Breaking News, Podcasts and Analysis Serving People who Organize, Manage and Host Sports Events
As the sports calendar turns from spring/summer to fall/winter, it is an appropriate time to reflect on one of the great stories in sports this year, that being Michael Block’s stunning closing holes to finish in the top 15 of the PGA Championship, thereby earning a return trip to next year’s tournament. Block ably personified […]
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Leaving Montreal’s airport and heading north, what strikes you first is how progressively greener the scenery gets heading out of the city. On a busy Friday afternoon, it takes about two hours to reach the destination. Along the way, every building is a soft pastel with colored roofs straight out of a scrapbook of what […]
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The most recent wave of collegiate conference realignment has been unsettling for sports fans in general, but even more so for the fans of the specific teams on the move. The recent raid of Pac-12 teams by the likes of the Big Ten and Big 12 hit home with special resonance for me when my […]
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My best friend and I are in the midst of attending the 25 most iconic and prominent sporting events in the world as part of our curated bucket list. As part of this pilgrimage, we recently had the privilege of attending the gentlemen’s final at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, aka Wimbledon. […]
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The business model, structure and governance of sports organizations are crucial in determining how they are managed, the dynamics of their activities and long-term sustainability. The main differences between International Federations and U.S. professional sports leagues are organizational structures, governance, revenue models, talent management strategies, leadership styles, profit orientation, sports specification rules, and conflict resolution […]
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The NBA season may have ended June 12 in Denver when the Nuggets captured their first championship. But the NBA never truly sleeps. The league took over Las Vegas starting July 7 with Summer League games tipping off at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. Simultaneously, the inaugural NBA Con — a massive […]
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I spend a lot of time thinking about youth sports. Most of that is in my capacity as executive editor and publisher of SportsTravel. I recently celebrated 15 years with the magazine, a journey that has been and remains a delight, and one that has brought me to plenty of youth sports events over the […]
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Alabama’s location in the South is synonymous with religion – the religion of collegiate athletics. Celebrating state pride through college sports is a deep-seeded tradition that both unites and divides families but also lends itself to a “welcome wagon” for families, fans and student-athletes traveling to events in destinations across the Yellowhammer State. College football […]
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The inaugural World Baseball Classic took place in 2006. In 2023 — as many 17-year-olds do — it came of age, capturing the attention of both baseball traditionalists and the general sports fan, while converting elite American-born players to the value of international play. Americans have always been slower than our foreign counterparts to revel […]
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 26 percent of adults in the United States — or a total of 61 million people — have some type of disability. Of those 61 million Americans, only 17 percent are born with their disability while 83 percent acquire their disabilities through a health diagnosis […]
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