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Runners Race to Join Virtual Marathon Craze

Runners Race to Join Virtual Marathon Craze

The desire to run in the 2019 New York City Marathon motivated 500 runners to participate in their own 26.2-mile “virtual” marathons (no treadmills al...

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: Sports Tourism Looks Ahead

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: Sports Tourism Looks Ahead

“To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It’s not about winning and losing; it’s about everyday hard work and about thriving on a c...

2018 CHAMPIONS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT IN SPORTS TOURISM

2018 CHAMPIONS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT IN SPORTS TOURISM

SDM is proud to announce its 2018 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism award winners. This year’s Champions represent the most notable succe...

American Trail Running Association

American Trail Running Association

The American Trail Running Association (ATRA) was founded in 1996 as a Colorado not for profit corporation to represent and serve the mountain, ultra ...

Youth Sports Struggles with Declining Participation, Increasing Costs, Bad Coaches

Youth Sports Struggles with Declining Participation, Increasing Costs, Bad Coaches

What’s wrong with youth sports? Plenty, if you believe a recent report released by a Washington, DC, think tank. But there’s some good news as well, i...

Could High School Bus Driver Shortage Trickle Down to Youth Sports?

Could High School Bus Driver Shortage Trickle Down to Youth Sports?

Are bus drivers the next endangered species? It appears so, as from Massachusetts to Minnesota, school districts are struggling to find enough bus dri...

College Triathlon Closing in on NCAA Championship Status

College Triathlon Closing in on NCAA Championship Status

Women’s triathlon continues its march toward NCAA championship sport status. Need proof? USA Triathlon’s most recent announcement shows Hampton Univer...

Northern California Fires Wreaking Havoc

Northern California Fires Wreaking Havoc

In Northern California, a destructive and fast-moving wildfire is causing widespread fatalities and devastation. Sports events took a back seat as sch...

Riding High

Riding High

With the proliferation of riders comes a need for events, and facilities to stable them. Here is a round-up of some of the great facilities you’ll fin...

Varsity Letters Now Include BBQ

Varsity Letters Now Include BBQ

Where there’s smoke, there’s high school barbecue teams. Varsity barbecue is a reality and while it’s an exaggeration to say the trend is spreading li...