Inside Events: Veterans Adaptive Sports
Teaching veterans with disabilities how to get around in a wheelchair or use prosthetic limbs is one thing. Teaching them how to live again is another...
Articles
MiLB’s Batting 1000 with its Promotional Game: What Planners Can Learn from Sitting in the Stands
At last check, the promotional geniuses at Minor League Baseball were planning special tie-ins with this summer’s solar eclipse. Now, they’re pumping ...
Uber Becoming Major Player in Sports World
It’s almost a Cinderella story. Uber, all but unknown until recently, is being actively courted in the sports world as the NFL, NHL, MLB and even some...
Visa Program Covering Workers at Sports Venues Comes into Question: What Event Owners May Need to Know
Much coverage is given to sports venue safety, but a separate issue entirely could cause significant upheaval in the industry. Problems with a visa pr...
Report: Chance of Children Getting Cancer from Synthetic Fields ‘Less Than One in a Million'
Event owners worried the crumb rubber infill in synthetic turf fields is carcinogenic can rest easy, and so can parents of athletes. According to a ne...
The Indy 500: Speeds Nearing 200 mph Aren’t Even the Most Impressive Numbers
For motorsports fans, the Indianapolis 500 is as much a part of the kickoff to summer as the cookout. And while the 102nd waving of the checkered flag...
The Numbers Game in Horses: A Peek Inside the Preakness Stakes
When Baltimore becomes horse country. When people are sucking down drinks euphemistically called the Black-Eyed Susan (but actually taste like cough s...
Inside Events: Women’s Flat Track Derby Association
With nearly 450 leagues nationally (and worldwide growth), roller derby is climbing in popularity and recognition. The Women’s Flat Track Derby Associ...
By the Numbers: The 2017 Kentucky Derby
An overwhelming percentage of fans waits for those magic words, “…and they’re off!” (and the nutty, screaming, nail-biting two minutes that follow) bu...
MLS Security in Spotlight Following Fan-Player Altercation
Tim Howard, goalkeeper for the United States National Team and the Colorado Rapids, is calling for Major League Soccer to review policies regarding se...