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Sports and Service: Engaging Volunteers for Community Partnerships

Sports and Service: Engaging Volunteers for Community Partnerships

Volunteers are the engine that drives a successful sports event. Take these tips from one of the most active national governing bodies and learn how t...

RunningUSA

U.S. Half Marathon Finishers Top 2 Million for the First Time

The half marathon, apparently, is the new black. Or the new obstacle race. Whatever it is, it's the very latest, according to industry research. Last ...

What Can Sports Event Professionals Learn from Convention Trends?

What Can Sports Event Professionals Learn from Convention Trends?

At first glance, sports event owners and business convention planners don’t seem to have much in common. But take a closer look and you find the commo...

Lacrosse Continues to Score Big

Lacrosse Continues to Score Big

Lacrosse is undergoing a seismic shift. Want proof? The sport just saw a new NCAA champion crowned – from the Rockies.

Airbnb: Carving out a Place in the Sports Tourism Market?

Airbnb: Carving out a Place in the Sports Tourism Market?

The hot-button topic at the recent NYU International Hospitality Investment Conference wasn’t bedbugs. It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t even online tr...

USWNT Member Ali Krieger Wearing Protective Headgear at World Cup

USWNT Member Ali Krieger Wearing Protective Headgear at World Cup

It has been a big month for headgear in professional sports that don’t require headgear. First, the ASTM performance standard for women’s lacrosse hea...

FishersOfMen

Inside Events: Fishers of Men Tournament Trail

The Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail (FOMTT) is a nonprofit, nondenominational ministry. But here’s a surprise: what began in 1998 as a small ...

Millennials: The Target Audience in the Travel Business Market

Millennials: The Target Audience in the Travel Business Market

The group every event planner is chasing today is the millennial, the generation generally accepted to have been born between the 1980s to the early 2...

2026 World Cup Decision-Making Put on Hold

2026 World Cup Decision-Making Put on Hold

The winner of the 2026 FIFA World Cup site selection process wasn’t expected to be announced until 2017. Now, it might take even longer – not that it ...

Hitting the Road - Marathons, Triathlons and Novelty Runs Co-Exist, Making Running a Truly...

Hitting the Road - Marathons, Triathlons and Novelty Runs Co-Exist, Making Running a Truly Universal Activity

The landscape of running and road sports continues to evolve, with a new trends (color runs, obstacle races, etc.) gaining a foothold.