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College Scholarships

Odds of Youth Athletes Turning Pro Even Slimmer Than Parents Think

Despite parents’ ideas, it’s time for a reality check. The majority of youth sports participants will not wind up playing in the NBA, NFL, NHL or any ...

Taxes for Sports

Cities Leveraging Marijuana Tax to Fund Sports Facilities

Increasingly, companies that used to sponsor sports facilities are becoming more cash-strapped and are backing away from the negotiations. So what’s t...

Event Owners

New Study Documents Challenges Facing Event Operators

What can a snapshot view of the running event industry, told from the point of race directors, teach us about sports management as a whole? Quite a bi...

NIL in Conway

Conway Becomes First CVB to Sign College Students to NIL Agreements

When the Conway, Arkansas Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) announced plans to sign student athletes from the University of Central Arkansas to “Name...

Winter Running

Stranded Runners and Hypothermia Worrying Endurance Race Directors

Ice, snow and freezing temperatures are part of endurance events in the winter. But when those conditions become too harsh, bad things can happen – as...

Youth Sports

Want More Youth in Sports? Give Them More Options

According to a new national survey of almost 6,000 students from public, private and charter high schools, kids are looking for more sports and physic...

Endeavor Games

Lessons Learned: What the Endeavor Games Can Teach All Event Owners

The Endeavor Games for athletes with physical disabilities was first held in 2000 on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklah...

Kayak Bass Fishing

Blowing 2020 Out of the Water

While the pandemic did nobody any favors, it moved a lot of people out of the confines of their homes and offices, and into the outdoors. At Kayak Bas...

Sports Marketing

Rebranding - New Name, New Play: A Case Study

Rebranding can be daunting but ultimately rewarding if the time and the process are right. In Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, the sports commission rece...

E-Sports

Winning Strategy

Esports participation is not only growing but broadening. Now, more women are involved and the 55 and over set is becoming competitive as well. Esport...