NFL Players Get their Wish: To (Maybe) Play in LA 2028
The NFL is getting its wish: Its players are allowed to play men’s flag football in the Summer Games in 2028. Sort of. Players can try out for the tea...
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Everything Brown is Green Again: Changing Industrial Sites into Sports Venues
The benefits of youth sports facilities are well-known. However, as communities become increasingly landlocked, finding space for them continues to be...
Los Angeles Approves “Olympic Wage” Raise for Hospitality Workers
When the Los Angeles City Council approved updates to the Living Wage and Hotel Workers Minimum Wage ordinances, effectively increasing the minimum wa...
New MLB-Funded Softball League Steps Up to the Plate
The National Basketball Association has the WNBA and now, Major League Baseball has the AUSL — the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. It’s a new bran...
Travel Sports Score Big Win with Precedent-Setting Right to Play Act
The travel sports industry just scored a major victory. In Illinois, high school student athletes, who previously were unable to participate in non-sc...
Will This Tennis-Playing Pope Use the Vatican’s Secret Court?
Pope Leo XIV might be the first American to sit in Rome’s high seat but is he the first tennis player to do so? Hard to say. But there is a little-kno...
The Patriotic Competition for Milkweed, an Early Youth Sport
Before there were youth sports, there was competitive milkweed collecting. During World War II, milkweed was sought out for its floss, a naturally buo...
Sports Venues, Hotels Could be Affected by Visa Worker Shortage
Memorial Day, the great dividing line between spring and summer, is behind us. Now, as sports venues and others in the industry seek to fill gaps in t...
Two Cheer-Based Women’s Sports to Become NCAA National Championships
Two team sports using elements of cheer (tumbling, pyramids, etc.) but not the crowd-leading aspect, are poised to get the spotlight. The NCAA Committ...
Cities Embrace Trails as Selling Points, Economic Drivers
Earlier this year, Nancy Hobbs, the founder and executive director of the American Trail Running Association, stated that trail running was on an upwa...