First National Concussion Education Day Scheduled For September
The Concussion Legacy Foundation created the first national concussion education day, Team Up Day, scheduled for September 13.
Callaway Acquires Toulon Design
Callaway Golf Company entered into an agreement to acquire Toulon Design, a putter company specializing in performance-driven design and customization.
Dwayne Johnson Leaks Under Armour Capsule
Under Armour is planning ahead to December 2016, when the brand will release its apparel collaboration with action movie star and WWE wrestler Dwayne Johnson.
Fitbit Ventures Into Virtual Reality
The connected health and fitness company released Fitbit Adventures, a series of personal, non-competitive virtual activity challenges.
SFIA: Industry Grows 2 Percent in 2015
The Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) released its 2016 State of the Industry Report (SOTI), which showed another moderate year of industry growth despite major disruption in the sporting goods sector.
Badger Sportswear Deal Points To Healthy M&A Trends
Badger Sportswear, a family-owned supplier of team uniforms, performance athletic wear and fanwear, has become the latest “best-in-class” sporting goods platform to find a buyer.
FESI Hosts EU Sport Policy Assembly
Efforts to strengthen Sport Policy continue, as the MEP presents his Report “Integrated approach to Sport Policy: Good Governance, accessibility and integrity.”
NFL Seeks Growth In Germany
The NFL selected Lagardère Sports to help grow its fanbase In Germany.
College Rank Names The 50 Best College Towns In America
Providence, RI, Gainesville FL and College Station, TX are among the towns making the list.
Vista Outdoor Restructures Outdoor Group
Restructuring includes new leadership at CamelBak and Bell.
Garmin Expands Kansas Facility
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), will undertake a $200 million facility expansion at its Olathe, KS campus.
Riddell Begins Kollege Town Sports Facility Construction
Football equipment designer and developer Riddell began construction on a new Kollege Town Sports facility in Sun Prairie, WI. Riddell and Kollege Town senior leaders and employees were on site, as well as customers, development partners and public officials. The Sun Prairie facility will house Kollege Town’s apparel business and their Fanaktive graphics-based product line. […]
Volt Athletics, Seahawks Donate to High School Football
The Seattle-based sports technology company joined the city’s NFL team to donate strength and conditioning programs to high school football programs.
Colorado Retailers Vie For Sniagrab Sales
Christy Sports and Colorado Ski & Golf are about to find out a lot more about how the demise of Sports Authority is going to impact the upcoming season.
Sports Authority Revised Exec Bonuses Draw Fire
The Justice Department’s U.S. trustee states, ““The debtors appear, once again, to be prioritizing insider executives above all other parties in interest, including unsecured creditors and the thousands of employees who have already lost their jobs.”
