Social Sports Leagues: Fast Track To New Friends

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Cover photo credit: XOSO Sport & Social League The option to play adult sports as a way to boost your social life is still relatively new in the grand scheme of recreational sports. But with the inception of national social sports leagues like CLUBWAKA and SportsKind, and regional leagues like and FXA Adult Sports, the … Read more

For Love of the Game: How One Woman’s Love for Playing Soccer Became a Business

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The fact that soccer has woven itself into nearly every aspect of Brandi Mitchell’s life wasn’t by design. Instead, it has been more of a series of fortuitous events. Brandi, the founder of San Diego Soccer Women and Soccer Women Play, has become a prominent figure in the world of women’s recreational soccer–not only in … Read more

Learn to Play Golf, Don’t Die Early. Start Now!

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Don’t want to die an untimely death? Maybe you should learn how to play golf. Okay, that’s a bit dramatic buuuut not entirely untrue. A 10-year, 5,900 participant Cardiovascular Health Study showed older folks had a “significantly lower rate of death among golfers compared to non-golfers.”   Golf is sometimes viewed as a sport for the … Read more

Don’t Miss Out on the Pickleball Trend. Start Playing Now.

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Why You Should Start Playing Pickleball (America’s Fastest Growing Sport)  You probably didn’t know pickleball is America’s fastest-growing sport, did you? It’s so popular, in fact, that the number of pickleball players in the United States grew more than 21 percent from 2019 to 2020, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA). In … Read more

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