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Fake News: Can it Affect the Sports Business Industry?

Fake News: Can it Affect the Sports Business Industry?

A Facebook meme making the rounds shows Abraham Lincoln, with the caption, “Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.” - Abe Lincoln. And it ...

Adoption of New Field Safety Standard Comes as a Welcome Relief to Parents of Youth...

Adoption of New Field Safety Standard Comes as a Welcome Relief to Parents of Youth Athletes, Sports Event Owners

For sports event owners and even venue managers who routinely field questions from parents about the safety of the synthetic turf youth athletes play ...

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Inside Events: The Blind Judo Foundation

An organization in which blind athletes can compete against those without such challenges, using the same rules? It’s happening across the U.S, thanks...

NHL’s Threatened Pullout of the Olympics Could Put Sports Events on Ice in 2018

NHL’s Threatened Pullout of the Olympics Could Put Sports Events on Ice in 2018

There just might be a different face on the Olympic hockey teams in 2018, thanks (or no thanks) to disagreements between the NHL and the IOC. And it’s...

Travel Agents Team with Athletes to Market Destinations, Events

Travel Agents Team with Athletes to Market Destinations, Events

The destination marathon, one of the hottest trends in sports travel, is on the radar of savvy travel agents these days. And if planners of applicable...

Parks Officials Marketing Facilities as Pokemon Go Destinations

Parks Officials Marketing Facilities as Pokemon Go Destinations

If you thought the Pokémon Go craze was over, think again. Park officials across the U.S. are helping players divide into teams, then use their facili...

World Health Organization: Fighting Zika is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

World Health Organization: Fighting Zika is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

That buzzing sound? It’s not just mosquitoes. It’s the chatter people are starting to tune out about Zika. WHO says a quick fix isn’t on the horizon, ...

The Expanding Market of Events Designed for Athletes with Physical Challenges Proves Room...

The Expanding Market of Events Designed for Athletes with Physical Challenges Proves Room to Grow and Need for Specialization

As the Paralympics and National Veterans Wheelchair Games have demonstrated, there’s a strong market for events designed for athletes with physical ch...

It's Official: The 'Greenest Stadium on Earth' is Going Up

It's Official: The 'Greenest Stadium on Earth' is Going Up

There is earth-friendly construction, there’s green building and then there’s this: The British National League soccer team in Nailsworth, Gloucesters...

London Retains Title of World’s Top Sports Destination

London Retains Title of World’s Top Sports Destination

There’s plenty of negative press about hosting the Olympics. But London, which continues its reign as the Top Global Sports City, isn’t complaining. T...