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...
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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
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
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...
‘Average Joe’ Tournaments Bringing USA Table Tennis Out of the Basement, Into the Limelight
The ‘Average Joe’ initiative at USA Table Tennis is aimed at driving sports tourism on the most user-friendly level possible: the entry level. By reac...
US Open by the Numbers: Court is Back in Session in NYC
September might mean back to school, but in Manhattan, it’s back to the court as a sea of tennis fans swarms into the subways, en route to the Billie ...
Youth Sports Tourism Boom Generating Mass Media Coverage – Complete with Added Scrutiny
The awareness of sports tourism continues to grow. From national news to HBO to Time Magazine, media outlets are latching onto the startling numbers i...
Inside Events: IRONMAN
An event that was conceived among a group of friends to find out just who was the toughest athlete, the IRONMAN triathlon quickly developed a reputati...
Winter 2026 Games: Innsbruck Comes in with an Across-The-Border Bid
At last check, Calgary was coming on strong with its campaign to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. But it’s too early to claim victory, particularly sinc...
O.J. Simpson Pop-Up Museum Raises Eyebrows in Los Angeles’ Chinatown
How weird have sports-related tourist attractions gotten? How about a pop-up museum dedicated to a disgraced football icon? The O.J. Simpson Pop-Up Mu...