April 9, 2024
An estimated 215 million Americans witnessed the solar eclipse last Monday, as it traced a path across some of the most populated parts of the country.
Unsurprisingly, this coincided with a number of sports events in different parts of the nation. Baseball games in particular seemed to be the best …
March 26, 2024
A headline recently caught my eye—High-tech pitching machine replicates every pitcher. The story is about the next step in the evolution of pitching machines, a device so advanced that it can mimic the performance of real life athletes based on training data.
MLB recently approved the use …
January 23, 2024
The winter blues are no joke, but sports can be a cure to what ails you.
October 11, 2023
Did any sports tourism professional or sports event really knock your socks off this year? Show your appreciation for deserving individuals, events, and venues by nominating them for a SportsEvents Readers’ Choice Award.
Every year SportsEvents aims to recognize the top readers’ choice the following categories:
All-star destination …
September 26, 2023
Michigan State University (MSU) has suspended another one of its coaches due to allegations of sexual harassment. The college recently announced football head coach Mel Tucker has been the subject of an ongoing investigation since December.
USA Today reports this investigation stems from a complaint filed by …
July 12, 2022
When the external temperature reaches the 90s or 100s, the heat index, especially in the southern regions of the United States, can reach 125 degrees easily. This creates an unsafe environment for outdoor activities as high external heat and a fast heartrate from sports exertion can be a fatal combination.
June 7, 2022
In recent years, there have been several reasons contributing to both the rise and fall of numbers in youth and amateur sports. This issue can be pinpointed to one thing: accessibility. Accessibility is becoming harder to manage in the age of social media and rising costs, but what can we do to change that?
May 24, 2022
This spring, I followed two athletes before their seasons began and after they ended. The results were astounding since both athletes had the same reasons for feeling the way they do towards their respective sports.
May 10, 2022
I visited Athens, Ga., two weeks ago to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Classic Center Arena attached to the Classic Center downtown.
January 25, 2022
Over 60 million people participate in a sport each year in the United States. 35 of those 60 million are youth and amateur athletes. Seventy-five percent of those athletes are verbally abused. Translated, that means 27 million children under the age of 13 each year are being yelled at by an adult coach. To put it further, over 45 percent of all female athletes battle an eating disorder, and 30 collegiate athletes have died in the last 20 years due to heat stroke complications. These numbers should not exist; we should be doing more as an industry to help protect these athletes.
