Major Efforts to Bring Back Youth Sports: Are You Involved?
Multiple efforts are underway across the U.S. to support and bring youth sports back to active play. And those efforts are only as strong as people’s ...
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Organizers Scrambling to Avoid a Year Without a Triple Crown
With the Kentucky Derby moving to the end of the summer (and increasingly being nicknamed the “Labor Derby"), the question is when or even whether the...
Open for Business and Up for Bid: USA Triathlon’s National Championships
Need more proof the sports tourism industry is moving forward? USA Triathlon has it. The organization’s 2022 and 2023 Youth and Junior Nationals, as w...
For Players, FIFA's COVID-19 Coping Strategy Includes... Esports
With the competitive season on hold for the foreseeable future, FIFA has outlined its strategies for coping with COVID-19. In particular, says Preside...
Can Theme Parks Help Predict the Youth Sports Rebound?
The international association for the attractions industry just unveiled its online member resource center for dealing with COVID-19. At the same time...
No International NFL Games This Year Could Signify Deeper Problems
When the NFL announced its 2020 schedule, it didn’t include any of the five expected international games (four in England and one in Mexico). The leag...
Youth Baseball Makes Post-Lockdown Debut
Play ball…carefully. That was the message in St. Louis over the weekend where a youth baseball game took place. And yes, social distancing was involve...
Washing Up: World Beach Games Announce Another Postponement
The World Beach Games really can’t get a break. Previously scheduled for 2021, the Games are being moved to 2023 to avoid conflicts with the Olympics....
USA Rugby Files for Bankruptcy; Will Other NGBs Follow?
The first domino to fall? USA Rugby has become the first NGB to file filed for bankruptcy. The organization has, like many, suspended all competitions...
Shut Out of PPP Loans, DMOs Lead Call to Lawmakers
The recent expansion of funds for the Paycheck Protection Program is great, unless you’re a destination marketing organization like a convention and v...