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For a rider, turning a horse is one thing. But for the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), changing directions at the Olympic level of the spor...

If you want to succeed in eSports, how do you go about proving it’s a real sport? Easy: you act like a real sport. Overwatch, the popular team-based s...

Those who know sports tourism know that each year, women play an ever-increasing role in not just the sports themselves, but in the business end of th...

You can lose and still win. Just ask Cleveland, whose loss in Game Seven of the great Cubs/Indians World Series still managed to make an economic impa...

An organization in which blind athletes can compete against those without such challenges, using the same rules? It’s happening across the U.S, thanks...

There just might be a different face on the Olympic hockey teams in 2018, thanks (or no thanks) to disagreements between the NHL and the IOC. And it’s...

In presenting our annual awards, Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism, we reflect on our approaches to economic impact. To help understand a...

In each issue of SDM, we examine the unique relationship between event organizer and host city. In this issue, we celebrate it. Our Champions of Econo...

The annual CrossFit Games, the competition to find “the world’s fittest,” has experienced year-over-year growth, and now has television coverage. It’s...

The Midwest is America’s heartland, but there’s more to it than just wide-open space. There are plenty of communities offering venues both natural and...