USA Baseball, the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the United, in conjunction with participating national member organizations announced today the decision to adopt a new method for measuring bat performance in the testing of youth bats. Informed by the research of leading scientists on the USA Baseball Bat Study Committee, and […]
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Nautilus Strength Business Rebounds in Second Quarter
Nautilus Inc. reported sales rose 23.0 percent in the second quarter on strong demand for its Bowflex cardio machines and a resumption of growth at its legacy strength business…
Nike Signs Top Two NBA Draft Picks
Nike signed Karl-Anthony Towns and D'Angelo Russell, the top two picks of the recent NBA draft, to endorsement deals…
AMGA Names Kosseff As Executive Director
The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), which saw enrollment grow 43 percent from 2013 through 2015, named Alex Kosseff as its executive director…
Maxxis Signs on as Presenting Sponsor for KMC Cyclo-Cross Festival
Maxxis, one of world's largest bicycle tire manufacturers, has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the 2015 KMC Cyclo-Cross Festival in Providence, RI…
SportsOneSource Named New Platinum Sponsor of Outdoor Foundation’s Outsiders Ball
The Outdoor Foundation announced that The SportsOneSource Group, the leading Internet portal for the active lifestyle industry, has signed on as a Platinum Sponsor of the 2015 Outsiders Ball…
SoulCycle Files for Initial Public Offering of Stock
SoulCycle Inc. laid out plans for an initial public offering Thursday in an S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Foot Locker Appoints Chief Information Officer
Foot Locker, Inc. appointed Pawan Verma as senior vice president and chief information officer, effective Aug. 10. Verma succeeds Peter Brown, who retired in April after 38 years with the company…
City Sports to Sell “Free Brady” T-Shirts
City Sports, a Boston based specialty sports retailer, has ordered and plans to sell thousands of “Free Brady” t-shirts that will be sold in most of its nine Boston locations and on-line beginning this weekend…
Balega Shifts 15 Percent of Sock Production to North Carolina
Balega International expects to source 15 percent of its performance socks from the United States thanks to a new partnership with a Hickory, NC manufacturer…
Damian Lillard and Jimmy Kimmel Star in Foot Locker Commercial
Foot Locker, Inc. and Adidas Originals unveiled, “The Bobby Butter Story,” a new spot featuring NBA stars Damian Lillard and Andrew Wiggins, alongside late-night host and comedian, Jimmy Kimmel…
Tennis Participation in the U.S. Grows to 17.9 Million Players
The Tennis Industry Association (TIA) reported that overall tennis participation rose 1 percent in 2014 to 17.9 million players. The data also show growth in the number of youth tennis players…
City Sports Names Marty Hanaka CEO
City Sports appointed veteran retail executive Marty Hanaka as its CEO. Hanaka, who has served on the board of directors for City Sports since 2008, had previous tenures as chairman and CEO of Golfsmith International and chairman and CEO of Sports Authori
Patagonia Hires Eastern Regional Sales Manager
Patagonia promotes longtime Patagonia territory sales manager, Sven Shiers, to Eastern Regional Sales Manager…
Vibram Names Two Reps for Finished Goods Business
Vibram named Jeff Laney as a brand representative for the Rocky Mountain territory and Jonah Salloway as representative in the South Central territory…
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