Will Churchill Downs Improvements Mean a Bigger Economic Finish?
Hats. Horses. Juleps. Some things are iconic at the Kentucky Derby. But some things have also changed – home improvements, as it were, that are design...
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Senator: U.S. Figure Skating Needs ‘Immediate Change’
With so much attention focused on USA Gymnastics and the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal, it may have been easy to miss the U.S. Center for SafeSport's...
The Coast with the Most
A coastal area can lend itself to water sports but the Mid-Atlantic region refuses to be pigeonholed. Yes, it has facilities for surfing, fishing and ...
Inside Events: United States Angling Confederation
With widespread participation and media attention – and an attempt at IOC recognition in the works – fishing is riding a wave of popularity. Meet the ...
What Went Wrong – and How Event Owners Fixed It
It’s every running event director’s nightmare: an error leads to an athlete’s performance being taken out of consideration for something bigger and re...
Are Homeschooled Students and Teams the New Market for Event Owners?
Some obvious takeaways from recent developments in Texas: The first is that contacting your state lawmakers works. But the second is something event o...
Livestreaming Youth Sports Could Become Big Business
As TV coverage of youth sports dips (with the exception of international championships like the Little League World Series), event owners are turning ...
City Considers Banning Unvaccinated Kids from Youth Sports
Well, this idea is spreading like, oh, the measles. But maybe this time, that’s a good thing. At least one New Jersey city is considering prohibiting ...
Sports Turf Expert: Don’t Burn Your Fields to Dry Them
It certainly made headlines: the high school coach who tried to dry his wet field by dousing parts of it with gasoline and dropping a match. Other sch...
New NCAA Plan Has Huge Ramifications for Sports Business
While it doesn’t spell it out, the NCAA’s strategic plan to improve its women’s basketball program in all three divisions isn’t something the organiza...