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After a 20-year break, the Southeastern Conference will relaunch the SEC Volleyball Championship beginning in 2025 and has signed a three-year agreement to host the event at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia. The 2025 tournament is slated to take place on November 21–25, 2025, at Enmarket Arena. In addition, upcoming tournaments at the venue are […]
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The McCracken County Sports Tourism Commission and the Sports Facilities Companies have announced Chas Heeren as the general manager of Paducah Sports Park in Kentucky, slated for completion in the fall of 2025. “I’m excited to be named the general manager of the Paducah Sports Park,” said Heeren. “The opportunity to live in the city […]
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The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play starting in 2026 led by the brother-sister duo of Alex Bhathal and Lisa Bhathal Merage, who paid $125 million for the franchise, which will play its home games at the Moda Center in downtown Portland. Portland […]
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Visit Tuscaloosa and DC Elite Productions have announced the inaugural Crimson White Tournament, scheduled for October 19–20 at Bowers Park as part of DC Elite’s Collegiate Star Tournament Experience series. The University of Alabama and University of West Alabama will start the event as part of a special kickoff party at John and Ann Rhoads […]
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GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series has added an event in The Bahamas to the 2024 schedule. The November 3 long distance cycling event is 60.8 miles long with 1,392 feet of climbing. “The Bahamas are an aspirational destination,” said GFNY President Lidia Fluhme. “A GFNY is the race of your dreams. But GFNY are endurance […]
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The Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers are extending an operating agreement with the Broward County Commission for five more years, ensuring that the team remains in the market through 2033 and likely well beyond. Broward County will have the option to retain the Panthers for two additional five-year terms for a total of 19 years, […]
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The Canadian Hockey League and USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program will look to capitalize on the sport’s cross-border rivalry by having its top draft-eligible prospects face off in an annual two-game series starting in November. The CHL USA Prospects Challenge will see the top first-year NHL Draft-eligible prospects from the Western Hockey League, Ontario […]
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Frontwave Arena in San Diego opened officially on September 16 with its first event, the Gold Over America Tour starring Simone Biles. Frontwave Arena will serve as home for the 16-time champion San Diego Sockers of the Major Arena Soccer League and the newly announced NBA G League San Diego Clippers. It will also host […]
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Seven candidates will compete in the election for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee at the 143rd IOC Session held from March 18–21, 2025, in Greece. The seven applicants officially announced their candidacies by the deadline of midnight on September 15. The group includes two former Olympic champions, a prince and the son of […]
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The Prefontaine Classic has announced its dates for the 2025 edition, as the event returns to Hayward Field at the University of Oregon on July 5, 2025, for the 50th edition of the meet. The announcement comes one day after the end of the 2024 Wanda Diamond League at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in […]
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Kentucky Sports Alliance has announced it has completed a major rebrand. The consortium of 15 Kentucky tourism-based organizations has joined under one umbrella to bring sporting events to the Bluegrass State.
Jamie Corr has been named the managing director at Burson Sports, a specialist sports practice based in Lausanne, succeeding Lars Haue-Pedersen, who is stepping down after more than 20 years of leading the agency.
The Sports Facilities Companies has acquired Firland Management as part of launching a new ice division, which includes a partnership with Central Park Conservancy which assumes the management of the Harlem Meer Center in New York City.
As the @NCAA enters the final month of its deliberation on which cities will be future hosts for hundreds of events across all three divisions, destinations around the country anxiously await news of the status of their bids.
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