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California Adds BPA to Prop 65 List

California Adds BPA to Prop 65 List

Plastic drinking bottles (commonly used in sports and fitness), canned goods and other items containing the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) distributed in ...

Maryland Travel Industry Urging Governor to Veto Travel Services Tax

Maryland Travel Industry Urging Governor to Veto Travel Services Tax

For states hoping to boost their economies through tourism, travel taxes are a dicey issue. For Maryland, which has competition from nearby Washington...

Take That: Gaylord Plants Boundary Stakes, Breaks Ground on Mega-Facility

Take That: Gaylord Plants Boundary Stakes, Breaks Ground on Mega-Facility

There are grand openings and there are soft opening. And apparently, there are quasi-openings that are held just to prove a point. Proponents of the p...

More than a Fantasy: Vikings are Virtual Geniuses

More than a Fantasy: Vikings are Virtual Geniuses

When it comes to fantasy sports, event owners have two choices: ignore them or figure out how to profit from them. The Minnesota Vikings took Option ...

Soccer-FIFA and UEFA Threaten Greece with Suspension over New Law

Soccer-FIFA and UEFA Threaten Greece with Suspension over New Law

And you thought soccer parents yelling at coaches and officials was a problem. Two oceans away, a government is trying to crack down on unruly fans – ...

Tourism Industry Throwing Increased Support Behind JOLT Act

Tourism Industry Throwing Increased Support Behind JOLT Act

The established fact is that tourism means dollars. Unfortunately, there’s another fact: for international tourists who want to come to the U.S. to ta...

Chaw No More: San Fran Seeks to Ban Smokeless Tobacco in MLB Games

Chaw No More: San Fran Seeks to Ban Smokeless Tobacco in MLB Games

Long before most of the rest of the nation, California was the first to ban smoking in bars, restaurants and common outdoor areas such as parks. Now, ...

Orioles’ Empty-Nest Syndrome Provides Eerie Warning to City

Orioles’ Empty-Nest Syndrome Provides Eerie Warning to City

What if you held a baseball game and nobody came? It happened in Baltimore last week, but not because people weren’t interested in attending. The Balt...

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Chess: A Good Partner for Youth Sports?

While it might not be the first sport to spring to most people’s mind, chess has remained a part of the youth activity landscape for decades. There is...

Game of Drones: Spying is Coming…to a Ballpark Near You

Game of Drones: Spying is Coming…to a Ballpark Near You

The image of the trench-coat-wearing spy lurking in the bleachers and surreptitiously watching the opponent's practice from behind dark glasses has be...