CBS to Broadcast Thursday Night NFL Games in 2014
The National Football League will team with long-time broadcast partner CBS to produce and televise Thursday Night Football…
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NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship
A well-organized event team served up a successful NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship in Seattle that saw strong crowds despite being held just days before Christmas—something organizers attributed to considerable advance work in selling…
Forging Ahead By Jason Gewirtz When you are organizing an event as big as the Olympic Winter Games, it would be nearly impossible to avoid some sort of controversy. And the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in the Russian resort city of Sochi have certainly had their share. While the cost to bring the […]
Continue ReadingA New Wave of Boarders Stands Up By Greg Mellen What’s SUP? Not much, what’s up with you? No, what’s SUP? It sounds like the start of an Abbott and Costello routine. But in this case, SUP is the popular shorthand for stand-up paddleboarding, a recreational and competitive sport that has been experiencing exponential growth. […]
Continue ReadingRising Up in the Great Plains By Lisa Clifton On the vast Great Plains, communities rose out of determination and a strong work ethic, two qualities that also developed the region’s sports scene, which can boast its fair share of championship teams, athletes and venues. And a big plus to holding a sports event in […]
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Bob Latham: Winners And Losers
It was an appropriate and thrilling end to the 16-year Bowl Championship Series era in college football…
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Steve Smith: Legal Arena
Last November, the CEO of the NY-NJ Super Bowl Host Committee proclaimed that “volunteerism is the heart of what…
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RTO4 Names Director of Sport Tourism
Laurence Bishop has been appointed director of sport tourism for RTO4, a recently formed regional sport tourism office the…
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Karen Williams has been named interim president and CEO of the Louisville (Kentucky) Convention & Visitors Bureau following the resignation…
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Michele Kang, owner of the @WashSpirit, has pledged to give @ussoccer women’s programs $30 million over the next five years — the largest philanthropic investment in U.S. Soccer’s women’s and girls’ programs ever received.
Chattanooga Sports, which has built its sports-tourism offerings through a mix of sports, on a variety of levels, showcased its downtown walkability and outdoor activities to the industry last week at the Sports Events & Tourism Association 4S Summit.
The @thepwhlofficial has launched the PWHL Takeover Tour, a schedule of nine neutral-site regular-season games that will be played outside the league’s current host cities in 2025.
Brendan Quirk, president and chief executive officer of @usacycling, was elected chair of the National Governing Body Council on November 14. Aron McGuire, chief executive officer of @USABS, was elected vice chair.
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