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Climbing in Popularity, a Potential Olympic Sport Forges Alliances

Climbing in Popularity, a Potential Olympic Sport Forges Alliances

As decision time nears for the five sports being considered for Olympic inclusion, one is working on forging alliances with affiliated organizations t...

Big-Picture Thinking: New Arenas Boast Huge Video Boards

Big-Picture Thinking: New Arenas Boast Huge Video Boards

The Minnesota Timerwolves obviously see the big picture, or more likely, their fans will. The 4,300-square-foot video board has set a new benchmark fo...

Sports Tourism Puts North Carolina’s Controversial Legislation in the Hot Seat

Sports Tourism Puts North Carolina’s Controversial Legislation in the Hot Seat

In a dance that seems all too familiar, yet another governor is trying to backstep after passing yet another piece of controversial legislation that t...

Can DroneCenter be Next? UAV Racing Coming to ESPN

Can DroneCenter be Next? UAV Racing Coming to ESPN

It was only a matter of time. ESPN, which so recently noted that it would be covering e-sports with the same fervor it covers baseball, basketball, fo...

With No Flag to Carry, Refugee Athletes Have Message of Unity in Rio

With No Flag to Carry, Refugee Athletes Have Message of Unity in Rio

Before the Olympics, it’s typical for U.S. athletes to lobby to be the flag-bearer who leads the contingent into Opening Ceremonies. For another group...

Could Health Precautions in Rio Trip Up Athletes’ Drug Tests?

Could Health Precautions in Rio Trip Up Athletes’ Drug Tests?

With the Games inching closer, many athletes are caught between the rock of drug-testing and the hard place of needing to protect themselves from Zika...

Rio’s Woes Continue as Olympic Velodrome Fails to Meet Latest Deadline

Rio’s Woes Continue as Olympic Velodrome Fails to Meet Latest Deadline

While it has already been established that Rio is far from ready for its close-up, the latest downturn, the failure of the Velodrome to host a test ev...

Crested Butte Emerges as MTB Boom Town

Crested Butte Emerges as MTB Boom Town

Mountain biking, once the scrappy black sheep in the cycling family, is taking its place front and center in the sports tourism world. Crested Butte, ...

Pittsburgh Officials Propose Hotel Tax Hike to Fund Sports Commission

Pittsburgh Officials Propose Hotel Tax Hike to Fund Sports Commission

Pittsburgh would like to bring a Super Bowl to town. And for that, it says, it needs a sports commission. Currently, the CVB, VisitPittsburgh wears a ...

Akron Creates Dedicated Sports Alliance Economic Development Group

Akron Creates Dedicated Sports Alliance Economic Development Group

Following the example of many cities that are setting up dedicated sports tourism organizations separate from their primary economic development group...