NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 5, 2019) – Rawlings will become the official glove of Major League Baseball. A new licensing agreement between MLB and Rawlings makes the brand an official glove partner in 2020 and provides it with the exclusive on-field rights beginning with the 2021 MLB championship season. Rawlings has long supplied the official … Continued
DALLAS, TEXAS (Nov. 14, 2019) – OrderMyGear and Sports, Inc., together announced their official technology partnership. The investment Sports, Inc. is making into technology will allow team dealers to receive additional access to pre-released OrderMyGear product features and discounts on various services to provide a more robust Ecommerce solution for team dealers. Sports, Inc., helps some … Continued
Snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton Carpenter, who was inducted into the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame in 2003, died November 20, 2019 at age 65.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (November 25, 2019) — Augusta Sportswear Brands, a leader in sports apparel, uniforms and accessories, announced the launch of its new sublimation design platform, FreeStyle Sublimation. Creating sublimated apparel and uniforms in a typical sublimation builder can be a time-consuming and cumbersome process. That’s because most sublimation builders are behind the times, requiring a seemingly … Continued
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (November 21, 2019) – The National Lacrosse League (NLL) announces that it has added TRUE Sports, a global leader in sports equipment design, to its growing list of partners for the 2019-20 season. Offering unmatched protection and durability, TRUE Sports’ innovative gear will be mobilized throughout the NLL during the 2019-2020 season, which begins … Continued
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO (November 20, 2019) – CCM Hockey extended its streak to seven as the winner of the Source For Sports/Sports Distributors of Canada (SDC) Hockey Vendor of the Year and Bryan McDermott won the inaugural SDC President’s Choice Award. The awards were presented during the Source For Sports/SDC Buying Show and Marketing Convention on … Continued
DALLAS, TEXAS (November 6, 2019) – Rebel Athletic and Eric McCrite Company (EMC) announced a partnership and new distribution plan. EMC will be the first and exclusive distributor of Rebel Athletic shoes and bags, including the iconic Rebel Dream Bag, through its many dealer networks and Amazon. Rebel has been approached over the years by various distributors but … Continued
Mueller Sports Medicine announced it entered a partnership to distribute Pro Orthopedic Devices products.
Columbia Sportswear’s Gert Boyle, the first woman inducted into the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame in 2003, passed away Nov. 3, 2019 at age 95.
Mueller Sports Medicine founder Curt Mueller, a 2002 inductee in the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame, passed away Oct. 19, 2019 at age 85.
