A look at some stats & figures demonstrating football’s modern transformation.

Team sports participation trends in the U.S. are solid, but not spectacular, but at least they are improving. That’s perhaps the best way to summarize the most current figures in the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s (SFIA) 2022 U.S. Trends in Team Sports Report.

On the surface, youth baseball and fast-pitch softball appear to be thriving — and they are in many cases if you take a look at playing fields and bleachers across America. But, to use an apt metaphor, in many cases both sports are chugging into third base...

Now considered the fastest-growing sport in the U.S., pickleball accrued 4.8 million players last year, soaring 14.8 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to the 2022 SFIA Topline Participation Report.

Let’s start with the topic on everyone’s minds. How has the COVID-19 team sports environment impacted the sock business in 2020? Ashleigh Brown: Like anyone doing business in the team sports market, 2020 has been a difficult year for us. We were forced to downsize our admin and warehouse teams ...

When you have a significant challenge on your hands, it is always a good idea to get the biggest guy in the room on your side. That’s one way to look at the partnership taking shape between the National Federation of State High School Associations and the National Football League...

The Coronavirus epidemic spreading around the globe has a good chance of hitting close to home for many in the team sports industry, as manufacturing and supply chain disruptions threaten deliveries of everything from footwear to apparel to equipment.

There is only one high school sport with more than one million participants —11-player tackle football, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).

Although soccer’s popularity as a spectator sport is surging in the U.S., growth in participation remains at a standstill. Outdoor soccer participation totaled 11.4 million players in 2018, a decline of 4.3 percent from 2017, according to the SFIA 2019 Topline Report.

The Washington Department of Revenue recently ruled that one Internet sports apparel retailer had substantial “nexus” with the state merely because a representative visited the state for “sizing nights” during which he helped local teams determine the correct uniform size.