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Solheim Cup Valhalla

Louisville’s Valhalla Golf Club to Host 2028 Solheim Cup

The Solheim Cup, a biennial international match-play competition showcasing the best American players from the LPGA Tour against the top European players from the Ladies European Tour, will be hosted by Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville in 2028. The 2028 event will be the 21st Solheim Cup and the first major women’s competition held at […]

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2024 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony
The end of the dramatic presentation of the Olympic rings during the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. Photo by Jason Gewirtz

Paris Tourism Office Releases Preliminary Olympic Report

Paris je t’aime, the city’s tourism bureau, released its preliminary report on Olympic Summer Games impact saying the United States was the leading international market during the competition. The report says the United States had 230,000 tourists visit Paris during the Games, nearly double the second-leading country in Germany (130,000). The United Kingdom was third […]

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Maui Sweepstakes

Maui Invitational Fan Sweepstakes Now Open

The Maui Invitational will give two college basketball fans the chance to experience ‘Maui Magic’ through the Maui Invitational Fan Sweepstakes as the event returns to the island after the 2023 event was moved due to wildfires. One winner and a guest will receive two all-tournament tickets to watch all 12 games, two stadium club […]

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Casey Wasserman Karen Bass
Casey Wasserman and Karen Bass discuss plans for the Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games in 2928. Photo by Jason Gewirtz

LA28 Plans for ‘No Car’ Games and More

PARIS — The success of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris has put Los Angeles in the spotlight as the LA28 organizing committee switches fully into operations mode. At a press conference to close the Paris Games, LA28 Chairman Casey Wasserman and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass outlined some of their own ambitious plans […]

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Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony
Fireworks light up the Stade de France during the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. Photo by Jason Gewirtz

Closing Ceremony Marks Handoff to LA28

An Olympic Summer Games in Paris hailed as a success operationally and otherwise came to an end with a Closing Ceremony that put LA28 on the clock as it enters its next phase leading to the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games. And the final act in Paris had several nods to the Hollywood-style approach […]

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Speedway Classic

Bristol Motor Speedway to Host Braves, Reds in 2025

Officials from Major League Baseball and Bristol Speedway, the track known as the “Thunder Valley” that holds more than 146,000 fans for NASCAR races, announced Friday that the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds will play in the Speedway Classic on Aug. 2, 2025. It will be a Reds home game with the first two being […]

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2024 Wells Fargo
Rory McIlroy holds the trophy after winning the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 12, 2024. The event will now be called the Truist Championship. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Truist Becomes Title Sponsor of Charlotte PGA Tour Event

The PGA Tour’s event in Charlotte will be called the Truist Championship as part of a seven-year agreement between the PGA Tour and Truist Financial Corporation. Quail Hollow Club will continue to be the primary host for the event except for next year when it hosts the PGA Championship, moving the 2025 Truist Championship to […]

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Texas Sodexo Live

University of Texas Partners with Sodexo Live

The University of Texas has announced a multi-year agreement with Sodexo Live to manage fan hospitality at many of its athletics facilities and performance dining for athletes starting with the 2024–2025 academic year. “We’re excited to announce that we have paired with Sodexo Live! as our new hospitality partner,” said University of Texas Vice President […]

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