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Planning for Success: Immigration Issues for International Sporting Competitions in the...

Planning for Success: Immigration Issues for International Sporting Competitions in the United States

Managers of sporting events are used to planning for (and worrying about) potential problems. But organizers of international sporting events have eve...

Engaging Volunteers: Best Practices and Winning Strategies

Engaging Volunteers: Best Practices and Winning Strategies

Different types of sports events seem to be popping up everywhere, along with new venues and newly formed sports commissions. And at first glance, the...

Peak Competition for Combat Sports

Peak Competition for Combat Sports

One of civilization’s oldest forms of competition, combat sports, come in a variety of forms. Martial arts, wrestling and boxing offer some general ca...

Winning Together: Partnering with a Sports Commission on your Event

Winning Together: Partnering with a Sports Commission on your Event

How should rights-holders or operators of sporting events know how to choose a host community based on the services provided by a sports commission? A...

Long Distance Travelers

Long Distance Travelers

From benefit 5Ks to marathons (and even to duathlons and triathlons, as well as cycling events), athletes are taking to America’s roads for fitness, f...

Stay-to-Play: How to Make it a Winning Model for All

Stay-to-Play: How to Make it a Winning Model for All

Stay-to-play. These three words conjure up strong feelings on either side of the debate about whether this policy is a help or hindrance. But whether ...

Off the Sidelines and in the Spotlight

Off the Sidelines and in the Spotlight

From waving pompoms and chanting on the sidelines to taking center stage and participating in competitions at the national and international level, ch...

Lacrosse's Fast Break

Lacrosse's Fast Break

There is no question that the sport of lacrosse is hot. Sports tourism execs in many areas around the country say lacrosse is growing fast in their lo...

All Over the Map - Destinations in the Southeast Can Do a Little (or a Lot) of Everything

All Over the Map - Destinations in the Southeast Can Do a Little (or a Lot) of Everything

The Southeast is characterized by a subtropical climate yet still features wintry mountainous regions. Its sports offerings are similarly varied, from...

The ‘Brain-Eating Amoeba’ and Open-Water Sports Events: What Planners Need to Know

The ‘Brain-Eating Amoeba’ and Open-Water Sports Events: What Planners Need to Know

The recent death of a teenager after contracting a rare illness at a waterpark has put the sports community on notice. Such infections, it is noted, a...