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College Football Playoff Expands to 12 Teams in 2024 Season

The College Football Playoff has announced it will expand to a 12-team event starting in 2024 after the Rose Bowl agreed to amend its contract for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which was the last hurdle CFP officials needed cleared to triple the size of what is now a four-team format. The first round of […]

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Confetti falls after Austin FC defeats FC Dallas in an MLS playoff match in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

River Plate and C.F. Monterrey to Play Friendly in Austin

River Plate of Argentina’s Primera División and C.F. Monterrey of Mexico’s Liga MX will play a friendly on January 10 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, the first time that River Plate has played in the Texas destination. The match will kick off at 8 p.m. CT. For C.F. Monterrey – known as “Rayados” – the […]

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USA Boxing National Championships Heading to Lubbock, Texas

The 2022 USA Boxing National Championships will be held starting December 5 in Lubbock, Texas, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center with over 1,000 boxers, ages  9 to 39, anticipated to compete. “Our National Championships is the pinnacle event for us every year and this year we expect to see some of the best boxing […]

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The pregame ceremony included lots of fireworks before the U.S. men's national team took on Wales in the first group stage game for both teams at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar this week. Photo by Lisa Delpy Neirotti.

What It’s Like in Qatar at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

There are always some challenges with any mega-event and this month, the 2022 FIFA World Cup is in Qatar, a country established 51 years old ago with a total population of 2.8 million people. So with that perspective, here are some observations. [Behind the Scenes of the 2026 World Cup Bid Process] Seeing Qatar Up […]

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What the view is like from behind home plate currently at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, left, compared to what it is planned to be at Blue Jays games starting with the 2023 season. Images courtesy Toronto Blue Jays

Demolition Complete Inside Toronto’s Rogers Centre

The Toronto Blue Jays have completed the first stage of its $300 million renovation of Rogers Centre with demolition finished as crews begin to build new infrastructure within the stadium as part of a two-year project. This offseason’s renovation will focus on the upper level and outfield seating. All 17,000 seats that were part of […]

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Winter Dew Tour Returns to Copper Mountain

Mountain Dew and Coalition 375 have announced its annual Winter Dew Tour snowboard and ski competition and festival will return to Copper Mountain, Colorado, from February 24—26, 2023. The Winter Dew Tour will include the world’s best male and female skiers and snowboarders competing in individual superpipe and streetstyle events and a calendar of fan […]

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NCAA Announces Sites for Future Men’s Final Fours

The Men’s Final Four will be heading to Las Vegas for the first time in 2028 as the NCAA announced the host cities for the Final Four for the next bid cycle of 2027 through 2030. Also awarded Final Fours were Detroit (2027), Indianapolis (2029) and Dallas/Arlington (2030). Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Minneapolis […]

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PCB College Baseball Classic Field Announced

Publix Sports Park will host 16 junior college baseball teams in the second annual Panama City Beach College Baseball Classic in Florida scheduled for February 3–5. The three-day preseason tournament features seven teams that finished the 2022 season ranked in the top 20 nationally wth three players in last year’s tournament selected in the first […]

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Kelvin Moore Named McCormick Place Vice President, General Manager

ASM Global has named Kelvin D. Moore as regional vice president and general manager of McCormick Place Convention Center, North America’s largest convention center located in Chicago. Moore has held leadership positions at convention centers, stadiums and multipurpose facilities throughout the United States, most recently as regional vice president and general manager for ASM at […]

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The 2022 NCAA Women's Championship Game in Minneapolis was played in front of a sellout crowd as South Carolina beat UConn for its second national title. Photo by Matt Traub / SportsTravel

NCAA Announces Sites for Future Women’s Final Fours

Four past hosts and one new location will host the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Final Four from 2027 through 2031, the NCAA announced on Monday morning. Columbus, Ohio, will host in 2027 followed by Indianapolis in 2028. San Antonio will host in 2029 with first-time host Portland, Oregon, in 2030. Dallas will host in […]

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