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Report: Warmer Winters Costing Winter Sports Industry Over $1 Billion

Report: Warmer Winters Costing Winter Sports Industry Over $1 Billion

Climate change is a hot-button topic, so new research on the economic effect of warmer winters and skimpier snow on winter tourism destinations may be...

Student-Led Boycott of Florida for Spring Break Could Hurt Sports Events

Student-Led Boycott of Florida for Spring Break Could Hurt Sports Events

The Parkland school shootings took place almost a month ago and the reverberations are still being felt. Now, the tourism industry has found itself in...

Minnesota Ice Fishing Tourism on Solid Ground, Despite Tournament Cheating Allegations

Minnesota Ice Fishing Tourism on Solid Ground, Despite Tournament Cheating Allegations

Many ice fishing tournaments have been big winners this year, thanks to cold weather. But unfortunately, controversy has cropped up, resulting in some...

West Virginia Lawmakers Consider Allowing Guns on Campus, Including School Stadiums

West Virginia Lawmakers Consider Allowing Guns on Campus, Including School Stadiums

Earlier this month, West Virginia’s House Education Committee advanced legislation to require colleges to allow individuals to carry concealed guns on...

U.S. Soccer Has Elected a New President - Now What?

U.S. Soccer Has Elected a New President - Now What?

Out of an eight-candidate field, U.S. Soccer has elected a new president: Carlos Cordeiro, who ran on a platform of making American soccer more global...

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Inside Events: National Collegiate Club Golf Association

“Live Life. Play Golf,” is the slogan of the National Collegiate Club Golf Association, offered in 350-plus colleges nationwide. Operating under the u...

Responding to IOC Challenge, eSports Ups Games Based on Real Life

Responding to IOC Challenge, eSports Ups Games Based on Real Life

The last time FIFA caught this much attention, it was not for a positive reason. Fortunately for soccer’s governing body, the news that the eWorld Cup...

Tiny Houses: The Big News in Sports Accommodations

Tiny Houses: The Big News in Sports Accommodations

From glamping to Airbnb, large-scale sports events are getting increasingly creative when it comes to attracting attendees to come, stay and spend. In...

No Rest for Atlanta; City Already Preparing for Super Bowl LIII

No Rest for Atlanta; City Already Preparing for Super Bowl LIII

Hours after the conclusion of what will go down in history as one of the most memorable Super Bowls ever, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell handed off a ...

Europe Just Added a New Racing Circuit for Electric Bicycles. Where Does the USA Stand?

Europe Just Added a New Racing Circuit for Electric Bicycles. Where Does the USA Stand?

Ice and snow were flying in PyeongChang, but it was a summer sport that generated a blizzard of buzz when the European Cycling Union announced it woul...