Boise Convention & Visitors Bureau
Carrie Westergard has been named executive director of the Boise (Idaho) Convention & Visitors Bureau. She replaces John Cohen…
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The NCAA has awarded Final Four, regional and early round sites for the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments as far…
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Phil Liggett
Phil Liggett
Phil Liggett didn’t set out to be the most respected broadcaster in cycling. He began his career as a rider and eventually was asked to become the organizer of Britain’s famed Milk Race. Meanwhile, he developed his journalism chops on London’s Fleet Street and was eventually asked to try his hand at broadcasting. And that’s where he’s made his mark, teaming for years with Paul Sherwen and becoming the “Voice of Cycling.” His excitement and phrasing while covering races—he refers, for example, to leading riders as “dancing on the pedals”—are his trademarks. He has covered 42 Tours de France and, in the United States, he leads NBC’s coverage of the Amgen Tour of California and the USA Pro Challenge in Colorado. In this interview with SportsTravel’s Jason Gewirtz…
Continue Reading2014 Gay Games
Northeast Ohio showed in August that it was an ideal choice to host one of the world’s top international multi-sport events and cultural gatherings. Gay Games 9, presented by The Cleveland Foundation, was staged in Cleveland and Akron. This quadrennial event for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight athletes, which began more than 30 years ago…
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Frank Supovitz: Ask The Event Doctor
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Bob Latham: Winners And Losers
This year’s NFL season certainly had a tumultuous start, with an inordinate number of prominent players…
Tim Schneider: Publisher’s Post
This year, as we’ve planned the program for the 16th annual TEAMS Conference & Expo, we’ve been mindful…
Volleyball Serves Up Interest in New Events By John Conroy olleyball is everywhere these days. It’s being played on Southern California beaches and at university gyms, within Poland’s national soccer stadium, at an IndyCar event and even at the infield of a celebrated thoroughbred horse race. The sport has become so popular that fan traffic […]
Continue ReadingEvents Gain Speed In the South By Vanessa Hughes Looking for a place that has a beautiful river, mountains, a central location and sporting events galore? The southern Tennessee city of Chattanooga meets all that criteria and then some. “The destination sells itself,” said Tim Morgan, president of the Chattanooga Sports Committee. “You get to […]
Continue ReadingReady for Tipoff By Greg Echlin So much for the thought of easing Adam Silver into his new job as NBA commissioner. Between having to force Donald Sterling to sell his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, expanding the league’s footprint overseas and watching the competitive balance of the league shift as the league’s biggest […]
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