Play Ball, But With Some New Rules
MLB has strutted up to the plate for the 2023 season with rule changes to include a pitch clock, larger bases and banning extreme defensive shifts. Al...
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Why Did FIFA Knowingly Pick a City Whose Field Was Too Small to Host?
SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles wants to host the 2026 World Cup final but it has a big problem: Its field, built for football, is too narrow for internat...
National Brotherhood of Skiers Celebrates 50 Years of Diversity in Snowsports
Recently, the Chicago-based National Brotherhood of Skiers celebrated 50 years of bolstering the sport among Blacks. NBS was formed with its initial g...
Cheergate Concludes: Event Owners Declare Victory Over Varsity
Gimme a… never mind; it takes too long to cheer-spell “ANTITRUST.” But Varsity, the organization that runs major cheer competitions and camps nationwi...
Second Verse, Same as the First: Lifeguarding Shortages Expected Again
Second verse, same as the first. Or actually, third verse, more like the second. The nationwide lifeguard shortage is expected to continue in 2023. Un...
United Soccer League Focusing on Diversity, Youth Initiatives
In an effort to live up to its claim as the largest and fastest-growing professional soccer organization in North America, the United Soccer League (U...
Lacrosse Tinkers with Potential Olympic Format, with Smaller Fields and Fewer Players
Lacrosse wants a piece of the 2028 Olympics and it isn’t messing around. This past week, its world governing body accepted six new national federation...
Two Communities, Two Theme Parks, Two Stories - But One Takeaway
Well, that escalated (and stopped) quickly. Recently, two cities had to pump the brakes on plans for theme parks, one slowing down in the face of conc...
To Track Abuse, Some Soccer Referees in England Will Wear Bodycams
England’s governing body for soccer is experimenting with body cameras on selected referees, citing verbal and physical abuse. This comes in the wake ...
Women’s Wrestling Clears Hurdle in Quest for NCAA Championship Status
Whether or not it was intentional, the news that came out of NCAA landed on the International Day of the Woman. More than the requisite 40 colleges no...