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SUP: The State of the Sport

SUP: The State of the Sport

Paddle sports in general – kayaking, canoeing and stand up paddle boarding, also known as SUP, have been growing in popularity, both in participants, ...

LAOlympics

Could the USA Lose the 2028 Games? One IOC Member Says It’s Possible

Could the U.S. lose the 2028 Olympics? One senior member of the IOC says it’s a possibility. For now, the IOC is focused on working with Tokyo to make...

MArch

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad March, and Indianapolis is Making it Happen

Not too many people say no to hosting NCAA championships, particularly when that opportunity is any game in March Madness, much less the entire tourna...

Spectators

Unlimited Spectators Now Welcome at Iowa High School Sports

There’s nothing like the roar of the home crowd – in Iowa, anyway, where the governor has lifted the mandate that capped spectator attendance at youth...

CitiField

Stadiums and Ballparks Batting Cleanup as COVID-19 Vaccination Sites

First, we saw stadiums and arenas being designated as places to host voting in the 2020 elections. Now, we see them repurposed again – as places to gi...

Snowshoe

The Hottest Outdoor Sport is…Snowshoeing

Remember how bicycling saw a huge uptick over the summer as people discovered the outdoors? Meet its winter counterpart. The US National Snowshoe Cham...

SFIAReport

Report: Team Sports Participation Up in 2019, ‘Suffered Greatly’ in 2020

In a good news/bad news announcement, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association ended 2020 by revealing that team sports participation reached 2.2 mil...

CalHSFB

Scoffing Tightened Restrictions, California Youth Football Hits the Field

The long and winding road of youth sports in California – stretching all the way to Arizona, then Texas and Florida, as event owners scrambled to host...

FourSquare

Inside Events: Four Square World Championships

Four Square, the game found on playgrounds, has its own world championship and its own competitive following. It is one of the most easily set up spor...

LocalRebound

In David vs. Goliath, It's David Leading the Youth Sports Comeback

Remember the prediction that local tourism would be the first sector of the industry to rebound? It appears to be happening. Even more, it’s backed up...