Sports & Recreation

A Florida businessman is pushing another fitness brand into the Richmond market. And the first local gym will take up the last chunk of space left by a shut-down Kmart.

After getting a taste for triathlons, the head of a fast-growing local pet goods company turned a new hobby into his latest business venture.

The highly anticipated men’s basketball game coming up sold out before tickets could even be offered to the public. And online resale prices are soaring as sellers take advantage of the high demand for a seat.

This weekend’s races have outdone their old participant records, and when the half-marathon hit the 10,000 mark, organizer Sports Backer had to cap registration.

Just days ahead of a new VCU basketball season, construction is well under way at the school’s planned $25 million practice facility.

Two golf clubs that merged last year are calling it quits on their short-lived union.

For its first press into Virginia, a growing gym brand out of Florida is pumping out two new locations on the Southside.

A local country club has tapped the owner of two Chesterfield golf courses to take over its operations and get membership levels back near their pre-recession highs.

A niche fitness brand that started in Carytown last year is opening its second location in Midlothian.

A new sports and social club has popped up in Richmond, and its bringing the sport of bubble soccer to the market.