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Undead Breathing New Life into Running

Undead Breathing New Life into Running

Zombies are killing it. The Walking Dead arrived on TV in 2010. Zombie obstacle races appeared shortly thereafter. This year, Brooks has created a run...

Dubai Announces World’s First Future Sports Games

Dubai Announces World’s First Future Sports Games

What kind of sports does the future hold? Drone racing? Robot soccer? That’s the question being asked in advance of December of 2017, when the first W...

Wrestling with Problems, e-Sports Sets Goal of Global Expansion

Wrestling with Problems, e-Sports Sets Goal of Global Expansion

Today, ESPN. Tomorrow, the world, or at least the Pacific Rim. While e-sports continues its explosive growth, it lacks the ability to organize events,...

Will Religious Liberty Thwart Atlanta's Super Bowl?

Will Religious Liberty Thwart Atlanta's Super Bowl?

The passing of House Bill 757, the controversial “religious liberty” bill allowing for faith-based discrimination against gays, brought criticism from...

Jacksonville, Florida Ready to Heat Up Sports Tourism with …Curling?

Jacksonville, Florida Ready to Heat Up Sports Tourism with …Curling?

Jacksonville, Florida, long a hotbed for sports like golf, is trying something completely different: curling. It’s all part of the cities grand plan t...

Build It and They Will Come? Not So Fast, Says Pensacola County

Build It and They Will Come? Not So Fast, Says Pensacola County

A sports facility to attract youth events sounded like an easy fix to some in Pensacola, Florida. Commissioners, however, feel differently, and are ma...

Pet-Friendly Sports Venues? This Season Brings a Major League First

Pet-Friendly Sports Venues? This Season Brings a Major League First

“Buy me some Milk Bones and Scooby-Snacks; I don’t care if I never get back…” The old music could be gaining some new lyrics as ballparks start becom...

USTA Now Offers a Same-Sex Couples Tournament; Will Other Groups?

USTA Now Offers a Same-Sex Couples Tournament; Will Other Groups?

Last year, even before the Supreme Court decision in favor of marriage equality, a trial balloon floated through one of the more conservative country-...

Economy-Minus Class Getting Minus-Lukewarm Reception

Economy-Minus Class Getting Minus-Lukewarm Reception

As value-added costs of flying, airlines are marketing even more no-frills ways of flying. The latest example to hit the airwaves is the addition of a...

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Inside Events: USA Goalball

Goalball, a sport for the blind and visually impaired, will be among those contested at the Paralympics in Rio. Unlike other sports, such as wheelchai...