Football Legend Herm Edwards Headlines NSGA Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit
Football legend Herm Edwards will speak at the 2020 NSGA Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit.
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Johnny Mac’s Founder Passes Away at 92
DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS (February 13, 2020) – John A. McArthur, founder of the Johnny Mac’s sporting goods chain, passed away Feb. 10 from pneumonia and cardiac failure at the age of 92. McArthur founded Johnny Mac’s Sporting Goods in 1967 in St. Louis and eventually expanded to nine stores in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Missouri. “He … Continued
NSGA Annual Report on Sports Organization Rule Changes
NSGA produced its annual report on sports organization rule changes with information on lacrosse, swimming, softball and baseball.
Snowboarding Pioneer, Hall of Famer Jake Burton Carpenter Passes Away at 65
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.
Gert Boyle, First Woman in Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame, Passes Away at 95
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.
NSGA Headquarters Moves to New Location in Suburban Chicago
The National Sporting Goods Association headquarters moved to Downers Grove, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, from Mount Prospect, Illinois on Nov. 11, 2019.
Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Famer, Sports Medicine Pioneer Curt Mueller Passes Away at 85
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.
Four More Businesses Qualify for NSGA Verified Independent Dealer Program
Four more businesses – AMgC Sports, Cal Pro Sports, Capitol Varsity Sports and KoSports Hockey Source For Sports qualified for the Verified Independent Dealer Program.
Cathy Pryor Elected First Female NSGA Board Chair; Two New Board Members Named
Cathy Pryor of Hibbett Sports was named first female NSGA Board Chair. David Lynn (Dunham’s) and Mick Montgomery (Denver Athletic) also were named to the board.
Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame Elects Three Innovators for Induction in 2020
The Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame elected three inductees for the Class of 2020 – Peter Capolino (Mitchell & Ness), Robert Greenberg (Skechers) and Klaus Obermeyer (Sport Obermeyer).