I am thinking that this is absolutely, definitely, unequivocally my final editorial that mentions COVID-19 and the impact of the pandemic on the world of team sports. Maybe.

The NFL wants to continue growing its market outside of the U.S. and the ultimate goal for the next 10 years is to attract about 50 million new international fans to the sport. Toward this end, Damani Leech, COO of NFL International, says the league is looking to...

Major League Baseball recently entered into two critical youth baseball and softball partnerships with EL1 Sports (EL1) and Diamond Kinetics (DK) that aim to increase accessibility to sports training, support diversity-focused grassroots and development programs, and enhance skills through...

Football is one of the nation’s most popular sports, but Americans differ on whether kids should play. A new study from Ohio State University, recently published in the journal Social Currents, found that about 50 percent of Americans disagree that tackle football is appropriate for kids...

In our ongoing coverage of the involvement of major brands in the incredible growth of pickleball comes news that none other than Skechers, which recently became the official footwear sponsor of the 2022 Minto US Open Pickleball Championships, has gone ahead and signed...

BSN Sports has launched a $50,000 Campus Branding Giveaway that will award one school the opportunity to refresh the look and feel of their campus and athletic facilities through up to $50,000 of customizable products available within BSN Sports’ Campus Branding line.

Ed Finch, 63, who most recently worked for Earl Boykin Sports in Wilson, NC, died Thursday, April 7, 2022, peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He had previously worked for Durham Sporting Goods, (DSG Sports) and was a regular as Sports, Inc. shows with EB Sports.

Youth Athletes United, the 291-unit multi-brand youth sports franchisor behind Little Rookies Baseball, Soccer Stars, Amazing Athletes, TGA Premier Sports, and JumpBunch, has entered into a partnership with former Major League Baseball All-Star Ben Grieve.

Team dealers will want to be aware of the news that high school athletes participating in girls’ gymnastics now have additional uniform options beginning with the 2022-23 season.


Upping its game in team sports, ASICS America has relaunched its sublimation offerings for team sports through a new partnership with an unnamed partner it describes as “the largest sublimation manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere.”

Puma has rolled out a pilot program called RE:JERSEY that reuses its existing football jerseys to create new ones. The pilot is part of Puma’s Circular Lab and its Forever Better sustainability platform.

MonkeySports, the online retailer of hockey, baseball and lacrosse equipment, has unveiled a trade-in program that allows its customers to trade in used gear, timed with trade-in events, and receive MonkeySports store credit to use towards future purchases.

Two high-profile speakers – football coach Herm Edwards and fighter pilot Waldo Waldman – will bring some star power to the NSGA Management Conference and Team Dealer Summit, May 22-24 at the JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, AZ.

Champion Athleticwear – the brand that created the world’s first sports bra – is looking to change the girls’ sports game again by bringing on Saweetie as the its first-ever Global Culture Consultant.

The NFL/NFLPA's eighth annual study on helmet safety is out and it turns out that Vicis has the top four performing helmets, with the Vicis Zero2-R Matrix ID Trench – a position-specific helmet for linemen – coming in as the top-rated helmet.

In a move that will likely trickle down to the collegiate, high school and youth football ranks, the NFL recently mandated the use of Guardian Cap helmet covers for offensive and defensive linemen, tight ends and linebackers during pre-season practices between the...

Prior to the pandemic basketball was on a tear, with total participation jumping 11.4 percent from 2019 to 2020, according to the SFIA’s 2021 Topline Report. The organization also found that basketball was ranked the number one sport that kids ages 6-12 and 13-17...

Girls’ soccer is back on the pitch and the newfound momentum among schools, clubs and select teams is good news for dealers and soccer specialty stores alike.

Lacrosse’s soaring popularity has spread well beyond its Northwest and Mid-Atlantic base, it continues to attract youth and high school players and is still the fastest-growing college sport in the country.

Well known to the team sports industry as a maker of wrestling apparel, 50-year-old Brute Athletic Apparel is now expanding from that most macho of sports into women’s custom team apparel.

Team Insight Goes 1-on-1 with Mary Dolan, Owner/CEO, Pro-Am Team Sports, Schererville, IN. Mary Dolan’s initial career was as an employment and domestic relations lawyer, but after she took some time off when her fifth child was born and she was ready to go back to work she decided to...

Flying in the face of pandemic woes and an accompanying drop-off in participation, women’s volleyball had a banner year in 2021. Highlights included the debut of a professional league in February, a gold medal sweep in the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games...

As the spring sports season begins BSN Sports has unveiled two marketing efforts aimed at its core team sports audience. In partnership with Under Armour, BSN launched a complementary webinar series, the "Women of Will Womenar Series," on behalf of their joint Women of Will Program...

Rapsodo, the maker of sports technology known for analyzing real-time metrics for athletes, has added D1 collegiate softball players, Elizabeth Hightower and Tiare Jennings, to its list of strategic partners.

OC Sports has promoted Nate Currier to national sales manager. Currier has over five years of experience at Outdoor Cap, previously in the company’s Farm and Western Division. He succeeds Brad Reagan, who is now a National Account Manager for Happy Egg.