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Olympia Sports To Close Remaining 35 Stores. August 4, 2022. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

What Caused Olympia Sports’ Demise. September 21, 2022. By. Bob McGee. Share: Sporting goods chain.…

New England Retail Shifts Again with Olympia Sports’ Liquidation. July 27, 2022. By. Bob McGee.…

Share: Bill Kirkendall, CEO of active retailer JackRabbit Sports, is bullish on the specialty channel.…

Olympia Sports Closing 76 Stores Following JackRabbit Purchase. January 9, 2020. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

In The News: Olympia Sports, Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, OOFOS, Exos, Puma. January 18, 2023. By. Cara Griffin. &.…

Share: CriticalPoint Capital, the Manhattan Beach, CA-based private equity firm whose investment portfolio includes the JackRabbit specialty run chain and Maine-based Olympia Sports…

Share: Most team dealers not called BSN Sports will know the feeling of losing Nike as a vendor as the shoe brand continues its oft-stated strategy to rely more on its own direct-to-consumer…

Actions included the Jan. 2020 purchase of Olympia Sports where it retained half of the Northeast chain’s 150 doors and the Jan. 2021 merger of Shoes.com (which it acquired from Walmart…

inclusion – along with baseball – at the Tokyo Summer Olympics.…

The bad news is that for some reason the two sports (considered one sport by the IOC) didn’t make the cut for inclusion in the 2024 Olympics in Paris and could be replaced by the likes…

New professional leagues coupled with Olympics exposure will drive volleyball participation growth. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/K.M. Klemencic from Hudson, Ohio). By.…

Flag Football @ 2028 LA Olympics. Olympic Dreams Come True.…

Flag Football @ 2028 LA Olympics. Olympic Dreams Come True.…

Share: 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…

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…

sport in a time when social distancing is a mantra.…

Overall, things are really shaping up in a big way for female team sports in 2024, most notably with the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics.…

Team Sports Added to 2028 Olympics. October 19, 2023. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

Flag Football @ 2028 LA Olympics. Olympic Dreams Come True.…

Olympic Team. July 15, 2021. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

Share: The enthusiasm around women’s volleyball is contagious, particularly at the high school level, and the sport shows no signs of a slowdown.…

USA Gymnastics reported that this is the largest contract in terms of annual and total value for the national governing body, running through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.…

Basketball prepares to leverage the Olympic Games to boost participation and sales. By.…

NFL Pushes For Flag Football In Olympics. May 5, 2022. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

Here’s a glimpse into Ripley’s road to the Olympics. Tell me a bit about your work at TYR.…

Although lacrosse won’t be included in the 2024 Paris Olympics, it will return to the 2028 Games in Los Angeles as North America’s first sport is now played in nearly 100 countries…

Share: Once strictly a male sport, wrestling is being embraced by growing numbers of females and the sport’s governing bodies, product manufacturers and team dealers are eager to keep…

He also points out that the Olympic Games in 2004 gave female wrestling a big boost.…

gold in the Olympics: Karyn Bye of Wisconsin, Maicel.…

Mizuno has been a part of Volleyball World’s portfolio of global partners since 2022, with the brand able to strengthen its position in the global market by connecting with the sport…

“It is now a revenue sport as people are paying to come watch the girls wrestle.”…

online by Rob Maaddi, the NFL may be the sport’s biggest cheerleader.…

Despite the nationwide shutdown of sports, there were a few states that actually conducted and completed a high school fast-pitch softball season.…

Share: As 2023 draws to a close BSN Sports remains active with two recently announced new partnerships. • First, although it’s not a sport for which team dealers sell a lot of equipment…

in the U.S. now sponsor a varsity girls’ wrestling program. • Since 2004, women’s wrestling has been a recognized Olympic sport. 6.…

Share: The most decorated women’s Track & Field Olympian in history, Allyson Felix, has launched her own lifestyle brand called Saysh.…

Share: The global COVID-19 pandemic, the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and rising digital movement have pushed the Three Stripes to make changes to its business approach.…

Enter the specialty sports, In the modern team sports world more sports are played throughout the year by athletes who become sport-specific specialists at a young age and maintain…

Easton was the second-generation owner of the sports equipment company that was started by his father James D.…

Share: Who says pickleball is just a sport for ex-tennis players, retirees and school kids?…

Share: In recent years, pickleball has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States and around the world.…

And now, for the first time in history, USA Basketball will have four teams compete at the Olympics, including women’s 5-on-5 and 3x3. And, according to. Renee Felton. , of.…

“The Women’s World Championship will be a great opportunity to celebrate the growth of the game internationally and provide visibility for the sport,” she says.…

Fanatics Is Key Retailer for 2028 LA Olympics. September 15, 2022. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

Share: Jeff Webb, the man credited with helping to grow the sport of cheerleading in America in his role as founder and chairman of Varsity Spirit, is stepping away from the company…

ASICS Partners With BSN Sports for Youth Sports Contest. February 16, 2023. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

Highlights included the debut of a professional league in February, a gold medal sweep in the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and a record-setting NCAA championship in December.…

Report Shows Positive Team Sports Trends. January 5, 2023. By. Michael Jacobsen. Share: Things are looking up in the world of team sports, according to the 2022 U.S.…

There’s both good and bad news for the team sports business in the latest team sports participation report from SFIA.…

Across the seven sports categories tracked by SFIA, water sports saw the largest year-over-year increase in participation at 2.3 percent, followed closely behind by outdoor sports with…

Steelo Sports Is First Black-Owned Glove Brand in Olympics. August 5, 2021. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

That’s probably why fast-pitch is such an ideal example of a true team sport and why team dealers enjoy selling it.…

Share: For insight into the state of wrestling as the 2022-23 season winds down, it is best to turn to someone on the front lines of the sport.…

NJCAA Adds Four More Emerging Sports. Photo courtesy of USA Cheer. January 21, 2021. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

BSN Sports Acquires Nill Bros. Sports, Longstreth Sports. The Longstreth Sports retail barn in Spring, City PA. March 5, 2020. By. Michael Jacobsen.…

And because this is an Olympic year, there is lots of potential for substantial growth opportunities, particularly due to the addition of 3X3 competition.…

Dixie Diamond Sports. “Ban parents from games!”. Cringe-worthy outbursts aside, most of the grown-ups who are actually running things are doing right by the sports.…

“And internationally, the sport received a huge boost with the announcement recently of flag football as an Olympic sport for men and women at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles,” the…

They are the future of team sports.…