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Report: Brisk Growth in Global Outdoor Sports GPS Devices Market

Report: Brisk Growth in Global Outdoor Sports GPS Devices Market

Wearables are huge part of the sports marketplace, with outdoor sports GPS devices being one of the latest entries.

Russia: No Room at the Inn for World Cup Visitors

Russia: No Room at the Inn for World Cup Visitors

In a sport plagued with scandal at the top level, this was the last thing anyone wanted -- or needed. The World Cup doesn’t take place until 2018 and...

Avoidance of Concussions May be Behind Rise in Abdominal Injuries

Avoidance of Concussions May be Behind Rise in Abdominal Injuries

Are abdominal injuries the new concussions? Some sports medicine professionals are saying they are. Like concussions, their symptoms might not be read...

OUSA

Inside Events: Orienteering USA

Orienteering USA (OUSA) is the national governing body for the sport of orienteering, which is a navigation race using only a map and compass. Oriente...

Lifting the In-Flight Cell Phone Use Ban Will be Airlines' Call

Lifting the In-Flight Cell Phone Use Ban Will be Airlines' Call

And you thought it was obnoxious when people talked on their phones in restaurants. In rest rooms. In churches. Airplanes might be next. According t...

Saturday Halloween: The Sports Event Planner’s Dream

Saturday Halloween: The Sports Event Planner’s Dream

Cue the arrival of spectators and athletes dressed as Maleficent, as Sepp Blatter, as the Walking Dead, as Donald Trump’s hair – oh, the possibilities...

Colorado Springs Begins Fundraising for 61-Acre Youth Sports Complex

Colorado Springs Begins Fundraising for 61-Acre Youth Sports Complex

Colorado Springs, the home of all things Olympic (after all, it’s the HQ of the USOC), just served notice that it’s about to become a haven for youth ...

Tokyo2020

Ticket to Tokyo: Five Sports Move One Step Closer

They're young, they're hip and they might just be headed for Olympic glory. Now that the Olympic Organizing Committee for the Tokyo 2020 Games has sel...

Studies Find More Sports Fans Willing to Travel Globally for Events

Studies Find More Sports Fans Willing to Travel Globally for Events

The fact that sports tourism is a booming industry in the U.S. – well, it’s not exactly a news bulletin. But here’s an additional trivia point: it’s a...

Today’s Sports Venues Using ‘Smart Arena’ Model to Draw in Fans

Today’s Sports Venues Using ‘Smart Arena’ Model to Draw in Fans

With more cities competing to keep fans in stadiums (rather than watching from home or sports bars), the pressure is on arenas and franchises to prese...