Despite Opposition, International Gymnastics Votes to Include Parkour
We wouldn’t recognize gymnastics these days if it didn’t include controversy. The International Gymnastics Federation voted to officially include park...
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Women’s Running Events: Concentrating on the Experience Can Maximize Returns
Know where the running boom is burgeoning? In women’s events. The girls’ getaway weekend is an excellent niche market. A new survey sheds some light o...
Bringing a Message of Hope, Refugee Olympic Team Will Compete at 2020 Games
The feel-good story of the 2020 Olympics is again about a team that lacks both a flag to walk behind and a country to represent. They’re the Refugee O...
Desperate Teams Call for Desperate Measures
Desperate teams call for desperate measures. After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drew the smallest crowd since 2010 to a home game against the 49ers, the B...
Marriott Hack: Steps Planners Can Take (and Pass on to Athletes and Families) to Address Problems
Unless you’ve been living in a missile silo, you’ve heard the news of a long-running (though just discovered) Marriott data breach that compromised th...
Instructing Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts in the School of Rocks
Stacking stones? Creating totems? Try: spreading graffiti. National parks are reporting an uptick of vandalism – and the odd part is, most visitors do...
Flag Football Participation is Booming
Participation numbers may be down in high school football, but that doesn’t mean the sport is on its deathbed. The number of 6- to 12-year-olds playin...
Lacrosse Takes a Big Step toward the Olympics
Good news out of the IOC: three sports have provisional Olympic recognition. Even better news, at least for the U.S. where the sport is wildly popular...
When Cheaters Enter Marathons, Internet Sleuths Are Right on their Heels
Officials with China’s Shenzhen Half Marathon punished 258 runners who were caught cheating during the Nov. 25 race. Violators included 18 participant...
Should a Polio-Like Virus Concern Youth Sports Event Owners?
The words and phrases being tossed around are dire: Serious childhood illness. Paralysis. Unknown origin. And this combination: spiking in occurrence,...