Academy Sports to Enter Louisville with Three Stores
Academy Sports + Outdoors plans to open a third planned Louisville-area store located in Elizabethtown, KY, scheduled to open in 2015. Academy previously announced stores opening in Louisville and Middletown, which will both open prior to the 2014 holiday
Stuart Weitzman Appoints Chief Global Digital And E-commerce Officer
Stuart Weitzman Holdings, LLC hired Monica Schwartz as chief global digital and e-commerce officer. In this newly created position, Schwartz will oversee…
Sports Authority Hosts Inaugural Football Field Day Event
Sports Authority held its first-ever Sports Authority Football Field Day on Sunday for more than 2,000 attendees in partnership with USA Football’s Heads Up Football initiative. The free, on-field football training camp and vendor expo…
Big Rock Sports Appoints Freshwater Manager
Big Rock Sports, LLC added Dave Tackett to its Fishing, Camping and Marine Division as senior programming manager. Tackett will focus on developing and implementing strategies to assist Big Rock’s growth in the freshwater markets and new categories.
BSN Sports Acquires FandF Sport Shop
BSN Sports acquired the assets of F&F Sport Shop, Inc. of Orange, TX. F&F, a leading supplier of sports apparel and equipment, was founded in 1978…
ClubCrown Signs Larry Nelson as Brand Ambassador
ClubCrown by Vive has signed veteran Tour Pro Larry Nelson and his son Drew to its Brand Ambassador program…
Cabela’s to Open First Store in Calgary
Cabela’s Incorporated will begin construction later this year on a store in Calgary, Alberta…
Study Finds No Association Between Men’s Time in the Saddle and ED or Infertility
There is no association between cyclists’ self-reported time in the saddle and erectile dysfunction (ED) and infertility, according to a study of 5,282 male cycling enthusiasts that authors say is the largest study of…
Nike’s Brazil Dealers Slash Jersey Prices Amid Sea of Counterfeits
Nike dealers in Brazil have marked down its official team jersey for Team Brazil by 35 percent due to a glut of counterfeit jerseys in the country, Bloomberg News…
Chicago Once Again Owes NRA Legal Fees
The United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois has ordered the city of Chicago to reimburse $940,000 in legal expenses incurred by the NRA…
Wildcat Truckers’ Strike Briefly Closes Terminals at California Seaports
Operations shut down briefly Monday and Tuesday at three major terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach when dockworkers refused to cross picket lines established during a wildcat strike by independent drivers…
Artist K.C. Scott Joins the Marolina Outdoor Team
Marolina Outdoor Inc., a manufacturer of performance apparel, has joined in a partnership with K.C. Scott, marine artist and apparel designer…
Probar Sponsors Tinkoff-Saxo Pro Cycling Team
Probar has begun supplying its organic energy bars to the UCI WorldTour pro cycling team Tinkoff-Saxo effective immediately. The new partnership will continue through the 2014 Tour de France and remaining cycling season…
Inov-8 Appoints New CEO
Inov-8 recently hired Gordon Baird as its CEO. He was most recently at Americana, the company behind the Bench clothing brand, having previously worked at…
Report: Nike Won’t Renew Manchester Sponsorship
Nike will not renew a long-running kit supply deal with Manchester United because of the growing costs of a new contract, sources told Reuters. Adidas is expected to sign a deal with the English soccer club..
