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ARTICLE Oct 29, 2025
Meet the 2025 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism
Each year, SDM’s awards program, Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism, is a tribute to the power of an industry. This year was no exception. Communities that hosted these events reaped a sha...
ARTICLE Nov 06, 2025
World’s First Pickleball Stadium Opens, In Florida, Naturally
If you need more proof that pickleball has taken over the country, look no further than Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where The Fort recently opened and is being called the “world’s first pickleball stadium,...
ARTICLE Nov 06, 2025
The Flap Over Guardian Caps in Youth Football Hasn’t Tapped Out Yet
Just as Friday night lights continue to illuminate the skies in communities large and small nationwide, polarizing discussions surrounding the use of padded mushroom-shaped football helmet caps to hel...
ARTICLE Nov 06, 2025
Poised for Winter Olympics Inclusion, Cross Country at a Crossroads
For a while, cross country was at a crossroads. Organizers wanted it back in the Olympics; however, it wasn’t contested on ice or snow, the prerequisite for being included in the Winter Games. At the ...
ARTICLE Nov 01, 2025
The Heart of the Sports Market
The Heartland. America's Breadbasket. Middle America. The Midwest has been known by many nicknames but here’s one more: Sports Hosting Powerhouse. Cities in the center of the country can attract and h...
ARTICLE Nov 01, 2025
Set for Success
Played on four surfaces (indoor, sand, grass and even the emerging discipline of snow) and a perennial tournament powerhouse sport, volleyball lends itself to almost any setting and any age group. Thr...
ARTICLE Nov 01, 2025
Horse Sense
Equine sports are as varied as the horses and riders who participate, and as multitudinous as the crowds who come to watch. From the uniquely American sport of rodeo to the power and beauty of discipl...
ARTICLE Nov 01, 2025
Courting an Economic Boom
Tennis facilities are a fixture at almost every level, from schools to parks to private clubs. Pickleball facilities, meanwhile, have continued to proliferate, with new installations going in nationwi...
ARTICLE Oct 23, 2025
National Groups, States Work to Increase Kids’ Access to Youth Sports
With many programs for underserved populations experiencing cuts in recent months throughout the country, it’s refreshing to see new efforts at multiple levels expanding access to youth sports program...
ARTICLE Oct 23, 2025
Ghoul, Please: A List of the Top 25 Most Haunted (and Historic) Hotels
Here’s news you don’t see every day (and it is oh, so suited to Halloween on Friday): A list of the top 25 most haunted hotels. Best news: Many are in sports cities (for those who want to book a stay ...
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