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Basketball Makes a Fast Break

Basketball Makes a Fast Break

Most U.S. kids have bounced a basketball and shot for the hoop. Basketball courts are everywhere — at schools, in playgrounds, on driveways and in top...

The Great Northeast

The Great Northeast

Sports event organizers are increasingly recognizing the Northeast region’s charm, including breathtaking four-season scenery and local residents who ...

Bringing a Message of Hope, Refugee Olympic Team Will Compete at 2020 Games

Bringing a Message of Hope, Refugee Olympic Team Will Compete at 2020 Games

The feel-good story of the 2020 Olympics is again about a team that lacks both a flag to walk behind and a country to represent. They’re the Refugee O...

Desperate Teams Call for Desperate Measures

Desperate Teams Call for Desperate Measures

Desperate teams call for desperate measures. After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drew the smallest crowd since 2010 to a home game against the 49ers, the B...

Marriott Hack: Steps Planners Can Take (and Pass on to Athletes and Families) to Address...

Marriott Hack: Steps Planners Can Take (and Pass on to Athletes and Families) to Address Problems

Unless you’ve been living in a missile silo, you’ve heard the news of a long-running (though just discovered) Marriott data breach that compromised th...

Instructing Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts in the School of Rocks

Instructing Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts in the School of Rocks

Stacking stones? Creating totems? Try: spreading graffiti. National parks are reporting an uptick of vandalism – and the odd part is, most visitors do...

Flag Football Participation is Booming

Flag Football Participation is Booming

Participation numbers may be down in high school football, but that doesn’t mean the sport is on its deathbed. The number of 6- to 12-year-olds playin...

Lacrosse Takes a Big Step toward the Olympics

Lacrosse Takes a Big Step toward the Olympics

Good news out of the IOC: three sports have provisional Olympic recognition. Even better news, at least for the U.S. where the sport is wildly popular...

When Cheaters Enter Marathons, Internet Sleuths Are Right on their Heels

When Cheaters Enter Marathons, Internet Sleuths Are Right on their Heels

Officials with China’s Shenzhen Half Marathon punished 258 runners who were caught cheating during the Nov. 25 race. Violators included 18 participant...

Should a Polio-Like Virus Concern Youth Sports Event Owners?

Should a Polio-Like Virus Concern Youth Sports Event Owners?

The words and phrases being tossed around are dire: Serious childhood illness. Paralysis. Unknown origin. And this combination: spiking in occurrence,...