NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 23, 2020) – Innovatus Capital Partners announced it has formed Certor Sports, LLC to actively consolidate sporting goods brands faced with significant headwinds because of COVID-19 and the corresponding disruption in youth, collegiate and professional sports. Certor Sports, through its subsidiaries, has acquired substantially all of Kranos Corporation’s assets, IP and … Continued
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (November 18, 2020) – The East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) announced each of the six teams in the North Division – Adirondack Thunder, Brampton Beast, Maine Mariners, Newfoundland Growlers, Reading Royals and Worcester Railers – will suspend play for the 2020-21 ECHL season under the League’s policy for COVID-19. All teams are set … Continued
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO (December 5, 2020) – From the start of the pandemic, USA Hockey has led efforts to provide risk mitigation guidelines and strategies to the hockey community. USA Hockey remains united and committed in its efforts to help stop the spread of COVID-19. “We’re always about safety first,” said Pat Kelleher, executive director of … Continued
Sports Etc. hockey in Arlington, Massachusetts entered a distribution partnership with hockey training product SuperDeker.
Markwort Sporting Goods purchased the HQ4 Baseball Aluminum 18-inch One Hand Training Bat.
IDSTEIN, Germany (November 23, 2020) – Richard Collier became the new Chief Executive Officer of Jack Wolfskin, effective December 1, 2020. In this role, he will be responsible for the successful further development of the strategic brand positioning and the continued internationalization for Jack Wolfskin. In June 2020, the Company had already confirmed CEO Melody Harris-Jensbach and Callaway Golf had … Continued
ORLANDO, FLORIDA (December 3, 2020) – Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) President & CEO Dr. Roger J. Goudy passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020, after being admitted to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. As President & CEO of the AAU and Madison County Schools Superintendent (2008-2014), Dr. Roger J. Goudy dedicated his life to serving youth through … Continued
James Clifford Keen, the co-founder of wrestling equipment company Cliff Keen Athletic, died November 24, 2020 at 79.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (November 25, 2020) — The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has announced a renewal of its corporate partnership with Bison, Inc., one of the industry’s top suppliers of basketball equipment for more than 30 years. Bison has been a member of the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) since it started in … Continued
EDWARD W. STACK WILL TRANSITION TO EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND CONTINUE AS CHIEF MERCHANT. LAUREN R. HOBART TO BECOME PRESIDENT AND CEO ON FEBRUARY 1, 2021. PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA (November 24, 2020) – Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., announced that Edward W. Stack, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of Executive Chairman and continue as Chief Merchant … Continued
