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Runners Race to Join Virtual Marathon Craze

Runners Race to Join Virtual Marathon Craze

The desire to run in the 2019 New York City Marathon motivated 500 runners to participate in their own 26.2-mile “virtual” marathons (no treadmills al...

Concussion Round-Up: Latest Developments Event Owners Should Know About CTE Issues

Concussion Round-Up: Latest Developments Event Owners Should Know About CTE Issues

From a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics to groundbreaking research linking repeated concussions to suicidal behavior later in life, th...

Amazon’s Expansions: What Can Two New HQ Cities Mean to Sports Tourism?

Amazon’s Expansions: What Can Two New HQ Cities Mean to Sports Tourism?

The announcement that Amazon has selected two cities – Long Island City, New York, and Arlington, Virginia – to split its HQ2 dropped like a bomb on t...

WWCTOC

Pinning Down a Growing Trend: Women’s Wrestling Leading to Uptick in Events

Women’s wrestling is one of the fastest-growing sports in the country and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has become the latest school to ju...

Why Are Cities Backing Away from Hosting the Olympics?

Why Are Cities Backing Away from Hosting the Olympics?

More cities are dropping out of bidding for the Olympics than are staying in the race. Calgary is the latest casualty and is only a symptom of the wor...

USL

Inside Events: Urban Sports League

Participating in sports teaches lifelong lessons, and the Urban Sports League seeks to foster these in its participants. The organization which offers...

2018 CHAMPIONS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT IN SPORTS TOURISM

2018 CHAMPIONS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT IN SPORTS TOURISM

SDM is proud to announce its 2018 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism award winners. This year’s Champions represent the most notable succe...

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: Sports Tourism Looks Ahead

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: Sports Tourism Looks Ahead

“To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It’s not about winning and losing; it’s about everyday hard work and about thriving on a c...

American Trail Running Association

American Trail Running Association

The American Trail Running Association (ATRA) was founded in 1996 as a Colorado not for profit corporation to represent and serve the mountain, ultra ...

Milwaukee’s New Fiserv Forum Makes History with Bird-Friendly Design

Milwaukee’s New Fiserv Forum Makes History with Bird-Friendly Design

After an inordinate number of instances where birds crashed into U.S. Bank Stadium and died, designers started paying attention. And when Fiserv Forum...