Farming Simulators in Esports Bringing Bumper Crop of Interest
We’ve seen esports battles. We’ve seen esports strategy. We’ve even seen esports versions of real sports. Now, we have esports farming. Not farm teams...
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Rhode Island School District Dumps All Sports as Part of Drastic Budget Cuts
The concept that a school district would be so desperate to make budget cuts as to dump all its sports programs – well, it sounds like a nightmare. Un...
Will Standup Paddling Become an Olympic Sport After All?
It will. It won’t. It might. The stories on whether SUP will be in the Olympics have wobbled back and forth like a noob on a board facing that first w...
Immigrants, Holocaust and Refugee Causes Find Footing with Sports Events
In June, the world reeled in shock at the image of the father and daughter who drowned trying to flee across the Rio Grande. Sports organizations have...
Will Lifeguard Shortage Hurt Swim Meets this Summer?
Lifeguards used to hold the same iconic status as football quarterbacks, head cheerleaders and the class president. But now, pool owners and operators...
Texas Family Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Resell Tickets for The Masters
Hard on the heels of the college admissions scandal comes the news of a Texas family who was recently arrested for masterminding a scheme to resell ti...
UConn Grads Create Nonprofit Organization to Help Fill Empty Seats
We all know how demoralizing it can be to see empty seats at sporting events. But three University of Connecticut graduates living in New York City ha...
Esports Tournaments Coming to a Mall Near You
If malls are on death row, a new partnership with an esports company might just be the call from the governor they’ve been waiting for. Can the digita...
Inside Events: The Symetra Tour
Now in its 39th season, the Symetra Tour is the official qualifying tour for the LPGA Tour. It brings the next generation of professional golfers to p...
Want to Host the Olympics? Take a Vote
It took a long time – and plenty of embarrassing episodes – but the IOC is finally going to start requiring all cities to conduct a referendum if they...