Lessons Learned: When Officials Don’t Set an Example
File this one under “an illustration of irony.” An arena official in charge of oversight was found to have skipped the line in order to get the best s...
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Inside Events: Rock ‘n Roll Marathon
A weekend event that can bring in upwards of 50,000 participants and more than $22 million in economic impact is going to strike a good chord in any c...
Travel Ban Could Kill USA’s Chances of Hosting 2026 World Cup
When Gianni Infantino says he needs an open-door policy in countries that want to host the FIFA World Cup, he’s looking at you, Donald Trump. The FIFA...
Small Polish City Suddenly an eSports Giant
When a new 15,000-square-foot eSports facility opened March 3 in Las Vegas by hosting a Halo World Championship qualifier with $50,000 in prizes, it w...
Lower Fares Mean More Student Athletes Springing for Break Travel
If you can get past the image of spring break as a time when students check out of school (and into party mode), you can see the season-changing vacat...
Out or Safe? MLB Athletes May Not Be in the Olympics
Who’s on first in Tokyo? It may not be anyone from Major League Baseball. The 2020 summer Olympics are edging closer, but MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred...
ACC Will Need to Look for Alternate Conference Tournament Destinations Soon
While it appears North Carolina’s House Bill 2 is going nowhere (at least for now), Atlantic Coast Conference officials are now at the point where the...
Once Credibility is Gone, NGBs Need to Struggle to get Back into Good Graces
FIFA reforms might be underway, but selling the public on the idea is a whole different ball game. A recent survey of soccer fans in 50 countries show...
The New Contact Sport: Legalized Fan Fights
Group fighting hasn’t been a team sport since, oh, the days of Christians and lions, but leave it to an entrepreneur to bring it back. A (no kidding) ...
Report: Synthetic Fields Remain Safe
If you’ve been waiting for answers on the safety of synthetic turf, there’s good news and bad news, and the bad news has nothing to do with turf itsel...