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What Can Sports Tourism Learn from the Top Road Races?

What Can Sports Tourism Learn from the Top Road Races?

Road racing as an industry just keeps setting its own personal bests. In 2024 alone, the world record for largest marathon ever was broken twice: firs...

NFL Reports Record-Low Concussions, But What’s Happening at Other Levels?

NFL Reports Record-Low Concussions. What’s Happening at Other Levels?

The NFL recently got some good press when it reported a record-low number of concussions, something that may be attributable to a combination of bette...

Get Your BID On: NAIA Women’s Lacrosse Championship

Get Your BID On: NAIA Women’s Lacrosse Championship

You have the rectangular fields. You have the tech. You have the hotels. You have the enthusiasm. With all that on your side, isn’t it time you threw ...

Propelled by Demographic Shirts, Communities Adding International Sports Venues

Propelled by Demographic Shifts, Cities Adding International Sports Venues

The U.S. has long been known as a melting pot, bringing together traditions, food and, yes, sports. In fact, many mainstream sports were brought in by...

The Women’s National Football Conference, a semi-pro tackle league that began play back in 2019 with 14 regular teams and one exhibition team, will kick off its sixth season March 29 with three new teams (the Chicago Winds, the Atlanta Truth and the Jersey Shore Wave), new growth initiatives and a boost from activities surrounding Super Bowl LIX.

Women’s National Football Conference Ready to Kick Off Sixth Season

The Women’s National Football Conference, a semi-pro tackle league that began play back in 2019 with 14 regular teams and one exhibition team, will ki...

How Gulf Shores is Stepping Up to Host NCAA Beach Volleyball in Wake of SoCal Fires

From SoCal to the Southeast: Relocating NCAA's Beach Volleyball Championships

As the fires in Southern California raged on, officials at NCAA knew they had to make a decision: Where to relocate the wildly popular beach volleybal...

Laws to Protect Refs are On the Rise

Better By Design: Sports Complexes, States Working to Increase Safety for Refs

Officials are needed in sports at all levels and they are an integral part of the sports tourism landscape; in fact, the presence of secure meeting ro...

Here’s a headline nobody could have anticipated: NHL Plans to Host Two Outdoor Games in Florida in 2026. That news, which broke earlier this month, included the fact that both LoanDepot Park and Raymond James Stadium would be the venues, and that the Sunshine State is one of the fastest-growing hockey markets. Of course, the big question is this: How?

Outdoor Ice Hockey Moving into the Sunshine State – But How?

Here’s a headline nobody could have anticipated: NHL Plans to Host Two Outdoor Games in Florida in 2026. That unlikely news included the fact that bot...

TGL Golf League

Indoor Simulated Golf League, Backed by Woods and McIlroy, Tees Off

Almost one million viewers tuned in to ESPN to watch the debut of TGL Golf, the new six-team indoor simulator golf league co-created by Tiger Woods an...

Delaware Esports League

Delaware Launches Educational Esports Program for Grades K-12

Delaware, the second-smallest state in the USA, kicked off 2025 by pressing “play” on a groundbreaking esports initiative for students in kindergarten...