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Weidner Field, the home of the Colorado Springs Switchbacks, will host the USL Summer Showcase in 2023. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

USL Summer Showcase Awarded to Colorado Springs

The United Soccer League has named Colorado Springs as the host city for the 2023 USL Summer Showcase, a multi-day event that will include meetings for the league’s more than 200 professional and pre-professional clubs culminating in a nationally televised game between the Colorado Springs Switchbacks and FC Tulsa on August 9 on ESPN2. Founded […]

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Ripken Experience Elizabethtown to Host Baseball For All Nationals

Baseball For All, a national organization that builds gender equity in baseball, will host the 2023 Baseball For All Nationals at The Ripken Experience Elizabethtown in Kentucky from July 12–16, 2023. The eighth annual tournament is the largest girls’ baseball tournament in the United States. Ripken Baseball added The Ripken Experience Elizabethtown as its fourth […]

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USAPickleball

2023 USA Pickleball National Championships Heads to Dallas

The 2023 USA Pickleball National Championships will move to Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas and be presented by the Professional Pickleball Association from November 4-12, allowing top amateur players from around the country to qualify thanks to USA Pickleball’s addition of three new Golden Ticket events designated on the PPA Tour calendar for the first […]

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2024 Transplant Games

Birmingham to Host 2024 Transplant Games of America

Birmingham, Alabama, will host the 2024 Transplant Games of America with the July 5–10 event bringing together nearly 10,000 members of the transplant community, the Transplant Life Foundation has announced. The weeklong event features thousands of athletes from all 50 states competing in 20 athletic and recreational competitions. Joining the 43 domestic teams will be […]

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Mexican Women’s National Team to Visit Houston and Chicago

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and Soccer United Marketing have announced the launch of MexTour W, an annual U.S. tour featuring the Mexican Women’s National Team with the inaugural matches scheduled for April 8 in Chicago and April 11 in Houston against NWSL opponents. Mexico will face the Chicago […]

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MAAC

MAAC Basketball Tournament to Stay in Atlantic City

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference has announced that Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, will remain host for the league’s men’s and women’s basketball tournament championships, extending the arena’s hosting rights through 2026. “I am pleased to announce the selection of Atlantic City’s Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall as the site for the […]

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Perfect Game

Perfect Game 2023 All-American Classic Heads Back to Phoenix

Perfect Game has announced the 21st edition of its Dick’s Sporting Goods All-American Classic will be played at Chase Field in Phoenix on August 20, 2023. Perfect Game, a youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, also announced that Arizona Diamondbacks legend Luis Gonzalez will again serve as All-American Classic Honorary Chairman. “Perfect Game is thrilled […]

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Veteran Fencing World Championships

2023 Veteran Fencing World Championships Headed to Daytona Beach

USA Fencing has announced the 2023 Veteran Fencing World Championships will take place in Daytona Beach, Florida, from October 11–16. The competition will feature the best fencers ages 50 and older from more than 50 nations and will be the first International Fencing Federation event held in the United States since the pandemic. “There’s no […]

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