In a significant move at the professional level that will certainly trickle down to youth sports, the NFL and NFL Players Association recently approved a Vicis helmet for quarterbacks that is the first for the position specifically designed to reduce concussions.

After 45 years of business – and after conferring with its financial and legal advisors – Omega Sports has confirmed it is going out of business, including its e-commerce operation.

In a move that won’t make many sporting goods stores or team dealers – and apparently a lot of hockey fans – very happy, the National Hockey League and Fanatics have entered into a 10-year agreement...

Consolidating its position in the baseball market, Marucci Sports recently acquired Baum Enterprises, the manufacturer of composite wood bats.

Gared Holdings this week reported that its board of directors has hired Marcus Johnson as chief executive officer of Gared Holdings, LLC (DBA Gared and PSS), effective immediately. He succeeds Kevin Hinkamper.

Five-time Olympic Gold Medalist and 11-time World Champion swimmer Missy Franklin highlights a trio of speakers with diverse backgrounds who will share stories of leadership and success at the NSGA Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit on May 21-23 at the W Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee.

In what may make more than a few team dealers across America smile just a little bit, Varsity Brands, the parent company of BSN Sports, has reportedly agreed to pay $43.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged the producer of cheerleading events abused its industry dominance...

Putting (almost) all of its sponsorship and athlete dollars in one very large basket after a number of other partnerships didn’t work out so well, Under Armour has both extended and expanded its contract with the Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry...

The hottest, trend-right and technically advanced new products for girls’ and women’s sports as chosen by the editors of Team Insight. There is no shortage of new products being designed specifically for the female athlete as team sports return to a sense of normalcy.

Bashor’s Team Athletics, located in Portland, OR, and established in 1944, has been in Julia Sherman’s family since 1960, when her grandpa purchased it from the original owner’s widow.

True to its entrepreneurial spirit, NexTex Innovations, an Atlanta-based textile technology developer that builds strategic partnerships with brands, entrepreneurs and manufacturers to bring textile innovations to market, has teamed up with Lzrd Tech...

OrderMyGear (OMG) has named Mykayla Goodwin as VP–strategy, where she will play a pivotal role in identifying growth opportunities for OMG and guiding company strategy through market research and strategic planning.

James M. Chick, a powerful and well-respected retailer in sporting goods before he sold his southern California chain to Dick’s Sporting Goods in 2007, passed away March 7 at age 76.

The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) recently asked its members and others in the industry to indicate how the association should respond to the recent proposed ban of non-compete agreements by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

In a continued effort to make youth sports and other recreational activities more affordable, this week the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act was re-introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

In a significant move in a state with the largest number of high school athletes, California recently approved a plan to make flag football a girls’ high school sport.

The recent NBA All-Star Game was the setting for the unveiling of a truly unique new product — the Wilson 3D Airless Prototype Basketball. It was used during the first round of the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest by the Houston Rockets’ KJ Martin.

In one of the more important meetings on the team sports calendar, the SFIA, NFHS and NCAA will be hosting the annual Team Sports Conference April 17–18 in Indianapolis, IN.

In this issue’s pickleball news, Selkirk Sport has entered a partnership with US Sports Camps, the official provider of Nike Sports Camps.

Augie Nieto, a 2008 inductee of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame and one of the most successful innovators in the fitness industry who turned his efforts toward finding a cure for ALS after he was diagnosed with the disease 18 years ago, passed away February 22 ...

With a commitment from all parties towards developing a fruitful partnership, the wildly popular Savannah Bananas began their world tour last month sporting a bunch of new equipment thanks to a partnership with Wilson Sporting Goods.

In one of the more successful and long-running partnerships in professional sports, Major League Soccer and Adidas recently signed a multi-year extension that continues Adidas’ role as the official supplier for the league, its clubs and youth academies.

Michelle Thomas has joined Outdoor Cap as the new head of customer experience. Thomas began her career at J.B Hunt Transport and for 20 years she grew her background in customer care and experience managing accounts to become a senior business analyst.

Supporting girls’ and women’s youth sports, Play It Again Sports and Winmark are partnering with Blake Bolden, a trailblazer in women’s hockey who competed in the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) and is a pro scout for the Los Angeles Kings...

This news certainly got our attention — and should pique the interest of team dealers as well. Recent news out of Denmark – yes, Denmark – announced that TinyMobileRobots...