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Everybody on the Bus!

Everybody on the Bus!

When it comes to sports travel, bus transportation is the first thing that comes to most people’s minds. After all, riding on the team bus (or even th...

Safe and Secure: How to Protect Your Event, Your Athletes and Your Spectators

Safe and Secure: How to Protect Your Event, Your Athletes and Your Spectators

As we finish up 2018, we can look back to some great moments in sports, including the Super Bowl in Minneapolis, the Stanley Cup in Washington and Las...

InSideOut Initiative Seeks to Eliminate Win-At-All-Costs Culture in Youth Sports

InSideOut Initiative Seeks to Eliminate Win-At-All-Costs Culture in Youth Sports

A new initiative is seeking to eliminate the win-at-all-costs culture of youth sports, without eliminating competition and sportsmanship, and without ...

Fierce Turf Wars Threaten Competitive Surfing Events

Fierce Turf Wars Threaten Competitive Surfing Events

In the surf-centric movie, Blue Crush, North Shore surfers, irate at the newbie tourists learning to surf on their ‘sweet spot’ beach, send one back t...

Theme Runs Enjoying Strong Popularity. Can It Last?

Theme Runs Enjoying Strong Popularity. Can It Last?

Where have all the traditional runners gone? You know, the ones who throw on a T-shirt and shorts and do a 5K? They are being replaced by runners dres...

eSports Becoming a Sports Tourism Juggernaut

eSports Becoming a Sports Tourism Juggernaut

eSports as a sports tourism juggernaut? It’s possible. According to at least one report, by 2020, the global eSports market is expected to generate $1...

High School Football Participation Down in Two Key States

High School Football Participation Down in Two Key States

Are Friday night lights getting just a little bit dimmer? Well, maybe in two states. And those two states showing a decline in high school football mi...

Trade Shows, Expos Create Growth Opportunity for Sports Events

Trade Shows, Expos Create Growth Opportunity for Sports Events

If your sports event doesn’t include some kind of an expo, trade show or exhibitor area, you’re missing out. A recent survey reported that exhibit spa...

New Report Details Which Sports Teenagers Are Playing

New Report Details Which Sports Teenagers Are Playing

When they’re not in high school, what are teenagers doing? They’re playing soccer, they’re cheering and they’re …bass fishing and bowling. At least th...

USAOCR

Inside Events: USA Obstacle Course Racing

USA Obstacle Racing, the national governing body for obstacle sports, exists to promote the sport of OCR nationwide. Meet the staff, its goals and fin...