Sports Planners: Be Aware of Baggage Fee Hikes for the Holidays
Scrooges. Grinches. Bad Santas. Certain airlines seem to be doing everything they can to try to make themselves disagreeable in time for the holidays ...
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MLB Partners With Real-Time Monitoring Firm to Rule Out Gambling
The intersection of fantasy sports and gambling continue to encroach upon actual sports, and to affect the business of all three. MediaPost reported t...
Shorter Customs Lines for Sports Events? There’s an App for That
Traveling internationally for sports events in a post 9/11 world is a daunting prospect, to say the least. In fact, it might be the only thing that ca...
Windsor, Ontario, to Create “Sports Tourism Czar”
Sports commissioner? Think of a term with a more international flavor when it comes to Canada. The City of Windsor, Ontario recently voted to hire a S...
More Netting, More Streaming Might be Coming to MLB
Play ball! Only more safely and more accessibly. The quarterly Owners Meeting of Major League Baseball teams wrapped up in November with Commissioner ...
Raiders in Los Angeles? It’s Possible, with New Coalition at Work
The Oakland Raiders will need a home after 2015 and a number of cities have shown interest. Most recently, though, it seems likely the team will wind ...
New for the 2020 Olympics: Driverless Taxis
The Internet of Things might become the Internet of the Olympic Rings. Japan is planning to use the 2020 Games in Tokyo to show the world it’s still a...
REI, Black Friday and Sports Planners: The Common Thread
The decision of outdoor sporting good giant REI to close on Black Friday has been hailed as (choose one) the most altruistic decision, or the greatest...
In Sports World, Solidarity Resonates More than Bombs
Sometimes, sports can divide the world. Sometimes, it can unite it, as totally unconnected people stretch out to show support. Case in point: the terr...
FCC: Hilton Implicated in Obstructing Wi-Fi Blocking Investigation
So far, 2015 has seen the Federal Communications Commission cracking down twice on attempts to block wi-fi usage at convention centers. First Marriott...