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Holiday-Themed Events are Raking in the Dough, Dough, Dough

Holiday-Themed Events are Raking in the Dough, Dough, Dough

Your belief (or lack thereof) in Santa isn’t going to change this: December is the most wonderful time of the year for sports business. Winter breaks ...

USA Hockey Facing Challenge of Assembling Olympic Roster Without NHL Players

USA Hockey Facing Challenge of Assembling Olympic Roster Without NHL Players

We know NHL players won’t be in PyeongChang. The real question is how USA Hockey will build a roster to compete with traditional powerhouse teams (eve...

With Olympics in View, eSports Makes 2017 a Year to Remember

With Olympics in View, eSports Makes 2017 a Year to Remember

Despite the always heated debate regarding whether or not they are, in fact, actually sports, eSports continues to evolve. The past year has been part...

Cheer Vaults into the International Spotlight via Winter Olympics

Cheer Vaults into the International Spotlight via Winter Olympics

When Team USA competes this winter in PyeongChang, expect there to be some additional some new vocal support outside of the parents, friends and the d...

Outdoor Venues, Sports Events, Struggle to Regulate Drone Use

Outdoor Venues, Sports Events, Struggle to Regulate Drone Use

Outdoor sports events, which have confronted various security threats over the years, now have a new one: drones. This follows a recent incident in wh...

Parkour Moves Closer to Olympic Status, But Controversy Remains

Parkour Moves Closer to Olympic Status, But Controversy Remains

Will parkour be in Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games? Organizers hope so. Unfortunately, the organizers are the root of the problem, specifically, the ...

Cornhole

Inside Events: American Cornhole Association

Chances are, if you’ve been to a tailgate, a cookout or a trade show, you’ve seen cornhole. The sport itself is proliferating across the U.S., with pr...

New Fitness Report is Treasure Map for Planners in 2018

New Fitness Report is Treasure Map for Planners in 2018

It’s not often planners and destinations are handed a road map of what sports are going to be big in the coming year. The American College of Sports M...

South Carolina Youth Soccer Association’s 'Silent September' Still Echoes True

South Carolina Youth Soccer Association’s 'Silent September' Still Echoes True

Did ‘Silent September,’ an initiative in South Carolina to get soccer parents to pipe down, resonate? Yes, it did, and it remains the non-shout heard ...

One Year Later: Fire-Ravaged Tennessee Destinations Have Message of Hope for California

One Year Later: Fire-Ravaged Tennessee Destinations Have Message of Hope for California

As residents and business owners take stock of the fire damage to California’s wine country, a sports destination in Eastern Tennessee is watching wit...