New York Bill Targets Shooting Sports, Would Ban not only Gun Sports but Archery
In perhaps any other year, an attempt to ban shooting sports in high schools would be dismissed and no eyebrows would be raised. However, in the curre...
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Sports and Business: A Match Made in Podcast Heaven
Podcasting has been infiltrating the sports industry – but it has had little ability to permeate the CVB or sports commission market. Sports business ...
Santa Fe High School Shooting: How Baseball Helped Heal a Community
One day after a 17-year-old high school student opened fire at Santa Fe High School and killed 10 classmates, the Santa Fe Indians played the Kingwood...
Playing the Field
Baseball is one of the USA’s oldest organized sports, and it remains one of the most popular. Much of its recent growth is fueled by Gen Z, kids ages ...
Losing the Fight, World Combat Games Shelved for Another Three Years
The experience of trying to put on the World Combat Games could best be characterized as a fight. The Games, an international multi-sport festival fea...
Can a New Computer Records Regulation in the EU Affect Sports Event Owners? (Spoiler: Yes)
At the end of last week, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, went into effect in the European Union. What is it, how does it impact plann...
Pulling Together All the Pieces for Maximum Economic Impact
The bottom line – or bottom dollar – can elevate or deflate a sporting event’s success. Sports event planners are pulled in a million directions for e...
The Most Active Generation
We at the National Senior Games Association celebrated our 30th anniversary with the presentation of the June 2017 National Senior Games Presented by ...
Triathlon: A Snapshot of the Sport
After experiencing an extended period of growth from 1995-2013, USA Triathlon’s participation numbers have decreased slightly in recent years. Similar...
Creating an Experience that Keeps Athletes Coming Back
All event organizers want the same things: a well-run event (it goes without saying this means one without any unpleasant surprises) and good economic...