As springtime nears, America’s Pastime is again gaining the attention of team dealers, school athletic directors, players, coaches, leagues and travel teams.
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The team cap market has undergone a lot of changes in the past few years.
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For most sports fans of a certain age, their first exposure to wrestling and one of the sport’s most indelible images can be traced back to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich when American Dan Gable won the gold medal in the men’s Freestyle Lightweight Division.
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The sport of basketball may well be at an all-time high in terms of popularity, both throughout the world and here in the U.S., as we enter 2024.
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Watching basketball, following basketball, coaching basketball and playing basketball are all part of the fabric of life in the Hoosier state.
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Basketball continues to be the most-popular team sport in the U.S., from the point of view of participation. According to figures released by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA), there are 28.1 million Americans, ages six and above, who play basketball.
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One of the many things my little brother, Glenn, and I agreed on in the almost 20 years we shared a bedroom was that baseball was our favorite sport to play and watch.
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In an industry where there are hundreds of options on where people can spend their money, FSGA has focused on value and quality.
Read More...One of the many things my little brother, Glenn, and I agreed on in the almost 20 years we shared a bedroom was that baseball was our favorite sport to play and watch.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreA host of new products, advanced technologies – and, of course, pickleball – highlight 2023.
Read MoreJust 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...
Read MoreWith 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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If you want to promote physical activity and playing sports in America a good strategy is to recruit the biggest organizations in the country to spearhead the effort. Add in the power of the U.S. government and you have quite an ambitious effort to get kids playing.
Read MoreIf you want to promote physical activity and playing sports in America a good strategy is to recruit the biggest organizations in the country to spearhead the effort. Add in the power of the U.S. government and you have quite an ambitious effort to get kids playing.
Language in the 2024 NFHS Football Rules Book will be changed in an effort to ensure consistent interpretation of the rule regarding requirements for home team uniforms in high school football.
Wilson Sporting Goods has released the Wilson Airless Gen1, a first-of-its-kind 3D-printed basketball that never needs to be inflated. It builds off the success of the Airless Prototype that debuted last year.
Led by a group of industry leaders spearheaded by Marucci Sports co-founder Joe Lawrence, SweetSpot has rebranded and relaunched to increase its footprint across various outdoor sports.
A Democrat-led effort to ban tackle football for children in California is reportedly in jeopardy after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed last month that he plans to veto the controversial bill if it reaches his desk.
Coming three months after a player died from a skate to the neck, USA Hockey has decided to require the use of neck laceration protection for all junior hockey players beginning this summer. The new rule will apply to all players and on-ice officials under the age of 18 in both games and practices.
Apparently the team sports business and its major vendors have become very attractive to the money men. Following a number of lower profile acquisitions by private equity investors in the past year...
There were two interesting pieces of news in the ice hockey arena in the past few weeks.
Jonathan Ram, CEO of Clarks, Inc., was re-elected as chairman of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) Board of Directors for the 2024 term.
United Sports Brands, the parent of Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters, Nathan, Pearl Izumi and Glukos, has appointed Phil Gyori as CEO.
Language in the 2024 NFHS Football Rules Book will be changed in an effort to ensure consistent interpretation of the rule regarding requirements for home team uniforms in high school football.
Wilson Sporting Goods has released the Wilson Airless Gen1, a first-of-its-kind 3D-printed basketball that never needs to be inflated. It builds off the success of the Airless Prototype that debuted last year.
Led by a group of industry leaders spearheaded by Marucci Sports co-founder Joe Lawrence, SweetSpot has rebranded and relaunched to increase its footprint across various outdoor sports.
A Democrat-led effort to ban tackle football for children in California is reportedly in jeopardy after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed last month that he plans to veto the controversial bill if it reaches his desk.
Coming three months after a player died from a skate to the neck, USA Hockey has decided to require the use of neck laceration protection for all junior hockey players beginning this summer. The new rule will apply to all players and on-ice officials under the age of 18 in both games and practices.
Apparently the team sports business and its major vendors have become very attractive to the money men. Following a number of lower profile acquisitions by private equity investors in the past year...
There were two interesting pieces of news in the ice hockey arena in the past few weeks.
Jonathan Ram, CEO of Clarks, Inc., was re-elected as chairman of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) Board of Directors for the 2024 term.
United Sports Brands, the parent of Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters, Nathan, Pearl Izumi and Glukos, has appointed Phil Gyori as CEO.
In a sign of the continued growth of girls’ flag football in American high schools, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) recently made girls’ flag football an officially sanctioned sport in Fall 2024.
Jonathan Ram, CEO of Clarks, Inc., was re-elected as chairman of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) Board of Directors for the 2024 term.
Read MoreUnited Sports Brands, the parent of Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters, Nathan, Pearl Izumi and Glukos, has appointed Phil Gyori as CEO.
Read MoreIn a sign of the continued growth of girls’ flag football in American high schools, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) recently made girls’ flag football an officially sanctioned sport in Fall 2024.
Read MoreEven though team dealers don’t sell a lot of basketball sneakers any longer, it is newsworthy to note that another smaller footwear brand has invested in a big-name basketball player.
Read MoreThere is good and not-so-good news for the world of team sports, according to the recently released 2023 U.S. Trends in Team Sports Report from The Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA).
Read MoreMaking a strong move into local team sports as part of its give-back initiative, sporting goods retailer Hibbett/City Gear, in partnership with Nike, recently awarded 103 high schools and more than 2500 students with in-kind donations...
Read MoreThere were two recent acquisitions in the team sports space that will most likely impact a portion of the business that team dealers around the country do with these organizations.
Read MoreBSN Sports was recently named a "2023 Best Employer in Sports" by Front Office Sports. Founded in 2019, the Best Employers in Sports award acknowledges 30 organizations within the sports industry that excel in prioritizing their employees through dynamic leadership...
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