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Surge in High School Shooting Sports Sparks Gun Education Bill

Surge in High School Shooting Sports Sparks Gun Education Bill

Legislators in Wisconsin introduced a bill that would allow high schools to teach gun safety to students because of the increasing interest in trapsho...

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Inside Events: The Can-Am Police-Fire Games

An annual multi-sport event whose registration includes not only the fire and police professions, but emergency medical service providers, Homeland Se...

New Equipment Rules to Prevent Cardiac Concussions

New Equipment Rules to Prevent Cardiac Concussions

When we last checked in, the sports event world was just learning about cardiac concussion, a potentially fatal injury for youth athletes. It shouldn’...

By the Numbers: The 2017 State Games of America

By the Numbers: The 2017 State Games of America

First, the National Senior Games brought upwards of 10,500 athletes (and an additional 15,000 family, friends and spectators) to Birmingham, Alabama. ...

New Study Redefines Home-Field Advantage

New Study Redefines Home-Field Advantage

The fans in the stands, the same people who buy tickets, eat hot dogs and scream their lungs out, have become the focal point of a scientific study. I...

Could a Cheaper Olympic Bidding Process Lure New Interest?

Could a Cheaper Olympic Bidding Process Lure New Interest?

There are many theories on why cities are making an unprecedented exodus from bidding on the Olympics, but they all go back to money. And the IOC, it ...

Latest Trend: The Rise of Naked Sports

Latest Trend: The Rise of Naked Sports

Theme races. Paint races. Races where people are chased by makeshift bulls. Sports event organizers are getting really creative these days in order to...

“Shut up!”, Says SC Youth Soccer Association to Parents

“Shut up!”, Says SC Youth Soccer Association to Parents

Directors of youth sports events might want to keep an eye (and ear) on what happens in South Carolina over the next few months. The South Carolina Yo...

USA Volleyball: An Interview with Tom Pingel

USA Volleyball: An Interview with Tom Pingel

USA Volleyball is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of volleyball in the United States and is recognized as such by the Federation Inter...

Warm Southeastern Hospitality

Warm Southeastern Hospitality

The Southeast, known for its hospitality, offers a winning combining of world-class multi-sport and unique venues, family- and budget-friendly destina...