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By the Numbers: 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

By the Numbers: 2023 Women’s World Cup

The Women’s World Cup, hosted in Australia and New Zealand, kicks off next week (can you believe it?) with Team USA looking for a three-peat. All told...

Water park and swimming pool issues

A Host of Troubles in Aquatic Facilities This Summer

Aquatic facilities have not had a good start to the summer of 2023. From individuals sickened by the astrovirus in an Iowa splash pad, to the overchlo...

CPR and AED Awareness Continues

The Beat Goes On: Hamlin’s Story Continues to Spark CPR, AED Awareness

CPR and an AED saved Damar Hamlin’s life, and now the Buffalo Bills safety, who suffered cardiac arrest on the field during a January game against the...

Spring High School Football League Could Let Students Use NIL... If it Succeeds

Spring High School Football League Could Let Students Use NIL... If it Succeeds

The landscape of amateur sports in the age of NIL has been buzzy, and a recent development has made that buzz even louder. A former USFL official says...

Firecracker Sports

Inside Events: Firecracker Sports

Firecracker Sports puts on both youth baseball and softball tournaments and showcases. The organization produces close to 100 events per year, and pri...

FIFA Club World Cup

Will 2025 Club World Cup Stay in the USA or be Shared with Canada and Mexico?

It wasn’t even a year ago that FIFA was considering awarding its 2023 Club World Cup to the United States after agreements could not be reached with e...

Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism

DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY for SDM’s Awards Program

We know sports tourism is a $45.1 billion industry, and we know you have played a role in building that number. Don’t you want to try for some recogni...

Harnessing Social Media for Events and Destinations

Think Beyond the Like Button

Social media provides a cost-effect means of promotion for a rights holder, event owner or venue manager. As part of a comprehensive marketing campaig...

Illinois: Rockford

Sports Landscapes Designed by Mother Nature

In the arms race to build new sports venues, it’s easy to forget that one of the best landscape and design entities is Mother Nature herself, who has ...

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Steeped in History, Lacrosse Looks to Make Its Move in the U.S.

Lacrosse is considered the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins going back to the 12th century when it was played by Indigenous p...