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Combat sports such as boxing, wrestling and martial arts continue to generate excitement among competitors and spectators alike. An increasing number ...

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Something to Cheer About: Competitive Spirit is Back

Cheer is finally back with a normal season and a return to pre-pandemic numbers. There’s a steady increase across all disciplines, including school-ba...

Watchfire Signs

Videoboards Makes Venues Exciting, Personal and Profitable

Once just for major sporting venues, LED videoboards now are within reach of practically any sporting facility, from sports complexes to parks to civi...

Cycling wants to become more diverse

Cycling Steers Toward Greater Diversity in New Health Landscape

Cycling event owners have long complained about a disproportionate ratio of men to women in the sport. And while there are indicators that this is sta...

World Cup in Doha, Qatar

Modest Clothing, Lack of Alcohol Await World Cup Visitors in Qatar

Now that we have the news on the host sites for the 2026 World Cup, we can turn our attention back to FIFA’s current project, the 2022 edition. But wh...

Title IX Girls Basketball in high school

Title IX by the Numbers

Title IX, the landmark legislation that prohibits gender-based discrimination in any educational program or activity (including sports) that receives ...

Army/Navy games announced

When Military Academies Go to Battle, the Host City Always Wins

Statistically speaking, Navy has emerged more often as the victor in the storied Army/Navy football game but overall, the biggest winner is the host c...

Ripken

Inside Events: Ripken Baseball

Ripken Baseball’s goal is to provide amateur players with an experience similar to those of big league athletes, and to create memories that encourage...

Ripken Baseball is headed for The Bluegrass State

Baseball in the Bluegrass: Elizabethtown is the New Ripken Experience

From its lush fields to its all-American charm, Elizabethtown Sports Park has plenty of advantages for youth ball players. And those advantages were e...

Will the Pro Bowl go down the toilet bowl?

Will the Pro Bowl as We Know It Go Down the Toilet Bowl?

One headline said it all: "The NFL is Contemplating Getting Rid of the Pro Bowl and Would Anyone Care?" Whether this comes to pass is anyone’s guess b...