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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 May 22, 2025
Sports Venues, Hotels Could be Affected by Visa Worker Shortage
Memorial Day, the great dividing line between spring and summer, is behind us. Now, as sports venues and others in the industry seek to fill gaps in their labor force, they are looking to visa program...

ARTICLE May 22, 2025
The Gloves Are Off: Bare-Knuckle Boxing Added as Official Discipline
Don’t look for it in the Olympics any time soon but the International Boxing Association has adopted a new discipline and is encouraging its member federations to incorporate it into their events. Bar...

ARTICLE May 22, 2025
Cities Embrace Trails as Selling Points, Economic Drivers
Earlier this year, Nancy Hobbs, the founder and executive director of the American Trail Running Association, stated that trail running was on an upward trajectory. That included numbers of races offe...

ARTICLE May 08, 2025
Theft of Copper Wiring Leaves Youth Fields in the Dark
File this one under “How low can someone go?” Thieves are targeting youth athletic fields for copper wiring, leaving teams without lighting to play night games. It’s a phenomenon that has been seen in...

ARTICLE May 08, 2025
Black Rodeo Culture Surging Around the Country
In the mid-1800s, Black cowboys accounted for about one-quarter of all cowboys who were part of the ranching movement in the American West, but in mainstream narratives, their contribution to history ...

ARTICLE May 01, 2025
Raising the Bar
While track and field gets the spotlight in the Summer Olympics, the sport has long been a consistent favorite among high school athletes. To meet the demands of athletes, a growing number of destinat...

ARTICLE May 01, 2025
Baseball Continues Its Home Run Tradition
Baseball is, in fact, the Great American Pastime, even judging by statistics. The most recent research from the Physical Activity Council puts U.S. participation for baseball in 2024 at 17.3 million p...

ARTICLE May 01, 2025
Back to School
The term, “back to school,” might bring up thoughts of shopping for new three-ring binders and notebooks with superhero character themes designed to make kids feel cool. But as an adult, and as a memb...
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