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ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
Pole Position: Will Aerial Gymnastics Ever Become an Olympic Sport?
Few sports are probably less understood than pole gymnastics. It emphasizes strength, flexibility and creativity, much like traditional gymnastics, figure skating, artistic swimming and breaking (all ...

ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
Resent or Reset? Trail Race Owners Talk About Public Lands Budget Cuts
At the outset of the year, Nancy Hobbs, the founder and executive director of the American Trail Running Association, noted the discipline was on an upward trajectory with not only increased participa...

ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
No Lifeguard Shortage? Reimagining May Be Key to Staffing Events
One industry expert would like to go on record: There is actually no lifeguard shortage. There is, however, a problem with lifeguard recruitment that requires a reset on the part of destinations and v...

ARTICLE Mar 27, 2025
New IOC President’s Views Likely to Filter Down to Youth Sports Industry
Former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry broke down multiple barriers when she was elected the 10th president of the IOC. At 41, she is the youngest woman and first African to hold the position. Since I...

ARTICLE Mar 27, 2025
New Bill Could Allow for Participation in Both High School and Travel Sports
For decades, the line between club sports and high school sports has been a thick one, with some state associations that govern interscholastic sports barring student athletes from competing on a club...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 know is, of course, this: Who is planning what crazy...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 they have played in an increasingly fraying, divided...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 in the winning horse’s and jockey’s colors. The ico...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 games. Golf is now one of six sports (along with ...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 in no playbook ever written. Torrential rains and ...

ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
Pole Position: Will Aerial Gymnastics Ever Become an Olympic Sport?
Few sports are probably less understood than pole gymnastics. It emphasizes strength, flexibility and creativity, much like traditional gymnastics, figure skating, artistic swimming and breaking (all ...

ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
Resent or Reset? Trail Race Owners Talk About Public Lands Budget Cuts
At the outset of the year, Nancy Hobbs, the founder and executive director of the American Trail Running Association, noted the discipline was on an upward trajectory with not only increased participa...

ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
No Lifeguard Shortage? Reimagining May Be Key to Staffing Events
One industry expert would like to go on record: There is actually no lifeguard shortage. There is, however, a problem with lifeguard recruitment that requires a reset on the part of destinations and v...

ARTICLE Mar 27, 2025
New IOC President’s Views Likely to Filter Down to Youth Sports Industry
Former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry broke down multiple barriers when she was elected the 10th president of the IOC. At 41, she is the youngest woman and first African to hold the position. Since I...

ARTICLE Mar 27, 2025
New Bill Could Allow for Participation in Both High School and Travel Sports
For decades, the line between club sports and high school sports has been a thick one, with some state associations that govern interscholastic sports barring student athletes from competing on a club...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 know is, of course, this: Who is planning what crazy...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 they have played in an increasingly fraying, divided...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 in the winning horse’s and jockey’s colors. The ico...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 games. Golf is now one of six sports (along with ...

ARTICLE Apr 24, 2025
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 in no playbook ever written. Torrential rains and ...
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