Category: Sports
Michigan nixes school pool demo; OKs tennis courts using COVID cash
The Michigan Department of Education will allow Michigan school districts to spend federal COVID-19 relief funding on a school nutrition room, a food truck, and playground equipment, but not on security equipment or the demolition of an aging school’s pool. Included in the spending proposed to the department: school playground equipment, updates to athletic equipment […]
Maryland Stadium Authority granted access to $1.2B for stadium under new law
Earlier this week a $1.2 billion bill that contains funding for the stadiums of the state’s two major professional sports teams was signed into law by Gov. Larry Hogan. House Bill 896 calls for the Maryland Stadium Authority to bond out $600 million for both the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball and the Baltimore Ravens […]
How pickleball became Washington’s official sport
Gov. Jay Inslee signed HB 5615 into law this week, making pickleball the official state sport of Washington. The bill signing ceremony took place on Bainbridge Island, where pickleball was invented in 1965 by the state’s late Lt. Gov. Joel Pritchard and friends and businessmen Barney McCallum and Bill Bell, as a way to entertain […]
Illinois sports bettors bet heavy on men’s college basketball tournament
It appears many Illinoisans had a financial interest in March Madness this year. According to PlayIllinois.com, $286.2 million was bet on both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments, a record amount. That is a big jump from last year when the March Madness handle was around $200 million. Nearly 96% of the bets were placed […]
The Black Ferns review shows – again – why real change in women’s high performance sport is urgently overdue
New Zealand Rugby’s just released report into the culture of the Black Ferns national women’s team is damning, but sadly all too familiar. Like a number of previous investigations into elite sporting codes – including football, cycling, rowing and gymnastics – it reveals abuses of power and inadequate systems that are failing sportswomen. Despite significant investment in women’s sport […]
Shame and secrecy shroud culture of sexual assault in boys’ high school sports
A coat hanger. A broomstick. A pool cue. All these objects were used in a series of sexual assaults in recent years in which the perpetrators allegedly targeted high school boys who play sports. The perpetrators always had easy access to their alleged victims. That’s because they were teammates. In the world of education, sexual […]
How fans fall in love with women’s football
Women’s football is on the rise. Tickets for the final of the Women’s European Championship, due to take place at Wembley Stadium on 31 July 2022, recently sold out within less than an hour of going on sale. The match could break the attendance record for any European Championship match, men or women’s. History was also […]
The AFL has consistently put the women’s game second. Is it the best organisation to run AFLW?
Saturday’s Adelaide Crows versus Melbourne Demons grand final is full of promise. Two superb teams matched up on a day forecast to be warm and clear, playing in front of tens of thousands of passionate fans. But while the Crows and Demons have been busy preparing for the match, the rest of the league has […]
California local governments lost $20 million operating golf courses in fiscal 2020, per report
About two dozen golf courses run by local governments in California lost money in fiscal year 2020. According to a new report from the Reason Foundation, three lost more than $2 million. The report reviewed financial statements from 221 local governments, indicating that they ran golf courses on their 2020 financial reports. Of those, 155 lost […]
As a former elite gymnast, I know sport needs a cultural shift to ensure athlete safety
There has been a recent outpouring of calls to make sport safer. Athletes are writing testimonials and letters across many sports over allegations of abuse, maltreatment and harm. The most recent development comes from the gymnastics world where 70 former gymnasts penned a letter to Sport Canada calling for an end to the toxic culture in that sport. While gymnastics has […]