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The New Trend: Running Events Marketing Other Running Events
ARTICLE Jul 09, 2026

The New Trend: Running Events Marketing Other Running Events

A hyper-local race trend involving running events spinning off other running events or programs is picking up pace and creating new and exciting events with a built-in brand while also increasing regi...
High-rise buildings form a city skyline on a coastline with a blue sky and clouds above a body of water.
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 ...
Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact Awards Program is Open
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...
#GOALS: Adult Sports Club Offering Its Own Version of the World Cup
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026

#GOALS: Adult Sports Club Offering Its Own Version of the World Cup

Recently, SDM profiled the Sport & Social Industry Association, a nonprofit trade organization for businesses that operate adult sports leagues, tournaments and social events. Now, one of those opera...
The Sport & Social Industry Association: An Interview with Galen Beers, Executive Director
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...
Flag Football Outpaces Even Beach Volleyball, Close to Championship Status
ARTICLE May 28, 2026

Flag Football Outpaces Even Beach Volleyball in the Rush Toward Collegiate Championship Status

When NCAA announced that women’s flag football had received a formal recommendation to become a championship sport, the reaction was an open-mouthed stare because, well, flag was just added to the Eme...
Coming Soon: SDM's Awards Program
ARTICLE May 28, 2026

Coming Soon: SDM’s 2026 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism Awards

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...
An Endurance Race with Taco Bell Stops? Now THAT’S Fast Food
ARTICLE Apr 29, 2026

An Endurance Race with Taco Bell Stops? Now THAT’S Fast Food

Endurance racing isn’t for weenies but it is for tacos. At least it is during the Taco Bell 50K, during which runners had to journey (on foot, very quickly) between nine Taco Bells, ordering and eatin...
Women’s Sports Make Biggest Headlines at NCAA Convention
ARTICLE Jan 22, 2026

Women’s Sports Make Biggest Headlines at NCAA Convention

National Girls and Women in Sports Day is in February but NCAA is ahead of the game. Two women’s sports, STUNT and Acrobatics & Tumbling have become full championship sports. Women’s Wrestling became ...
Want to Honor America’s 250th Birthday with Sports Tie-Ins? Start Now
ARTICLE Jan 08, 2026

Want to Honor America’s 250th Birthday with Sports Tie-Ins? Start Now

Baby boomers (and older members of Gen X), recall America’s bicentennial in 1976, as well as all the hype around it. These days, many of those people (who as kids, marched in parades while wearing red...

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The New Trend: Running Events Marketing Other Running Events

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Article Jul 09, 2026

A hyper-local race trend involving running events spinning off other running events or programs is picking up pace and creating new and exciting event...

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Factors to Consider When Selecting a Host City
Article Jul 01, 2026
Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact Awards Program is Open
Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact Awards Program
Article Jun 11, 2026
#GOALS: Adult Sports Club Offering Its Own Version of the World Cup
#GOALS: Adult Sports Club Offering Its Own Version of the World Cup
Article Jun 11, 2026
The Sport & Social Industry Association: An Interview with Galen Beers, Executive Director
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