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Sports Travel Organizers Looking Into Opportunities for Teams, Others to Give Back to...

Sports Travel Organizers Looking Into Opportunities for Teams, Others to Give Back to Local Communities

There’s a word for it now: voluntourism: a hybrid activity that harnesses the ability to travel with the ability to leave behind more than footprints....

US Hotel Industry Investing in Improvements to Guest Connectivity

US Hotel Industry Investing in Improvements to Guest Connectivity

Once upon a time, hotels attracted travelers with the promise of nice beds, fluffy robes, happening bars and restaurants and modern rooms. These days,...

Obstacle Racing: The Next Olympic Sport?

Obstacle Racing: The Next Olympic Sport?

It wasn’t the fact that the first European Obstacle Racing World Championship was to be held next year in the Netherlands that made people sit up and ...

Here’s a New Trend in Travel Championships: Scrabble

Here’s a New Trend in Travel Championships: Scrabble

Jack Durand, a 14-year-old Briton, is a world champion. He’s so dominant in his sport that at his last championship match, he won 20 of his 24 games, ...

‘Sports Just Aren’t Fun Anymore’ Leads to Drops in Youth Participation

‘Sports Just Aren’t Fun Anymore’ Leads to Drops in Youth Participation

A drop in youth sports participation -- something that is currently worrying all industry sectors -- is being blamed on sports not being fun anymore, ...

Youth Soccer Groups Adopting Headgear, But Slowly

Youth Soccer Groups Adopting Headgear, But Slowly

The Women’s World Cup may be in the rear-view but the issue of head injuries remains top of mind for many soccer parents. And coaches of youth teams, ...

IL Budget Standoff Puts Rockford Sports Complex Development on Hold

IL Budget Standoff Puts Rockford Sports Complex Development on Hold

The best-laid plans – even in sports tourism – sometimes fall short. Case in point: the City of Rockford, Illinois, and its plans for new Indoor Sport...

Cities Cut Kids’ Risk-Taking, Starting at Playground Level

Cities Cut Kids’ Risk-Taking, Starting at Playground Level

The tool of choice in leveling the playing field is not the backhoe or the earthmover. It’s the threat of a lawsuit. And sometimes, it’s obvious the l...

Atlatl Enthusiasts Practice a Sport That Predates Homo Sapiens

Atlatl Enthusiasts Practice a Sport That Predates Homo Sapiens

The question of which sport known to man is the oldest in the world sends most people back to researching the first Olympic games. And that’s a good s...

Report: Brisk Growth in Global Outdoor Sports GPS Devices Market

Report: Brisk Growth in Global Outdoor Sports GPS Devices Market

Wearables are huge part of the sports marketplace, with outdoor sports GPS devices being one of the latest entries.