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Up in the Air: While Scientists Say Air Travel Has a Negative Effect on Athletes, it is a...

Up in the Air: While Scientists Say Air Travel Has a Negative Effect on Athletes, it is a Necessary Evil for Most

As March Madness encroaches, there is renewed discussion about how air travel affects athletes, particularly athletes who have a lot at stake. In fact...

New Las Vegas eSports Arena Aiming for Millennial Audience

New Las Vegas eSports Arena Aiming for Millennial Audience

If you still need more proof that eSports are a viable revenue generator, look no further than Las Vegas, which opened a new 15,000-square-foot venue ...

Survey: People Care More About Venues than Olympic Glory

Survey: People Care More About Venues than Olympic Glory

While the sports business world has always understood the interest in the Olympics, it’s apparent people know where it all begins. A new survey has re...

Budapest’s Axed Olympics Bid Opens Door for Both Paris and L.A.

Budapest’s Axed Olympics Bid Opens Door for Both Paris and L.A.

And then there were two. In late February, Budapest withdrew its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, leaving only Paris and Los Angeles vying to ho...

Sports Startups to Make Their Pitch in NYC — A la ‘Shark Tank’

Sports Startups to Make Their Pitch in NYC — A la ‘Shark Tank’

Think Shark Tank, but for sports startups. That’s the premise behind the “Sports Tank” competition in April in NYC. Ten sports-specific startups can p...

By the Numbers: The Math of March Madness

By the Numbers: The Math of March Madness

Ah, March. The only time when painting your face in school colors, wearing a mascot hat to work and screaming your lungs out at a TV is perfectly acce...

Softball

Inside Events: USA Softball

It’s played in backyards, in schools and once again, it’ll be played in the Olympics. Softball, long one of the most popular team sports in this count...

United States to Co-Host 2026 World Cup with Mexico and Canada?

United States to Co-Host 2026 World Cup with Mexico and Canada?

Could the FIFA World Cup become a co-hosted tournament? With a 48-team field that would increase demands on the host, there may well be cases where on...

Utah Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary of 2002 Winter Olympic

Utah Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary of 2002 Winter Olympic

Hard to believe that 2017 marked 15 years since Salt Lake City hosted the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee made its anno...

Legislation in Illinois and Wisconsin Targets Pokémon Go

Legislation in Illinois and Wisconsin Targets Pokémon Go

Hey, Pikachu. If you want to play in the park, you’re going to need a permit. Following last summer’s Pokémon Go craze, in which people chased charact...