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Girls’ High School Rugby Leading Charge to Bolster Sport’s U.S. Presence

Youth Rugby Programs for Girls Working to Bolster Sport’s U.S. Presence

Amid efforts to make women’s rugby an NCAA championship sport by developing at least 40 programs at colleges and universities around the country, high...

Fueled by a Shortage of Courts, Tennis/Pickleball Tensions Escalate

Fueled by a Shortage of Courts, Tennis/Pickleball Tensions Escalate

Some things never change. One of them is the tension between the playing populations for tennis and pickleball. Some blogs and writers are taking side...

Forgeries, Fraud and Forfeitures: Over-Age High School Athletes

Forgeries, Fraud and Forfeitures: Over-Age Youth Athletes

Headlines exploded last year when a 32-year-old social worker was arrested for posing as a high school student and playing on the girls’ basketball te...

Athletes Involved in Guiding Students Toward Trade Careers

Using Sports Facilities as Classrooms to Promote Trade Careers

Here’s something you don’t see every day: Pro athletes working to guide students toward careers in the trades by showing them what needs to be done to...

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Striking the Balance of Connectivity for Event Planners and Attendees

It is no secret that event planning has rapidly evolved in the past few years due to the influx of technological advances. There has been an overall i...

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A Passion for America’s Pastime

The most recent research from the Physical Activity Council puts U.S. participation for baseball in 2023 at 16.65 million players ages 6 and up, which...

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Scoring Big with Sports Tourism

Sports tourism has been on an accelerated boom over the past ten years, with large indoor and outdoor youth sports complexes driving much of the growt...

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Built for Speed

Track and field has a major moment every four years and thanks to the Summer Olympics, 2024 will be one of them. But the sport has long been popular a...

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Right Angles

Fishing is expanding, reaching more demographics than ever before. Additionally, new anglers are younger, more diverse and highly socially connected. ...

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Amateur Athletic Union

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is a multi-sport youth sports organization that, in addition to impressive membership numbers, has 100,000-plus volun...