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March Madness: Broken Brackets and Broken Bank Accounts

March Madness: Broken Brackets and Broken Bank Accounts

Your bracket is busted and you’re out a few dollars in the betting pool. Just be glad you’re not the families of some of those athletes, who shelled o...

Where Have All The Flowers Gone? A False Spring Followed by a Blizzard Hurts the Backdrop...

Where Have All The Flowers Gone? A False Spring Followed by a Blizzard Hurts the Backdrop of Blooms Spring Event Planners Count On

Mother Nature had some serious mood swings this spring. From teasing the Northeast with temperatures in the 70s one week to pounding it with blizzards...

Coming to an Airliner Near You: Flight Attendants Trained in Martial Arts

Coming to an Airliner Near You: Flight Attendants Trained in Martial Arts

It might be an unfortunate reminder of the times or possibly a way to control ticket prices and enhance security. Either way, it’s a boost to martial ...

2017 Masters by the Numbers: Green Jackets, Pink Azaleas and More

2017 Masters by the Numbers: Green Jackets, Pink Azaleas and More

The tickets don’t cost less than $1,400. The concessions don't cost more than $3 (a whopping $5 for an import beer.) The Masters returns, bringing ama...

While Some Sports Edge Toward Olympic Limelight, Others Struggle in Obscurity

While Some Sports Edge Toward Olympic Limelight, Others Struggle in Obscurity

Even with cheerleading gaining provisional IOC recognition and pole dancing lobbying for it too, some sports still struggle to step onto the internati...

Tax Day and Easter Mean Big Returns for Sports Events

Tax Day and Easter Mean Big Returns for Sports Events

Here come Peter Cottontail AND the tax man… with planners of sports events not far behind, ready to make money on novelty tie-ins. With April 15 fall...

IOC Warns Pyeongchang 2018 to Move Forward or Risk Harming Image of Games

IOC Warns Pyeongchang 2018 to Move Forward or Risk Harming Image of Games

It wouldn’t be a countdown to the Olympics without political drama, and without the host city declaring all was well regardless. Case in point: Pyeong...

North Carolina Repeals HB2 - NCAA Grudgingly Allows State to Bid

North Carolina Repeals HB2 - NCAA Grudgingly Allows State to Bid

The decision by North Carolina lawmakers to repeal House Bill 2, the state’s infamous so-called “bathroom bill,”comes just weeks before the NCAA is se...

Major League Soccer Gives Cities Their Kicks: 12 Vie for Four Expansion Franchises

Major League Soccer Gives Cities Their Kicks: 12 Vie for Four Expansion Franchises

Between the World Cup and the burgeoning youth scene, soccer is basking in the boom. Here’s even more proof: Major League Soccer has approved four exp...

Travel Ban Could Kill USA’s Chances of Hosting 2026 World Cup

Travel Ban Could Kill USA’s Chances of Hosting 2026 World Cup

When Gianni Infantino says he needs an open-door policy in countries that want to host the FIFA World Cup, he’s looking at you, Donald Trump. The FIFA...