May 19, 2008
SPORTS Talk Industry New CEO At Running USASANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Running USA, a national organization for distance running, has named Susan Weeks as CEO. She replaces Basil Honikman, who retired after eight years as CEO.
Weeks has 20 years of Olympic sport management experience, including assistant executive director of business …
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May 19, 2008
Southern Hospitality Is Not ‘Gone With The Wind’ Augusta Sports Council and CVB offer private lodging for ‘at-home’ comfort during the MastersBy John Buchanan
My mother had a lifelong obsession with Clark Gable. As a young woman, before I was born, she had encountered him in a revolving door …
May 19, 2008
Idea Playbook Good Sports Events Require Good SportsmanshipBy Paul Peavy
My family enjoys watching the crazy aerials and other sporting antics of the X Games. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, the X Games features a bunch of “alternative” athletes, sponsored by energy drink makers, competing …
May 19, 2008
SportsEvents Earns Two Awards For Editorial Coverage Of IndustrySportsEvents magazine received two GAMMA awards by the Magazine Association of the Southeast, presented May 6 in conjunction with the association’s annual conference held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Buckhead in Atlanta. Both awards were for the B2B …
May 19, 2008
The Masters Secrecy Of Success Outside the inner sanctum of Augusta National Golf Club, little is known about the world’s most famous golf tournament. And that’s just the way tournament officials want it.By John Buchanan
Augusta’s …March 11, 2008
Girl Banned From Tennis Club For Loud GruntsSYDNEY, Australia—A nine-year-old girl has been banned from playing tennis at her local club because of complaints that she grunts too loudly.
Lauryn Edwards was told that she could no longer play at Mt. Carmel Tennis Club in Sydney, Australia, unless her …
