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Will Second Season of Pro Cheer League Keep the Sport’s Momentum?
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026

Will Second Season of Pro Cheer League Keep the Sport’s Momentum?

Remember the Pro Cheer League, the travel concept that introduced teams of cheer athletes (working for pay and representing different markets), who competed against one another in front of a live audi...
#GOALS: Adult Sports Club Offering Its Own Version of the World Cup
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026

#GOALS: Adult Sports Club Offering Its Own Version of the World Cup

Recently, SDM profiled the Sport & Social Industry Association, a nonprofit trade organization for businesses that operate adult sports leagues, tournaments and social events. Recently, one of those ...
Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact Awards Program is Open
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026

Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact Awards Program is Open

We already know that sports tourism is a nearly $275 billion industry. We also know that everyone reading this has helped build that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is...
Youth Sports Implementing (With Uneven Success) Coach Background Checks
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026

Youth Sports Implementing (With Uneven Success) Coach Background Checks

Nationwide, youth sports organizations are grappling with the sudden reality of needing to do background checks on coaches and other key personnel. And judging by some recent reports, some groups have...
The Sport & Social Industry Association: An Interview with Galen Beers, Executive Director
ARTICLE Jun 01, 2026

The Sport & Social Industry Association

There’s a fast-growing sector in the sports events market and it isn’t youth, although it’s made up of athletes who used to fall into that category: Adult leagues with regular programming in everythin...
‘Field of Dreams’ Emerging as Versatile Sports Tourism Destination
ARTICLE May 31, 2026

Field of Dreams Emerging as Versatile Sports Tourism Destination

Remember when the Field of Dreams movie site was little more than a tourist destination in the middle of an Iowa cornfield? Nearly 40 years after the 1989 film starring Kevin Costner as a struggling f...
Coming Soon: SDM's Awards Program
ARTICLE May 28, 2026

Coming Soon: SDM’s 2026 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism Awards

We already know that sports tourism is a nearly $275 billion industry. We also know that everyone reading this has helped build that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is...
Flag Football Outpaces Even Beach Volleyball, Close to Championship Status
ARTICLE May 28, 2026

Flag Football Outpaces Even Beach Volleyball in the Rush Toward Collegiate Championship Status

When NCAA announced that women’s flag football had received a formal recommendation to become a championship sport, the reaction was an open-mouthed stare because, well, flag was just added to the Eme...
New NCAA Ice Hockey Throat Protection Rule Could Hit Events As Soon As Fall
ARTICLE May 28, 2026

New NCAA Ice Hockey Throat Protection Rule Could Hit Events As Soon As Fall

The wheels of college sports rules turn slowly but they do, in fact, turn. NCAA ice hockey rules committee members representing DI and DIII men and women are considering a requirement for cut-resistan...
The World Cup as a Hospitality Cure-All? It’s Looking Iffier by the Day
ARTICLE May 28, 2026

The World Cup as a Hospitality Cure-All? It’s Looking Iffier by the Day

The likelihood that the FIFA World Cup 2026 will be a cure-all for the U.S. hospitality industry, as once believed, is looking iffier by the day. From ticketing fiascos to tailgating issues and sponso...

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Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact Awards Program is Open

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