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Tokyo 2020 May be Ready to Showcase Rejected Sport of Squash

Tokyo 2020 May be Ready to Showcase Rejected Sport of Squash

Maybe the fourth time is the charm. Squash, which has been trying since 2005 to become part of the Olympics, now may be ‘showcased’ at the Tokyo 2020 ...

Top Trending Spa Sport: Surfing

Top Trending Spa Sport: Surfing

The 2016 "Spa and Wellness Trends Report," noted that surfing was at the top of the trending wave in travel, and it rocked the meeting planning world....

Growth of an Industry: Cheerleading Championship Offers Snapshot View

Growth of an Industry: Cheerleading Championship Offers Snapshot View

Cheerleading, which has exploded off the sidelines and into its own industry, can use a recent event as a snapshot showing its dominance in the world ...

ESPNEsports

With Coverage on ESPN, E-Sports Moves into the Big Leagues

The concept of sports is being brought into the electronic age, even if it has to be dragged in, kicking and screaming. This month, ESPN announced pla...

Some Youth Soccer Clubs Adopt Professional Technology to Prevent Injuries

Some Youth Soccer Clubs Adopt Professional Technology to Prevent Injuries

Professional athletes and their coaches have used technology for years to monitor players’ physical performance in an effort to improve their games an...

Planners Wrestle with Debate: List a Snow Date, or Hope for the Best?

Planners Wrestle with Debate: List a Snow Date, or Hope for the Best?

The East Coast’s first snowstorm, packing more than two feet of snow and high winds, barged in over the weekend, leading to cancellations and postpone...

UWS

New Women’s Soccer League Enters the Field, but Can it Survive?

A new pro-am women’s soccer organization wants to capture some of the momentum lost in the dissolution of the W-League. United Women’s Soccer says it ...

Super Bowl Demolition of Youth Soccer Park has Locals Crying Foul

Super Bowl Demolition of Youth Soccer Park has Locals Crying Foul

Demolishing a kids’ soccer park in order to make way for a media village: it’s not something anyone wants to be guilty of, but the NFL, in a year fill...

Forget Fight Club: World Combat Games’ Biggest Battle is Infighting

Forget Fight Club: World Combat Games’ Biggest Battle is Infighting

For the World Combat Games, the biggest fight of all may involve just making the event a reality. The international multi-sport festival of combat sp...

With the Promise of a Team, L.A. Looking at Hosting Super Bowl

With the Promise of a Team, L.A. Looking at Hosting Super Bowl

Well, that didn’t take long. With Los Angeles as the next home of the Rams, the topic of future Super Bowl locations is already on the table, and with...