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Popularity Waves

Popularity Waves

With water covering 71 percent of the earth’s surface, plenty of cities have built tourism and sports industries in, on and around the natural bodies ...

Go West for Sports Opportunities

Go West for Sports Opportunities

The Southwest and Pacific Coast regions of the U.S. have much to offer, including a pleasant mix of seasons, with opportunities for just about every s...

Ski Resorts Reporting a Blizzard of Economic Impact, Even in the Summer

Ski Resorts Reporting a Blizzard of Economic Impact, Even in the Summer

Fall is moving in and for once, ski resorts aren’t in any rush to see the snow fly. With the off-season (May through October) not even fully over, ven...

Report from Philadelphia: NFL Draft Brings $94.9M Economic Impact

Report from Philadelphia: NFL Draft Brings $94.9M Economic Impact

A quarter-million people. Nearly a billion-dollar impact. Football always had great numbers but the impact on Philly during the 2017 NFL draft were as...

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Inside Events: Huntsman World Senior Games

The Huntsman World Senior Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes age 50 and up, is held in St. George, Utah, next month. It includes 2...

By the Numbers: Football is Back and Ready to Rumble

By the Numbers: Football is Back and Ready to Rumble

Ready for some football? How about some football numbers? You might, for example, know the Packers won the most titles in NFL history, but do you know...

Soccer Official: Only ‘Crazy Action’ By Trump Could Thwart U.S. World Cup Bid

Soccer Official: Only ‘Crazy Action’ By Trump Could Thwart U.S. World Cup Bid

How secure do the organizers of the Canada/Mexico/USA World Cup bid feel? Confident enough to go out on a limb and say that only a “crazy action” on t...

Hurricane Irma's Impact Felt on Sports at All Levels

Hurricane Irma's Impact Felt on Sports at All Levels

For the second time in as many weeks, professional, college and high school sports were forced to make major adjustments in the wake of Mother Nature’...

Latest Stats Show Fishing Reeling in More Participants Than Ever

Latest Stats Show Fishing Reeling in More Participants Than Ever

Step aside, sport climbing and soccer. What is bringing in kids and adults these days is a sport that has been around for, well, millennia: fishing. T...

IOC President Open to eSports but Prefers the Types of Games that Promote ‘Peace Among...

IOC President Open to eSports but Prefers the Types of Games that Promote ‘Peace Among People’

And you thought the idea of eSports in the Olympics was just going to cause grumbling among purists who rejected its classification as a sport. Get re...