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Birmingham, AL, Tapped for World Games 2021

#Boston2024? That’s so two weeks ago. Get ready for the Birmingham, Alabama, hashtag, #bhm2021. With the announcement of Birmingham as host of the 20...

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Study: Cost of Sports Keeps Sidelining Kids

It shouldn’t come as a surprise, really. A recent study shows the ever-increasing cost of sports participation keeps many parents from enrolling their...

Promoting Football to Kids? Not Ditka

Promoting Football to Kids? Not Ditka

Lots of parents want their kids to enjoy the same sports they did. Not Mike Ditka. In a recent interview on “Real Sports with Bryant Gumble” focusing ...

Seeing the Super Bowl in a New Light

Seeing the Super Bowl in a New Light

When the Patriots and Seahawks take the field at the University of Phoenix Stadium, players and fans alike will experience their first Super Bowl unde...

No Room at the Inn: Super Bowl Tourism Expanding Into Private Homes

No Room at the Inn: Super Bowl Tourism Expanding Into Private Homes

Hotel rooms are booked. Bed-and-breakfasts don’t even have roll-away cots left. And campgrounds? Forget about it. Those spaces were taken a long time ...

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Atlantic City Ready to Gamble on Sports Tourism

Long the home of the Miss America pageant, family vacations – and ultimately, casinos – Atlantic City’s fortunes have declined through the years. So w...

Helmet Sensors: The Latest Weapon in the Crusade Against Concussion

Helmet Sensors: The Latest Weapon in the Crusade Against Concussion

As the sports industry continues its crusade against concussions, protective equipment companies are using networked sensors to try and solve the prob...

Crowd-Funded Super Bowl Commercials?

Crowd-Funded Super Bowl Commercials?

Never say the Super Bowl commercial writers can’t spot a trend – and try to sell it. Or rather, upsell it, and on the biggest party day of the year.

Working with Kids? Get Background Checks

Working with Kids? Get Background Checks

While mandating background checks for those who work with underage athletes seems like a no-brainer, the legalities are more complex.

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The Games in Birmingham? It Could Happen

Recently, the hashtag was #Boston2024. But now it's #Birmingham2021. With World Games at stake, Alabama is ready to play.