Running is more popular than ever. If you want to hear about what runners want (spoiler alert: a great location is number one, but a nice course is also important), you need to check out the Global Runner Survey from Running USA, with insights from more than 7,400 respondents. Part of the news: Most runners expect to run more events in the future.

In an intense hurricane season, NFL stadiums are proactively signing on with FEMA to become emergency shelters. This differs from previous years, when responses were more reactive and many facilities did not have supplies to support the thousands of people who poured in after storms. Youth sports facilities have been shelters as well - here's how.

Mountain bikes have been banned on Mount Tamalpais trails in Marin County, California (a trail mecca) since 1984. After 40 years of waiting and decades of advocacy, seven miles of trails are opening to mountain bikers through a pilot program. Mountain bike enthusiasts blazed a rough path to get access to those facilities. Here's how they did it.

Trophy recycling. Shoe recycling. What's next? Tennis ball recycling, meaning that optic yellow (yes, that's the official color of tennis balls) is the new green. While many things germane to sports events remain on the I-wish-they-were-recyclable list (ahem! Red Solo cups!), tennis balls are finding new purposes through a variety of programs.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, then tore across South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, leaving a 500-mile trail of destruction and a death toll of more than 100. Now, as power losses continue, sports are taking a back seat as individuals try to bail out and find a way forward. Here is how to help.

One of the attractions of travel tournaments is taking teams to new destinations and having them play in great surroundings. Unfortunately, the attraction can be targeted by unscrupulous individuals, as one team, as well as family members and spectators, recently discovered. But with so many good events in the marketplace, it is hoped this is an aberration.