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What Sports Travel Planners Need to Know About Florida's Latest Health Threat:...

What Sports Travel Planners Need to Know About Florida's Latest Health Threat: Legionnaire's Disease

With its travel advisory on Zika recently lifted by the CDC, (although precautions remain in certain areas), Florida now confronts its next health and...

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CBS This Morning Interviews SDM Editor about the Economic Impact of Sports Tourism

SDM’s readers already know the benefits a successful sports event can have on the host community’s economy. This month, however, the nation got to fin...

eSports Now Hosting Regional Qualifiers, Giving More Destinations an Opportunity to Serve...

eSports Now Hosting Regional Qualifiers, Giving More Destinations an Opportunity to Serve this New Market

The emerging industry of eSports just continues to grow. The announcement of their inclusion in the Asian Games (leading to much speculation about inc...

Tug-of-War over 2024 Olympics Appears to be Pulling in Paris’ Favor

Tug-of-War over 2024 Olympics Appears to be Pulling in Paris’ Favor

Two cities, two continents, one agenda. The awarding of the 2024 Olympic Games is getting closer each day, and with it comes the previously unheard-of...

The All-American Pastime for Sports Planners: Promoting the Fourth and Profiting from It

The All-American Pastime for Sports Planners: Promoting the Fourth and Profiting from It

Three cheers for the red, white and blue; they certainly can do a lot to keep sports events in the black. The Fourth of July is fast approaching and w...

USA Football Breaks Huddle with Rookie Tackle Program: What Planners Should Know

USA Football Breaks Huddle with Rookie Tackle Program: What Planners Should Know

With participation sagging and fears of concussion and long-term injury to children never far from parents’ minds, youth football has been looking for...

3-on-3 Basketball Named Official Olympic Sport

3-on-3 Basketball Named Official Olympic Sport

In addition to hosting five new sports, Tokyo 2020 is gaining a reputation for variations on existing sports. Among those are new divisions and compet...

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Inside Events: The Donate Life Transplant Games of America

A multi-sport event with a philanthropic focus, the Donate Life Transplant Games are open to individuals who have undergone life-saving transplant sur...

By the Numbers: The U.S. Open in Wisconsin

By the Numbers: The U.S. Open in Wisconsin

The U.S. Open takes place in Erin Hills, Wisconsin, this week. That’s a first for Wisconsin. And to Wisconsin, that’s the most impressive figure, but ...

Weighing Pros, Cons of Travel Agents' Role in Youth Sports

Weighing Pros, Cons of Travel Agents' Role in Youth Sports

Travel agent or the Roaming Gnome? Today’s parents and organizers of youth sports have choices to make. And as the travel market, not to mention the s...