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Common Sense: The App Missing from Fitness Wearables

Common Sense: The App Missing from Fitness Wearables

Fitness technology has given weekend warriors the ability to count calories, measure heart rates, track their run distances and times, and more. It ha...

Toronto Positioning Itself to Become World Curling Hotspot

Toronto Positioning Itself to Become World Curling Hotspot

While many people’s exposure to curling is limited to the Winter Olympic Games, the sport’s permanent fan base is expanding. And Canada, which has oft...

Some States Determined to Stamp Out Bullying Youth Coaches

Some States Determined to Stamp Out Bullying Youth Coaches

And now for something completely different: legislation to ban coaches who scream at kids. Despite its comical portrayal in movies like “Kicking and ...

Reds’ New Private Suite Offers Nursing Mothers a New Option

Reds’ New Private Suite Offers Nursing Mothers a New Option

It’s not a taboo subject, but in sports venues, it’s a dicey one: breastfeeding in public. However, this year, MLB’s Cincinnati Reds added a private s...

Youngstown, Ohio, Sees Hospitality Stemming from Youth Sports

Youngstown, Ohio, Sees Hospitality Stemming from Youth Sports

Boom-and-bust cycles based on industry are nothing new. Youngstown, Ohio, which lies 75 miles southeast of Cleveland, was once a busy destination due...

Cell Phones: A Permanent Penalty at Augusta

Cell Phones: A Permanent Penalty at Augusta

Spectators who try to enter the grounds of Augusta National during the Masters were subject to search and seizure – and what security was looking for ...

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Inside Events: USA Team Handball

If you're still envisioning handball as a marginalized pastime -- something played only in rec centers with a small ball, USA Team Handball has a mess...

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Nothing But Net: How Much did Indiana’s Legislature Cost Indiana?

There are bad decisions and there are bad decisions made worse by their timing. And at the end of the day, it was the combination of both that made In...

The Decline of the Swag Bag

The Decline of the Swag Bag

The Western African black rhino. The carrier pigeon. The swag bag at races? Times were, goodie bags were a staple at 5Ks, fun runs and other road raci...

Pickleball: The Sport with a Funny Name is Serious About Tourism

Pickleball: The Sport with a Funny Name is Serious About Tourism

The sport with the funny name is serious about attracting national competitions to new destinations. Pickleball, a paddle sport that looks a bit like ...