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Inside Events: International Senior Softball Association

Inside Events: International Senior Softball Association

The International Senior Softball Association, ISSA, offers 22 tournaments a year around the U.S. Like its athletes, it's an organization showing no s...

Seeing the Super Bowl in a New Light

Seeing the Super Bowl in a New Light

When the Patriots and Seahawks take the field at the University of Phoenix Stadium, players and fans alike will experience their first Super Bowl unde...

No Room at the Inn: Super Bowl Tourism Expanding Into Private Homes

No Room at the Inn: Super Bowl Tourism Expanding Into Private Homes

Hotel rooms are booked. Bed-and-breakfasts don’t even have roll-away cots left. And campgrounds? Forget about it. Those spaces were taken a long time ...

Crowd-Funded Super Bowl Commercials?

Crowd-Funded Super Bowl Commercials?

Never say the Super Bowl commercial writers can’t spot a trend – and try to sell it. Or rather, upsell it, and on the biggest party day of the year.

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Atlantic City Ready to Gamble on Sports Tourism

Long the home of the Miss America pageant, family vacations – and ultimately, casinos – Atlantic City’s fortunes have declined through the years. So w...

Helmet Sensors: The Latest Weapon in the Crusade Against Concussion

Helmet Sensors: The Latest Weapon in the Crusade Against Concussion

As the sports industry continues its crusade against concussions, protective equipment companies are using networked sensors to try and solve the prob...

Working with Kids? Get Background Checks

Working with Kids? Get Background Checks

While mandating background checks for those who work with underage athletes seems like a no-brainer, the legalities are more complex.

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The Games in Birmingham? It Could Happen

Recently, the hashtag was #Boston2024. But now it's #Birmingham2021. With World Games at stake, Alabama is ready to play.

The Industry of Fantasy Football

The Industry of Fantasy Football

The business of sports is conducted on all fronts, even covertly, in offices across the U.S. -- and maybe in sports management courses.

Spend Money to Make Money? Buckeyes Have Done the First Part

Spend Money to Make Money? Buckeyes Have Done the First Part

Ohio State University spent about $372,000 to send university leaders, faculty, friends and student leaders to the 2015 Sugar Bowl.