Pickleball Report Shows Off-the-Charts Growth, Other Insights Too
Off the charts. That’s one way to describe the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s report on pickleball. The sport has continued its meteoric rise...
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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...
New Pope Steps Up to the Plate... as a White Sox (and Villanova Hoops) Fan
Pope Leo XIV, the newest pontiff, first waved to the faithful from the balcony on St. Peter’s. But as the religious world hailed the first American po...
Will Changes in Cheer Uniform Guidance be Seen in Competitive Events?
The sport of cheer, which has long held the stereotype of athletes in short skirts and barely-there sports bras, is encouraging its coaches, squads an...
Theft of Copper Wiring Leaves Youth Fields in the Dark
File this one under “How low can someone go?” Thieves are targeting youth athletic fields for copper wiring, leaving teams without lighting to play ni...
Drier Summer Could Bring Danger of More Wildfires
We already saw the damage wrought by the California wildfires earlier this year, which spilled over into having tournaments relocated. And unfortunate...
Marathon Magic, How it’s Calculated and How it Helps Cities
Marathons (and large events like running festivals that offer various distances) can be great for a city’s economy, generating foot traffic to busines...
Black Rodeo Culture Surging Around the Country
In the mid-1800s, Black cowboys accounted for about one-quarter of all cowboys who were part of the ranching movement in the American West, but in mai...