Women Celebrate a Half-Century of the Boston Marathon, Sans Opposition
When the 2017 Boston Marathon opened registration, a name was added to its roster: Kathrine Switzer. Switzer’s name was big in Boston in 1967, as the...
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Atlanta First to Market Subscription App for Sports Tickets
Sports tickets? Yeah, there’s an app for that. Atlanta, Georgia, became the first market in the country to offer a subscription-based sports ticket ap...
Backed by Big Numbers, the NFL Draft Moves to City of Brotherly Love
Like football itself, the NFL draft moves in stops and starts. Coming off a two-year run in Chicago, the event brings its hoopla and big numbers to Ph...
A Fed-up NCAA Pulls its Championships from North Carolina
NCAA announced last week that it will remove all its championship events, including the opening rounds of March Madness, from North Carolina during th...
Adventure Travelers Seeking More Destinations
The next wave of sports travel might be destination hiking, cycling, kayaking and more, according to studies. In other words, the journey is as import...
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
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...
BattleFrog Restructuring; Repeat Fiesta Bowl Sponsorship Unlikely
'Restructuring' is an honorary four-letter word in the sports business industry, and when obstacle race owner (and former Fiesta Bowl sponsor) BattleF...
Report: SUP, Adventure Racing, MMA all Growing
Want to know where the sports industry is growing? See what people buy. Sporting goods manufacturers says purchases are up for equipment for stand-up ...
Fewer NFL Preseason Games on Tap in 2017?
On Sunday, NFL regular season opens. One topic of conversation the past four weeks has been whether such a long preseason is necessary. Or even safe. ...