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AAU Volleyball Orlando

AAU to Host World’s Largest Volleyball Tournament in Orlando

The Amateur Athletic Union will host the world’s largest volleyball tournament from June 13 through July 7 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. The 51st AAU Girls’ and Boys’ Junior National Volleyball Championships will draw more than 117,000 athletes and coaches representing all 50 states, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. “The […]

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SportsTravel Podcast Skip Gilbert Youth Soccer

Skip Gilbert: The State of Youth Soccer

Skip Gilbert is no stranger to the sports industry. As a former professional soccer player, the sport may well be his true love. But his previous stints included one with the USADA, the anti-doping agency, as managing director of operations, marketing and development; managing director of professional tennis operations and tournament manager for the U.S. […]

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ASM Edge Sports

ASM Global to Partner with EDGE Sports Group

ASM Global has announced a significant investment in Boston-based Edge Sports Group, as the organization looks to expand its offerings in the youth sports and sports tourism industry. This investment in Edge comes as ASM Global was awarded the management contract by the County of Henrico in Virginia for the 185,000-square-foot Henrico Sports & Events […]

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NBC Sports Next Partners with Stronger Youth Brands

NBC Sports Next has announced a multi-year partnership with Pennsylvania-based Stronger Youth Brands, a youth sports and enrichment brand platform. SYB will utilize features offered by NBC Sports Next’s SportsEngine Motion technology platform. The initial phase of the partnership will focus on Soccer Shots, which currently enrolls more than 600,000 children, ages 2-8, throughout franchises […]

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Flag football has exploded in popularity, specifically with more girls than ever playing the sport. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Unrivaled Sports Acquires Under the Lights Powered by Under Armour

Unrivaled Sports has acquired Under the Lights Powered by Under Armour, the second-largest youth flag football operator in the United States with 170 local flag football leagues and 35,000 boys and girls from first through eighth grades participating. Unrivaled Sports was created in late March by Josh Harris, David Blitzer and The Chernin Group to […]

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Play Hockey Partners with Team IP

Youth hockey event organizer Play Hockey has announced a new partnership with Team IP. The agreement will make Team IP the official awards and gifts supplier of Play Hockey, which provides experiences to more than 100,000 youth hockey players at 105 events. “Play Hockey is excited to deliver more memorable experiences for our athletes and […]

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Unrivaled Sports YTH Sports

Unrivaled Sports Acquires YTH Sports

Unrivaled Sports, the newly launched sports venture from Josh Harris, David Blitzer and the Cherin Group, has announced the acquisition of YTH Sports, adding a soccer organization to the company’s growing portfolio. The addition of YTH Sports is expected to bring Unrivaled Sports’ event assets to nearly 600,000 athletes and 1.2 million attendees in 2024 […]

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Perfect Game Adds 21 Former MLB Players to Investment Group

Youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service Perfect Game has announced its investor group, which is made up, in part, of 21 former and active major league players. The announcement of the investor group comes days after Perfect Game appointed former Major League All-Star and American League Most Valuable Player award winner Mo Vaughn […]

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Former American League MVP Mo Vaughn Joins Perfect Game

Perfect Game has announced the appointment of former Major League All-Star and American League Most Valuable Player award winner Mo Vaughn as special assistant to ownership for the youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service. Vaughn’s appointment comes a week after former All-Star outfielder Ryan Klesko joined Perfect Game in a similar position. Vaughn, […]

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