Let’s clear something up right away: Yes, I did binge watch “Cheer” on Netflix last month, but only the first and last episodes. I just wasn’t that interested in the personal exploits of Gabi and Lexi and the rest of the boys and girls. It was certainly compelling documentary work...

Even in this important annual Girls’ and Women’s Sports Issue, where every article focuses on some aspect of women’s sports, I feel compelled to connect with our readers around the country who, like everyone in America, are adjusting to a new normal as the impact of the coronavirus hits home...

Team Insight went around the country to ask eight female athletes, ranging in age from 12 to 20-years old, to tell us in their own words how they feel about their sports gear and apparel, where they shop and if they have seen a difference in the quality and quality of female-specific apparel and...

In a somewhat minor acquisition in the world of team sports, but one that involves an interesting smaller company that made some significant inroads against much-larger competitors, Compass Diversified Holdings this week acquired...

I had originally written a pithy editorial for this issue of TeamInsightExtra on the demise of Modell’s Sporting Goods and the sudden departure of my friend Cathy Pryor from Hibbett Sports, but in light of all that has happened in the world this week – and influenced by...

Following the sudden death of former president Michael Schindler earlier this month, Baden Sports’ this week appointed Jake Licht as president and CEO and Casey Schindler as executive VP & COO. The promotions elevate the company’s third generation of family leadership following...

What little hope was held out for the early resumption of spring sports across America received a blow when Little League International, following the most recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “is strongly advising” all its...

It was only a matter of time before it became official and word finally came down yesterday afternoon that the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) decided to cancel the 2020 Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit, which was scheduled...

There’s an old Chinese proverb that says, simply, “May you live in interesting times.” While seemingly a blessing for an active life, the “interesting times” of the winter of 2020 are anything but … for life in general, for stock markets, for health care and, certainly, for the team sports business.

Golf broadcasting personality Gary McCord will join football coaching legend Herm Edwards, to bring even more star power to the National Sporting Goods Association’s (NSGA) 56th Management Conference & 22nd Annual Team Dealer Summit in Phoenix, AZ, in May.

After years of stagnant activity rates, 2019 saw three million more Americans take part in some sport or fitness activity, according to the SFIA’s annual Topline Participation Report. The report found that team sports, fitness and outdoor activities categories showing the most growth.

Michael Schindler, the long-time CEO and president of Baden Sports, passed away on February 19 from an apparent heart attack during a vacation in Hawaii. Schindler was 70.Schindler was the son of Baden founder E.C. Schindler.

As Major League Baseball gets set to open its 2020 season in a cloud of controversy caused by the electronic sign-stealing scandal by the Houston Astros, at least one youth baseball organization is outlawing the team’s name on its uniforms.

In what had been rumored for more than a year and was one of the team industry’s worst-kept secrets, Universal Athletic, the largest remaining independent team dealer in America, this week was acquired by ASB Sports, an affiliate of...

Not to be outdone by the headline-grabbing acquisition of Universal Athletic by rival Trivest Partners, BSN Sports in recent weeks closed on two significant purchases of independent team dealers.Most recently, BSN Sports acquired Nill Bros. Sports...

NCAA Divisions II and III have added two sports – wrestling and acrobatics and tumbling – to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program. The program provides a fast track for eligible women’s sports to become full-fledged NCAA championship events, boosting...

In a move that it says will “transform how youth sports organizations order uniforms for their participants,” Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. has “dramatically simplified the process” by introducing its own brand of custom-designed tackle football, flag football and cheerleading uniforms.

Two sporting goods and team sports legends recently passed away.John A. McArthur, the man whose name graced the iconic team dealer and sporting goods retailer he founded back in 1967, passed away Feb. 10, 2020, from pneumonia and cardiac failure. He was 92.

Football coaching legend – and television personality – Herm Edwards will bring a bit of star power to the National Sporting Goods Association’s (NSGA) 56th Management Conference & 22nd Annual Team Dealer Summit in Phoenix, AZ, in May. His keynote presentation will kick off the annual event.

BSN Sports earlier this month completed the acquisition of certain assets from Riddell’s Kollege Town division, including approximately 50 sales representatives, sales management and customer service professionals, and Kollege Town’s fanaKTive graphic capabilities.

All was going along swell for the first five episodes of the hit Netflix cheerleading show “Cheer” as the documentary followed the trials and tribulations and (spoiler alert!) ultimate success of the competitive cheer team from tiny Navarro Junior College in rural Corsicana, TX.

The Coronavirus epidemic spreading around the globe has a good chance of hitting close to home for many in the team sports industry, as manufacturing and supply chain disruptions threaten deliveries of everything from footwear to apparel to equipment.

With an eye on softball’s return to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Easton Diamond Sports recently unveiled its Ghost Advanced fast-pitch bat, described as “a highly advanced model … completely re-engineered to push the limits of performance and provide...

Using the Super Bowl last week in Miami Gardens as a backdrop, Adidas created a sustainable artificial turf football using approximately 1.8 million plastic bottles. The company then donated the field made from this upcycled plastic waste to...

There were a number of major executive appointments made in the world of team sports in the past few weeks. Founder Sport Group, a manufacturer of stock and custom sublimated garments for team dealers, decorators, and...