Jeffrey Picard, batch maker at PPG Industries’ industrial coatings manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, helped obtain a PPG Industries Foundation grant for $1,000 for Irvington Grade School. School Superintendent David ...
Tags: industrial coatings, manufacturing facility, Construction
The number of Americans who favor football over baseball narrowed in 2014, according to research released by The Harris Poll. Pro football is the top pick among 32 percent of sports fans, while baseball only garners "favorite" status ...
Tags: basketball, football, Sporting Goods
Schutt Sports, a leading manufacturer of football and lacrosse helmets, and Brain Sentry, a leader in the emerging wearable impact sensor market, today announced that Schutt will offer sensor-enhanced football helmets starting with the 2015 ...
MonkeySports, the big box retailer of hockey, lacrosse and baseball/softball equipment, opened its first location in Greenwood Village, CO; a 30 minute drive from Denver. The 15,125-square-foot superstore opened at 6578 S. Yosemite Circle ...
Tags: softball equipment, Sporting Goods
New Era Cap announced the introduction of technologically advanced caps designed to meet the specific performance needs of golfers. The company is making the caps available to a limited number of golf shops in 2015. A Golf caps will be ...
Tags: golf shops, skin temperature, Sporting Goods
The Yomiuri Giants, Japan’s best-known baseball team, will be outfitted by Under Armour in 2015, under a new agreement. The multi-year apparel and accessories partnership was announced in Tokyo by the team and Dome Corp., which is ...
Tags: baseball team, Sporting Goods
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that top executives from Condé Nast, Fox Networks Group, Google, McDonald’s, and The Walt Disney Co. will join the Brand Matters keynote at the 2015 International ...
David Feherty, the former professional golfer and renowned announcer, will speak at the 51st Annual NSGA Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit in Austin, TX. He will speak at a Tuesday session on May 5, 2015. The longest-running ...
NSGA announced that baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., will be the featured speaker on Monday, May 4 at the 51st Annual Management Conference & 17th Annual Team Dealer Summit in Austin, TX. Ripken became a national icon with his ...
Tags: baseball Hall, Sporting Goods
O2COOL LLC, a leader in battery operated fans, misting fans and misting drinking bottles, announced it has acquired the assets of Florida-based Better Things LLC, maker of consumer products for use around the home, patio, pool and beach. ...
Tags: battery, drinking bottles, Sporting Goods
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. reported that organic net sales increased 12 percent in the third quarter ended Oct. 31 and by 21 percent including results at G.H. Bass, which it acquired in November 2013. The brand management company, which ...
Tags: Outwear Sales, Sporting Goods
Link Piazzo, a member of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame who served as Chairman of the NSGA Board of Directors in 1962, passed away Nov. 14 in his hometown, Reno, Nev. He was 95. Piazzo, the son of Italian immigrants, was ...
Tags: golf, baseball, hunting, Sporting Goods
Performance Lacrosse Group Inc., a subsidiary of Performance Sports Group Ltd. that owns Maverik Lacrosse and Cascade Helmets, has received notification that the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) will ...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, on her first trip to New Jersey, was joined by Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop at the Berry Lane Park project to highlight EPA funding that has helped Jersey City ...
Tags: EPA Investment, Agriculture
Schutt Sports acquired the Adams, Trace, Bolco Bases, Neumann Gloves and Bucks Belts brands and accompanying spring 2015 inventory last week, in a deal that clears the way fro Adams USA Inc. to liquidate. Adams USA Interim CEO Tom Haas ...
Tags: Schutt Sports, Gloves, Bucks Belts, Sporting Goods