Sports & Recreation

A year after getting started in California, a fitness entrepreneur has relaunched his mobile venture in Richmond.

A soccer-centric local podcast with a national reach has expanded to five broadcasts a week in hopes of catering to its growing audience of listeners and advertisers.

A fresh face in the local fitness industry has signed on for its next location in an expanding Southside shopping center.

The app is the brainchild of Roanoke resident Russell Hertzberg, who saw an opportunity to combine the fundraising, sponsorship and ticketing functions of non-professional sports teams into a single mobile platform after his daughter’s team planned to sell season tickets to raise money.

A group of government officials, hoteliers, restaurateurs and other business leaders gathered Friday in Brandermill to discuss sports tourism’s impact on Richmond businesses and the regional economy.

“Ultimately, when you’re advocating with elected officials, it shouldn’t be all about what they’re doing wrong or trying to push for change. Some of it is talking about what they’ve done right and getting out and enjoying it with them, so this is one way to do that.”

On the heels of its one-year anniversary, a fitness startup has pressed into a new location.

Steve Uphoff is rolling further into the Far East. Backed by a new set of Chinese investors, the local businessman and founder of bowling alley chain Uptown Alley announced plans last week to open 15 locations for the brand in China over the next five years, a more aggressive expansion than Uphoff announced in 2014… Read more »

There may finally be a light at the end of the fairway for a down-on-its-luck local golf course. Several deals are on the table to salvage and transform parts of River’s Bend Golf Club in Chester, including potentially selling the bulk of its riverfront land to a developer, conserving that land, and revamping the remaining… Read more »