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ARTICLE Jul 01, 2026
Hit the Road (and the Trail and Even the Water)
Few organized sports and recreation events are as accessible to such a broad swath of the population as running. Whether on a road or trail, or whether an athlete has the added challenges of water and...
ARTICLE Jul 01, 2026
Executive Insights: Bassmaster
Bassmaster is the most widely recognized brand within competitive bass fishing. The organization has a global membership and produces competitive tournament trails and events, including the Bassmaster...
ARTICLE Jul 01, 2026
Field Trips: These Venues Can Host a Multitude of Sports and Activities
From soccer, football and lacrosse, to rugby, Ultimate, quadball and more, rectangular sports fields can host nearly anything event owners need, while accommodating hundreds, possibly thousands, of sp...
ARTICLE Jul 01, 2026
Factors to Consider When Selecting a Host City
The selection of a host city requires the alignment of a number of forces with the priorities of the rights holder; these forces include infrastructure, financial capacity and political support. This ...
ARTICLE Jun 25, 2026
In Honor of America’s 250th Birthday, the Most Historic Golf Resorts
For those seeking out a sports experience that honors the American Semiquincentennial (or if you want to get all hashtaggy about it, #USA250 or #America250), our friends at Historic Hotels of America ...
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026
Will a Second Season of Pro Cheer League Keep the Sport’s Momentum?
Remember the Pro Cheer League, the travel concept that introduced teams of cheer athletes (working for pay and representing different markets), who competed against one another in front of a live audi...
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026
Youth Sports Implementing (With Uneven Success) Coach Background Checks
Nationwide, youth sports organizations are grappling with the sudden reality of needing to do background checks on coaches and other key personnel. And judging by some recent reports, some groups have...
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026
Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact Awards Program
We already know that sports tourism is a nearly $275 billion industry. We also know that everyone reading this has helped build that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is...
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026
Hacky Sack Renaissance Proves You Can, in Fact, Play it Again
High school and college students have been clearing the retail shelves and hitting online stores hard in pursuit of hacky sacks, the game straight outta the 1990s. Not only that, Oregon’s Willamette P...
ARTICLE Jun 01, 2026
The Sport & Social Industry Association
There’s a fast-growing sector in the sports events market and it isn’t youth, although it’s made up of athletes who used to fall into that category: Adult leagues with regular programming in everythin...
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