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If the late Amos Alonzo Stagg and Glenn “Pop” Warner, two of the trailblazers who led the movement to take rugby union football and evolve it into the game of American gridiron football, were alive to today they would be more than impressed with the state of the game they helped shape.
For decades, soccer was viewed as a sport with plenty of runway for growth here in the U.S., but it still had to compete with legacy team sports – football, basketball, baseball and hockey – for attention on the youth sports stage and often faced an uphill battle to gain mainstream favor.
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A host of new products, advanced technologies – and, of course, pickleball – highlight 2023.
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Just like every other segment within the team sports business, the team sock market has experienced a basket full of changes in the past few years...
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With Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) issues reaching all the way down to high schools, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) attempted to get ahead of the curve with...
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I ‘m going to make this really simple, so as we get ready to turn the calendar to 2024 let’s make some predictions about the biggest stories we can expect in the year ahead.
The Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) is launching a new Super Regional Series this month, offering a localized opportunity for SFIA members, partners and industry leaders to meet about business insights and topics driving today’s sporting goods and fitness environment.
Team Insight looks at the ‘specialty sports’ that keep dealers’ doors open year-round.
Team dealers pay attention: Girls’ wrestling is taking over the mats in America, according to Chad Clark, senior VP at Cliff Keen Athletic. In fact, Clark predicts that girls’ wrestling is poised for another eye-opening year of growth.
Pickleball, billed as the fastest-growing sport in America and boasting nearly nine million participants in 2022, is ready to make some serious inroads into the team market.
While advances in technology are usually exciting and nearly inescapable, they’re not always easy to understand or implement — especially among team dealers steeped in “that’s the way we always did it.”
When Travis Elam was promoted to CEO at the Sports. Inc. buying group a little more than a year ago, Max Pearson gladly accepted the role of director of team sports, where he now leads the team division in areas such as member relationships and recruitment...
Grammy Award winning rapper Drake and “Black Panther” star Michael B. Jordan are among the new investors in Major League Pickleball’s Brooklyn Aces. Drake, Jordan and Translation CEO Steve Stoute are among the new backers for the franchise...
The Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) and Pickleheads, an online platform for pickleball, recently released the 2023 State of Pickleball: Participation and Infrastructure Report.
Although nearly all team sports suffered drastic participation and sales declines during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, few felt it as drastically and completely as basketball — an indoor sport with close physical contact at a time when both of those were actively discouraged.
As the governing bodies, players, coaches, fans, umpires, manufacturers, retailers, team dealers and sponsors in baseball and fast-pitch softball navigate their way through 2023, it’s fair to say that the negative impact of the COVID pandemic on both sports has...
The best way to find out just how strong the baseball and fast-pitch softball games are faring in the United States is to go straight to the source — the major associations in charge of those two sports at the youth level.
According to research by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), participation in and fast-pitch softball is nearly back to where it was pre-COVID.
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In a move with far-reaching implications in the team sports business, football helmet maker Riddell recently signed a seven-year extension to its partnership with the National Football League (NFL).
Responding to the times and business direction, the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) recently unveiled a new name and logo for what was previously known as the NSGA Management Conference and Team Dealer Summit.
Illustrating the growing importance of technology, online team stores and other data-driven efforts within the team sports business, the two leading providers of these technologies had some significant announcements this month leading up to the Sports, Inc. buying show in Las Vegas.
Marucci Sports, the maker of baseball bats and gloves, is reportedly being acquired by Fox Factory, based in Duluth, GA, a company best known for its Fox Racing Shox brand of off-road racing suspension components.
In this issue’s pickleball news, Pickleball Central, which calls itself “America's leading online source for pickleball equipment and apparel,” is stepping up to support PHIT America to get more kids playing pickleball.
Dynamic Team Sports, a leading sublimation supplier in the team sports industry, has named industry veteran Todd Levine as its new president.
If the late Amos Alonzo Stagg and Glenn “Pop” Warner, two of the trailblazers who led the movement to take rugby union football and evolve it into the game of American gridiron football, were alive to today they would be more than impressed with the state of the game they helped shape.
How long does it take for the textile industry to move the needle forward on sustainability? Some would say “too long,” and depending on your sense of time, that response rings true, especially when you consider that it was 30 years ago when Polartec, in partnership with Patagonia...
Women’s fitness apparel is becoming more sophisticated and elegant, with looks that win both on and off the court. Here, brands show off some of their stylish activewear standouts.
See and be seen is the mantra when running in low or no light conditions. But beyond being visible, runners need to be heard, comfortable and aware of their surroundings.
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