
The great outdoors benefitted, well, greatly during lockdown, with people discovering national parks for hiking, cycling and fishing, as well as trail...