Reversing a recent corporate policy of backing out of expensive sponsorship deals, word comes that Under Armour and Notre Dame are extending their relationship, agreeing to a new 10-year, $10 million annual deal in cash and gear.

Looking to promote the lifelong benefits of running to high school students through its “Future Run” initiative, Brooks Running and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) have entered into a partnership that began August 1.

As part of its mission to promote the benefits of sports and fitness in America by recognizing those who share that vision, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) recently paid tribute to Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN).

The Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) and Running USA today announced a strategic partnership that will benefit the members of both organizations.

Three girls lacrosse equipment-related rules changes were accepted for the 2024 high school season by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Girls Lacrosse Rules Committee.

A number of rules changes affecting high school fast-pitch softball will have some impact on the products team dealers sell to their schools.

After pausing its sponsorship deal last year with Canada’s governing hockey body amid heavy criticism of the organization’s handling of sexual assault allegations involving members of its 2018 World Junior team and settlement payouts, Nike has officially ended its sponsorship of Hockey Canada.

Tanners Team Sports, which produces team and individual sports products, including baseball training equipment and accessories under the Rawlings and Easton brands, has been acquired by Smith’s Sporting Group.

Editors’ picks for the hottest team sports products for 2023

Let’s start by asking the question many of our readers are asking us: What is the supply chain situation for team headwear in mid-2023?

In this issue’s pickleball news comes word that Franklin Sports has entered into a five-year partnership with Pickleball Canada that makes Franklin’s X-40 and X-26 balls and its paddles the Official Balls and Paddles of Pickleball Canada...

In a move to significantly expand its distribution network, Stahls’ recently added LaserTek Solutions as a new Master Distributor for its Cad-Cut HTV and Hotronix heat presses.

The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Representative Assembly has approved a proposed amendment to include boys’ volleyball as a sanctioned interscholastic sport beginning with the 2024-25 school year.

Major League Baseball (MLB) and GameChanger, a youth sports app for live streaming, scorekeeping and team management owned and operated by Dick’s Sporting Goods, have entered into a multi-year agreement designed to help strengthen the sports of youth baseball and softball.

Gared and Performance Sports Systems (PSS) are joining to better serve the sporting goods and new construction markets as Gared Performance Sports Systems. Both companies were part of Gared Holdings, LLC.

The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) filled an open spot on its Board of Directors with the recent appointment of Cole Johnson of Johnson-Lambe Sporting Goods in Raleigh, NC. Johnson’s three-year term took effect June 1.

Charles Harvey Webster, age, 81, passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at home. He was the inventor of the popular Palmgard protective glove, which has been sold for decades by Markwort Sporting Goods.

Riddell and USA Football, the sport’s U.S. governing body, recently extended their partnership with a new three-year agreement that makes Riddell the official protective equipment partner of USA Football.

The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) is actively supporting the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act reintroduced into Congress earlier this month...

Having completed rigorous testing at Virginia Tech, a college football player – sophomore Carter Hogg – has developed a solution that reportedly reduces combined probability of concussion in contact sports by more than 60 percent.

The Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) has officially launched the SFIA Excelerator Program, an emerging leaders program for young professionals from diverse communities employed in the sports and fitness industry.

In arguably one of the more successful pairings in the team sports business, Sports Inc. and OrderMyGear (OMG) have renewed their multi-year partnership that designates OMG as the official technology provider of the sporting goods buying group.

Readers can take this news however they want for the impact on their own operations or the business of team sports in general, but recently online competitor Sports Warehouse...

High school basketball player uniforms and apparel for boys and girls were among rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) for the 2023-24 season.

Stahls’ recently debuted a new Heat Press Transformation video series featuring Marshall Atkinson that is designed to increase the efficiency of apparel decorators.