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ARTICLE Jun 23, 2025
Now Open: Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism
We already know that sports tourism is a $114 billion industry and that everyone reading this has helped hit that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is accepting nominati...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
Get Your BID On: 2027 World Triathlon Championship Finals
Want to host an elite multisport event? Here’s your chance. World Triathlon has reopened the bidding process for the 2027 World Triathlon Championship Finals, its flagship annual event. This event wil...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
Fanning the Flame: Potential Olympic Host Cities Already Making Noise
It’s not even close to the bidding cycle, but we are halfway into 2024, and potential host cities for the 2036 and 2040 Summer Olympics are beginning to emerge. No fewer than four countries have confi...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
Swing and a Hit! Wiffle® Ball Is Back in the Spotlight
Wiffle® Ball, the scaled-back plastic version of America’s pastime that is part of many childhood memories, is receiving some much-deserved love this summer. For starters, there are now Wiffle® Ball c...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
Need Details on the New NFHS Flag Football Rules? Here They Are
In what was perhaps the most eagerly awaited youth sports development of the summer, the inaugural set of the National Federation of State High School Associations Flag Football Rules have been publis...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
In Maine, a New Bill to Eliminate Hotel Use of Travel-Size Toiletries
Out with the little bottles of shampoo, lotion and body wash. In with the containers that can be refilled by housekeeping staff in hotels. It is a concept that has been gaining traction as more hotels...

ARTICLE Jun 11, 2025
Coming Soon: SDM’s 2025 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism Awards
We already know that sports tourism is a $114 billion-plus industry and everyone reading this has helped build that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is gearing up for i...

ARTICLE Jun 05, 2025
New MLB-Funded Softball League Steps Up to the Plate
The National Basketball Association has the WNBA and now, Major League Baseball has the AUSL — the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. It’s a new branch of Athletes Unlimited (AU for short) which also...

ARTICLE Jun 05, 2025
Los Angeles Approves “Olympic Wage” Raise for Hospitality Workers
When the Los Angeles City Council approved updates to the Living Wage and Hotel Workers Minimum Wage ordinances, effectively increasing the minimum wage for its hotel and airport workers to $30 an hou...

ARTICLE Jun 05, 2025
An Airport Initiative, “Oops for Troops,” Could Grow Wings
Here’s an initiative that should grow legs (or perhaps wings). A new program at Ontario International Airport allows passengers going through security, who have packed items that can’t travel (like fu...