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Getting from Point A to Point B: Options for Sports Team Travel

Getting from Point A to Point B: Options for Sports Team Travel

Transportation. Travel. Whatever label you slap on it, getting from Point A to Point B is one of the most important aspects of an event owner’s job. T...

Negotiating The Win-Win: 7 Keys For Rights Holders

Negotiating The Win-Win: 7 Keys For Rights Holders

Securing venues and negotiating win-win agreements is a skillset that separates the most successful rights holders from others. Here is a road map fo...

New Programs to Help Keep the Spin on an Olympic Cycle

New Programs to Help Keep the Spin on an Olympic Cycle

As USA Cycling comes off a highly successful summer Olympics, it is a good time not only to reflect on cycling medals won (in BMX, women’s track and w...

Effective Planning for Event Security

Effective Planning for Event Security

Planning for event security for sports should be something you put some serious thought into. Anyone planning to hire a security firm should be ready ...

Sports Industry Responding to Reports of Underserved Latino Kids

Sports Industry Responding to Reports of Underserved Latino Kids

A recent news report that children in Latino communities have fewer opportunities for activity and higher obesity rates than children in white neighbo...

Pop Warner Association in New Jersey Plans a Comeback

Pop Warner Association in New Jersey Plans a Comeback

In New Jersey, the Pop Warner football association that canceled its season after losing many players to flag football (thanks, or more likely, no tha...

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Inside Events: USA Fencing

USA Fencing walked away from Rio a winner with four medals, and immediately embarked on a nationwide tour to help build excitement about the sport. Ge...

New Association Formed to Help Plan LGBT Events

New Association Formed to Help Plan LGBT Events

In an attempt to better integrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community into event planning strategies in cities around the country, Al...

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Rockford Revived a Wacky Tradition and 20,000 People Showed Up

Whatever floats your boat, particularly in Rockford, Illinois, where a homegrown raft race raised $9,000 and brought in nearly 20,000 spectators to wa...

Scrambling to Reroute Marine Corps Marathon Following Transit Problems

Scrambling to Reroute Marine Corps Marathon Following Transit Problems

Thousands of runners and 100,000-plus spectators are tinkering with their schedules, thanks (or no thanks) to train mass transit problems that have re...