Author: Matt Traub

AVCA First Serve Nebraska

AVCA First Serve Heads to Nebraska in August 2025

Lincoln, Nebraska, will host the 2025 First Serve event that brings together eight college volleyball teams to start the season. The American Volleyball Coaches Association made the announcement during the Women’s Final Four in December. The event will be at Pinnacle Bank Arena from August 22–24, 2025. “The 2025 AVCA First Serve promises to be […]

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Hawai’i Tourism Authority Seeks Deal with Los Angeles Rams

The Hawai’i Tourism Authority is proposing for board approval a two-year, $1.5 million partnership with the Los Angeles Rams which it says would provide “extensive brand exposure, community engagement, and economic benefits.” The proposal would make Hawai’i the “Official Island Getaway of the LA Rams” and allow the Hawai’i Tourism Authority to use Rams branding […]

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Delaware Tourism Office Announces Sports Tourism Capital Investment Fund Awardees

The Delaware Tourism Office this week announced an additional set of Sports Tourism Capital Investment Fund awards to five sports facilities totaling $10 million. Established through the Fiscal Year 2024 Bond and Capital Improvements Act, the fund provides support to new or existing sports facilities that hold events throughout the year to attract out-of-state visitors […]

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Olympian Curt Clausen Elected USA Track & Field President

Curt Clausen, a three-time Olympian and the only American man to medal in the race walk at the World Athletics Championships, was elected to a four-year term as president of USA Track & Field, succeeding the outgoing Vin Lananna. Clausen earned a bronze medal in the 50km walk at the 1999 World Championships in Seville […]

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2027 USBC Women’s Championships Heads to Charlotte

The 2027 United States Bowling Congress Women’s Championship will return to the Charlotte area for the first time in 20 years when New Victory Lanes in Mooresville hosts the national tournament. The Women’s Championships was hosted in the Charlotte area in 2007. The event typically attracts approximately 16,000 bowlers each year, with competition held daily […]

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The new Sports Science & Performance Center at the Lakeshore Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama, is specially designed for adaptive athletes. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

U.S. Paralympics Powerlifting joins Lakeshore National Adapted Sports Organization

The U.S. Para Powerlifting program will join USA Wheelchair Rugby and Boccia United States as of New Year’s Day at the Lakeshore Foundation and Lakeshore National Adapted Sports Organization in Alabama. The Lakeshore Foundation sits on more than 40 acres outside of downtown Birmingham, with nine buildings on its campus that include gyms, dorms and […]

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Birmingham to Host 2025 USA Judo Senior Nationals

The 2025 USA Judo Senior National Championships will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Comple. The shiai competition will be held on May 24 with the Kata Nationals on May 25. The tournament is expected to draw more than 600 participants. The competition will take place at the BJCC, which includes a […]

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SLC 2034 Bid Close
SLC-Utah Committee for the Games Board Chair Catherine Raney-Norman talks during the group's final meeting before its official dissolution on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Salt Lake 2034 Winter Olympic Bid Committee, Its Work Done, Formally Dissolves

With its work securing the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games done, the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games gathered one final time on Wednesday for the group’s formal dissolution in a moment that was a celebration of the work done, a celebration of the holiday season and a moment to step back and realize […]

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Bob DeMarco Begins Tenure as World Lacrosse President

American Bob DeMarco started his tenure as the president of World Lacrosse this week with a three-pronged approach to grow the game, maximize opportunities ahead of the sport’s inclusion into the Olympic program and more. DeMarco’s term runs through the end of 2028, and includes the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles where the […]

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