Major League Lacrosse Championship
The world’s best lacrosse players weathered the storm to stage an exciting title game. The 2016 Major League Lacrosse Championship provided fans an action-packed event at Kennesaw State University’s Fifth Third Bank Stadium, just north of Atlanta. After enduring a first-half downpour, fans saw the Denver Outlaws edge the Ohio Machine, 19-18, to earn their second…
Yoga Not a Stretch For Many Events By Karen Robes Meeks Until about five years ago, Liana Lozada’s interest in yoga did not extend beyond the gym. The 30-year-old writer from Miami practiced yoga occasionally to help with back problems stemming from endometriosis, but it wasn’t until 2011 when she checked out the Wanderlust Festival […]
Continue ReadingEvents With an Impact in the South By Greg Mellen Rich in history, culture and resources, destinations in the South have what it takes to host a wide range of memorable sporting events. To many, it may seem the South is all about Roll Tide, Razorbacks, Ragin’ Cajuns and all things football. But there’s so […]
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Continue ReadingDallas Sports Festival
Between bouts, boxers wandered around and watched volleyball players hammering down spikes. Fencers observed a very different form of combat in the boxing ring. Young volleyball players caught glimpses of their Olympic heroes. Until the very last day, when all but a few fencers had left, the second Dallas Sports Festival had met or exceeded every expectation…
Boxing Rolls With the Punches By Greg Mellen Every few years, someone comes along claiming that boxing is down for the count. That someone will cite the rise of mixed martial arts, a lack of network television exposure, an inherent brutality, or the decline of homegrown stars in the sport. There are always those ready […]
Continue ReadingOn Serve in the Mid-Atlantic By Karen Robes Meeks American historian Frederick Jackson Turner saw the Mid-Atlantic as a kind of prototype for what would become the modern United States. The region’s harbors were entryways to waves of European immigrants settling here and creating the international diversity that now defines the region. Today that international […]
Continue ReadingSecurity a Concern From the Start
The situation involving the U.S. swimmers who appear to have fabricated their story of being robbed in Rio de Janeiro has no doubt struck a nerve with Rio 2016 organizers. One of the many issues leading into the Games was the notion of security not just for the athletes but for spectators as well. And […]
Continue ReadingCisco Lands in Perfect Spot
Sponsors have long sought to use the Olympic Summer Games as a way to boost their presence in the host city. But in Rio de Janeiro, Cisco has been taking the prospect of South America’s first Olympics as a way to boost its business across the entire host country of Brazil. Tucked away in a […]
Continue ReadingMerchandise Seeing Interest in Megastores
Merchandise is a big part of the Olympic Games, especially once the official logo and mascot are revealed. That’s no different in Rio de Janeiro, where two “megastores” have been erected to sell official merchandise—one in the Olympic Park, and the other on the beach in Copacabana. But if you’re looking to bring something home, some […]
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