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When Hurricane Helene swept through in September 2024, the staff of Hendersonville, North Carolina’s Champion Hills Golf Club faced a challenge found in no playbook ever written. Torrential rains and fierce winds damaged Tom Fazio’s acclaimed “Mountain Masterpiece,” leaving the course and community with a long road to recovery. Here’s how they did it.

Champion Hills Rebuilds: A Story of Resilience and Restoration

When Hurricane Helene swept through in September 2024, the staff of Hendersonville, North Carolina’s Champion Hills Golf Club faced a challenge found ...

Lawmakers Reintroduce Bills to Help Bolster Youth Sports Facilities

Lawmakers Reintroduce Bills to Help Bolster Youth Sports Facilities

Enhancing youth sports facilities and increasing access to them are the dual focus of two new pieces of fairly new bipartisan federal legislation that...

Takeaways for Event Owners from the New Olympic Team Mixed Golf

Takeaways for Event Owners from the New Olympic Team Mixed Golf

The IOC’s addition of Mixed Team Golf to the Olympic program at Los Angeles in 2028 has created the first Olympic golf team competition since the 1904...

How a Bounty on Invasive Species is Driving Engagement in Fishing

How a Bounty on Invasive Species is Driving Engagement in Fishing

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Sometimes, people just want to see a villain in handcuffs. But what’s even more rewarding than that? Coll...

Get Your BID On: NAIA Women's Lacrosse National Championship

Get Your BID On: NAIA Women's Lacrosse National Championship

Want to capitalize on your rectangular field by hosting some great collegiate lacrosse? Act now and immerse yourself in this RFP from the NAIA for its...

From Shot Skis to Pond Skims, Shenanigans Mark End of Ski Season

From Shot Skis to Pond Skims, Shenanigans Mark End of Ski Season

Yeah, we know. Ski resorts are hawking special advance discounts if people buy passes for next year’s ski season. But what everyone REALLY wants to kn...

Fake Black-Eyed Susans, Imported Roses: Secrets of the Triple Crown

Those Aren't Black-Eyed Susans and Other Secrets of the Triple Crown

It’s Triple Crown season, with the Kentucky Derby this weekend. Much is at stake: stud fees, bets and (at Pimlico), the painting of the weather vane i...

Cities Score with 2s Frees 3s, Basketball’s Version of Pitch, Hit & Run

Cities Score with 2s Frees 3s, Basketball’s Version of Pitch, Hit & Run

The National Football League’s Punt, Pass and Kick youth football skills competition was grounded in 2017 after 56 years (RIP), but Major League Baseb...

Amid the outpouring of tributes to Pope Francis following his death were recollections of the pontiff’s proclivity for sports and the unifying role they have played in an increasingly fraying, divided world. The Italian National Olympic Committee suspended all sports on the day of the pontiff’s funeral and even IOC President Thomas Bach weighed in.

Pope Francis: Sports Fan

Amid the outpouring of tributes to Pope Francis following his death were recollections of the pontiff’s proclivity for sports and the unifying role th...

For a while, the question was whether the 2025 version of The Last Great Race on Earth would be the very last. The Iditarod, one of Alaska’s longest-running traditions, was in financial jeopardy. A loss of sponsors put the race at risk, and a state legislative committee denied a $1.4 million funding request. But for now, the race may see another year.

Iditarod Survives Threats to Future Runnings… for Now

For a while, the question was whether the 2025 version of The Last Great Race on Earth would be the very last. The Iditarod, one of Alaska’s longest-r...