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For years, the inherent challenge for spectators at a sailing event was the field of play itself. Boats would go out to sea and hours later they would return, with few ways for fans to see any of the action. That has been changing in recent years, as the sport’s pinnacle event, the America’s Cup…
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Like many great businesses, Rent Like a Champion started out as an entirely different sort of enterprise. Mike Doyle had helped create a company in South Bend, Indiana, focused on student housing near Notre Dame University. With a fairly large inventory to rent to students, Doyle was regularly left with a few vacant properties each […]
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Jason Gewirtz: On Assignment
While there is some dispute about the exact origin of the sport of demolition derby…
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As sports betting prepares to take off, the CEO of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance is leading an effort to safeguard competition on the field. The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for legalized sports wagering will have profound impacts on the sports industry in the United States. Among the many concerns as sports organizations, betting regulators and host cities navigate the new landscape is how to protect the integrity of the competition on the field, which may be ripe for corruption or match-fixing when more money is at stake on the game. Leagues have also expressed an interest in collecting an “integrity fee”—a portion of the bets placed to help them monitor these issues—which has its own challenges. Fortunately, the Geneva-based Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA)…
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Kerry Perry has resigned her position effective immediately as president and CEO of USA Gymnastics, days after new U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland called for more changes in the organization in the aftermath of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. USA Gymnastics intends to identify an interim CEO and will establish a search committee […]
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Seth Waugh has been named chief executive officer of the PGA of America. Waugh, the former CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas, will guide the business and overall strategy of the golf organization that serves roughly 29,000 PGA professionals. Waugh is completing a three-year term as an independent director on the PGA of America board. Since 2017, […]
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Techstars, a company that helps start-up businesses network and expand, has announced a mentorship-driven accelerator program…
Continue ReadingClay Walker has been named executive director of the National Fitness Foundation, the official nonprofit of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness…
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The Breeders’ Cup has announced its host sites for 2019–2021, with the two-day thoroughbred world championships planning to stop at Santa Anita Park…
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USA Track & Field has awarded the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials to Eugene, Oregon, months after pulling away from a deal to have the event hosted in California. The trials, which will determine the majority of the U.S. track-and-field team to compete at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo, will be held June […]
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