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Cost of Safeguarding the Super Bowl Estimated at $3.1 Million

Cost of Safeguarding the Super Bowl Estimated at $3.1 Million

We all know Super Bowls bring an excellent economic impact to their host cities. What we know less about is how much it costs to safeguard that invest...

New Waters: Competitive Fishing Event Owners Need to Understand Role of Women in Sport’s...

New Waters: Competitive Fishing Event Owners Need to Understand Role of Women in Sport’s Growth

Fishing, long the bastion of men, is seeing the growth of another demographic: women. And event owners should be ready because the rising tide isn’t a...

ParaLong

Inside Events: The ParaLong Drive Cup

When golf went into the Olympics, it seemed a Paralympic version would follow. When that didn’t happen, other opportunities for competition were creat...

Chanukah

Inside Events: Chanukah Run-a-Latke 5K

Reindeer runs. Santa 5Ks. Jingle bell jogs. There aren’t many sports events for those without a Christmas tree. Enter the Chanukah Run-a-Latke 5K. Wha...

Minneapolis Pinning Hopes for Increased Tourism, Jobs on Super Bowl

Minneapolis Pinning Hopes for Increased Tourism, Jobs on Super Bowl

Christmas is closer than the Super Bowl, so it’s appropriate that Minneapolis, host of the big game, has a wish list. In addition to the economic impa...

With a Bid on International Table Tennis, San Jose Spins into the Limelight

With a Bid on International Table Tennis, San Jose Spins into the Limelight

When Dionne Warwick hit the charts in 1968 with “Do you know the way to San Jose,” she put the city on the pop culture map. Nearly 50 years later, org...

Holiday-Themed Events are Raking in the Dough, Dough, Dough

Holiday-Themed Events are Raking in the Dough, Dough, Dough

Your belief (or lack thereof) in Santa isn’t going to change this: December is the most wonderful time of the year for sports business. Winter breaks ...

USA Hockey Facing Challenge of Assembling Olympic Roster Without NHL Players

USA Hockey Facing Challenge of Assembling Olympic Roster Without NHL Players

We know NHL players won’t be in PyeongChang. The real question is how USA Hockey will build a roster to compete with traditional powerhouse teams (eve...

With Olympics in View, eSports Makes 2017 a Year to Remember

With Olympics in View, eSports Makes 2017 a Year to Remember

Despite the always heated debate regarding whether or not they are, in fact, actually sports, eSports continues to evolve. The past year has been part...

Cheer Vaults into the International Spotlight via Winter Olympics

Cheer Vaults into the International Spotlight via Winter Olympics

When Team USA competes this winter in PyeongChang, expect there to be some additional some new vocal support outside of the parents, friends and the d...