HAGERSTOWN — The ownership group of the new baseball team in Hagerstown aren’t baseball people. But they are Hagerstown people, and history has shown that local ownership can lead to sustained success for a minor league ball club. Howard “Blackie”…
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Atlantic League founder brings Hagerstown into his baseball ‘Petri dish’
From a small stake in a minor league baseball team to founder and chief executive of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Frank Boulton is now bringing a new team to Hagerstown, Maryland.
Inside the numbers: What changed the last time Maryland built a minor-league ballpark
Regency Furniture Stadium, a $28 million ballpark paid for largely with taxpayer dollars, opened in 2008 in Waldorf, Maryland. Ever since, it has been the home of the Southern Maryland Blue Claws of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Supporters…
University of Maryland, PointsBet part company in wake of betting controversies
The partnership allowed PointsBet to advertise on UMD’s campus, in its arenas, and across sports radio broadcast airwaves.
New investigation shows few campuses have rules restricting sports betting
Amid aggressive sports gambling expansion and abundant advertising on college campuses, betting bans are rare.
Colleges’ betting agreements are often hidden from the public
The lack of transparency concerns gambling addiction experts and others already troubled by legalized sports betting on college campuses.
At University of Colorado, a betting playbook aims its pitch at students
Denver-based PointsBet’s deal with the University of Colorado Boulder was one of the first to match a university athletics program with a sports betting platform.
Towson University is trying to get ahead of the lure of sports betting
Towson University is implementing a program that seeks to educate students through robust anti-problem gambling workshops and marketing campaigns.
Buzzy sports betting posts appeal to Gen Z social media audience
Researchers who study social media note that sports betting companies use a playbook that allows them to speak to a young audience.
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