January 24, 2023

Fitness Chains Dominate Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 Ranking

Entrepreneur’s 44-year-old ranking formula gives each franchise a cumulative score based on its analysis of more than 150 data points. The 500 franchises with the highest cumulative score are ranked from 1 to 500. The ranking accounts for costs and fees, size and growth, support, brand strength, financial strength, and...

January 23, 2023

Lululemon And Garmin Land On Glassdoor’s Best Places To Work List

Lululemon And Garmin were the only two companies in the activewear space to make it on Glassdoor’s 2023 Best Places to Work list. Lululemon was ranked 23, down from 9 in 2022, and Garmin ranked 55 after not making the list in 2022. Last year, Vans ranked at 84; Scheels,...

November 9, 2022

The 50 Best Places to Work in 2022

In a post-pandemic world, workers are demanding remote flexibility, more time off, and generous health benefits. These are the companies meeting that bar and more, while encouraging their employees to live an active lifestyle and allowing them to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Outside Online

November 7, 2022

Nike, Lego, SAP, Visa: Why these brands are sector-leaders in sporting impact

This year’s Laureus Sport For Good Index celebrates the positive impact being made through sport by brands from a variety of sectors. SportsPro looks at how the class of 2022 are leading their industries in sustainability and using sport to further their purpose-led objectives. SP

June 22, 2022

Same county tops healthiest US community ranking for the third year in a row

Los Alamos County, New Mexico, has been ranked the healthiest US community for the third year in a row. However, the county and the four runners-up -- Falls Church, Virginia; Douglas County, Colorado; Morgan County, Utah; and Carver County, Minnesota -- all scored below average in the subcategory of housing. CNN

April 23, 2022

The most physically active cities in the U.S.

A study conducted early in the pandemic found that overall physical activity for adults was significantly lower than prior to the pandemic. Researchers ranked cities and states by the share of adults who self-reported engaging in leisure-time physical activity—such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise. Rapid City...

April 4, 2022

Trek named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies in 2022

Bicycles are plenty eco-friendly, but building and shipping them still exacts a toll. Trek Bicycle in July became the world’s first major bicycle manufacturer to quantify that toll, publishing a sustainability report that found that producing and shipping each bike emits the same amount of carbon energy as an average...

January 27, 2022

25 women to watch in Run Specialty in 2022

This month's issue of Running Insight is devoted to the women who have changed the run specialty business for the better and their impact on the running business at all levels. Running Insight

January 17, 2022

Sports Illustrated’s Fittest 50 2022

Each year Sports Illustrated accepts the challenge and ranks the best-conditioned athletes in the world, consulting the expertise of trainers, exercise physiologists and performance experts with experience across the college, pro and Olympic levels of sports. The panel evaluates athletes on the following criteria: performances over the last 12+ months; demands and risks...

December 8, 2021

Front Office Sports Announces the 2021 Best Employers in Sports

Established in 2019, the Best Employers in Sports Award presented by FEVO, recognizes organizations across the sports industry that are doing the best for their employees. Whether it’s great leadership, commitment to diversity and inclusion, employee wellbeing, or philanthropic/social endeavors, the Best Employers in Sports Award looks to recognize organizations...

August 8, 2021

2020 Tokyo Olympics medal count: USA tops China in gold, silver, bronze and overall medal totals

The U.S. led the way at the 2020 Games with China, Japan, Great Britain and the Russian Olympic Committee rounding out the top 5. Overall, 339 medals were handed out across 33 sports and Team USA was the big winner collecting one third of all of the medals that were...

May 11, 2021

Outside’s 2021 Summer Buyer’s Guide

Every year, Outside dedicates two whole magazines to gear. That's 40-plus Reviewers. 340 Products. Months of testing on rivers, trails, summits, and patios. See their picks for running, cycling and fitness gear at the link.

May 5, 2021

Sports Illustrated’s Fittest 50 2021

Each year Sports Illustrated accepts the challenge and ranks the best-conditioned athletes in the world. See the list of athletes who made the cut below and read all about each of them on Sports Illustrated. Fittest Women: Maggie Steffens, Water Polo Sara Hall, Marathon Kyra Condie, Sport Climbing Kendall Coyne Schofield,...

April 30, 2021

ESW May 14, 2021 Weekly News Report

AWARDS USA Triathlon, Elk Grove Village Present 4 Star Endurance With Entrepreneur/Business Plan of the Year Award ESW USA Triathlon Announces Winners of 2020 Multisport Awards Presented by Wahoo Fitness ESW BUSINESS USA Cycling releases details of Inclusion Conference ESW TSG Consumer Partners to Sell Stake in Nuun to Nestlé Health Science Businesswire Credit Union Cherry Blossom...

February 12, 2021

Norwegian Runner Sets New Record for Fastest Barefoot Half Marathon on Snow

Jonas Felde Sevaldrud, who is also a YouTuber who goes by the name Sevald, ran 13.1 miles in 1:44:58, breaking the previous record of 2:16:34, set by ‘The Iceman’, Wim Hof, in 2007 yahoo!style

January 20, 2021

Lululemon Ranks Eighth On Glassdoor’s Best Places To Work List List

Lululemon Athletica was the only company in the active lifestyle space to land in the Top 10 of Glassdoor’s Annual Ranking, coming in at No. 8. Other companies in the industry landing on the list include Vans, 36; REI, 48; and Nike, 49. SGB Media

January 4, 2021

The Best of the Best: Endurance Sportswire Announces Its Most Popular Press Releases and Industry News Items of 2020

San Diego, Calif. – As we embark upon 2021, Endurance Sportswire has put together a list of its most viewed press releases and industry news items over the past year. Congratulations go to iFit. Thanks to SEO and a great news topic, the company's press release was opened 4,021 times....

December 9, 2020

Greg LeMond receives Congressional Gold Medal

The 59-year-old Californian has now become the first American cyclist and 10th athlete to win the honor, which is regarded as the highest civilian accolade in the U.S. VeloNews

November 10, 2020

The 2020 Outsiders of the Year

Typically, the annual Outsiders of the Year package highlights only people, but because 2020 was unusual, Outside took a different approach to its latest edition of the list. Items, trends, plus two very good dogs made this challenging year a little more bearable. Here are their picks for the 2020...

November 3, 2020

The 50 Best Places to Work in 2020

Work life got turned upside down this year, and many people are just thankful they have any job at all. But some companies have gone above and beyond to not just survive, but thrive. Outside lists the 50 places which topped the list.

February 6, 2020

Sports Illustrated’s Fittest 50 2020

Sports Illustrated ranked the best-conditioned male and female athletes in the world, consulting trainers, exercise physiologists and performance experts with experience across the college, pro and Olympic levels of sports to evaluate athletes on the following criteria: performances over the last 12 months; demands and risks of their respective sports; durability; training regimens...

January 8, 2020

The female ultra-athletes leading the field

From swimming the Channel four times to outrunning every man, The Guardian reports on the women at the top of their game.

December 23, 2019

The running stories that defined the decade

According to Outside Magazine, these are the most important running stories of the decade. Can you guess what they are?