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Birmingham City FC Partners with Greater Birmingham CVB

Birmingham City Football Club, an English football club in League One, has announced a partnership with the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau, the official tourism and marketing organization for the Alabama destination. The GBCVB logo will be featured on the back of Birmingham City uniforms until the end of the 2026–2027 season. The partnership […]

Posted On : February 10, 2025 By : Justin Shaw

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Birmingham to Host 2025 USA Judo Senior Nationals

The 2025 USA Judo Senior National Championships will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Comple. The shiai competition will be held on May 24 with the Kata Nationals on May 25. The tournament is expected to draw more than 600 participants. The competition will take place at the BJCC, which includes a […]

Posted On : December 20, 2024 By : Matt Traub

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Tulsa and Birmingham to Host National Senior Games

The 2027 National Senior Games will be held in Tulsa with the 2029 Games heading to Birmingham, Alabama, the National Senior Games Association announced on Tuesday. This will be the first time the National Senior Games is held in Tulsa and marks a return to Birmingham after The Games were hosted there in 2017. The […]

Posted On : November 19, 2024 By : Justin Shaw

Rickwood Field still has a lot of its original architecture and plenty of old school charm. Photo courtesy of the GBCVB

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Major League Baseball, Rickwood Field to Spotlight Negro League Greats

Rickwood Field is a bucket list location for any baseball fan and June 20, the world will get the full experience of the oldest professional ballpark in the United States. The field in Birmingham, Alabama, which opened in 1910, has seen 180 future Baseball Hall of Famers compete on its hallowed grounds. Now, Rickwood Field […]

Posted On : June 17, 2024 By : Justin Shaw

Fans cheer during the second half of a game between Texas and Iowa State in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns will play at Iowa State this season in its farewell tour of the Big 12 before moving to the Southeastern Conference. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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College Football 2023: Realignment Dominates, On And Off The Field

As the temperatures (slowly) become cooler and the days become shorter, fall brings the promise of football and the pageantry of the college game — an experience unmatched almost anywhere in sports. Tailgating is a four-day weekend where the sport is a religion and for an elite few, the idea of a national championship sits […]

Posted On : August 29, 2023 By : Matt Traub

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66th Hartford Nationals Starts in Alabama

The 66th Hartford Nationals, Move United’s largest and longest-standing national sport championship event for athletes with a physical disability, visual impairment, and/or intellectual disability, will take place in Hoover and Birmingham, Alabama, from July 8–14. More than 400 athletes with disabilities and coaches are expected to participate in a series of events that include competitions, […]

Posted On : July 7, 2023 By : Justin Shaw

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USFL Adds Memphis as 2023 Competition Hub

Officials from the USFL and the city of Memphis have reached an agreement for the Memphis Showboats to play the USFL 2023 season at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, home of the 1980s team that featured Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White. Memphis is the second city that will host games in the second spring […]

Posted On : November 16, 2022 By : Matt Traub

The U.S. team sings the national anthem ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool C game at Kobe Misaki Stadium against England in Kobe, Japan. The U.S. will host the 2031 Rugby World Cup for the first time in program history. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

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A Decade of Big Events on Tap in United States

For the next decade, there may not be a season where a sports fan cannot enjoy a major international sporting event to travel to within the United States. This past summer alone saw World Athletics host the world track-and-field championships in the United States for the first time at the renovated Hayward Field in Eugene, […]

Posted On : October 19, 2022 By : Matt Traub

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Nick Sellers and David Galbaugh: Bringing The World Games to Birmingham, Alabama

The World Games is an international multisport event that gets underway on July 7 with the Opening Ceremony at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. The event will culminate a seven-year planning process after the Alabama destination was first awarded host duties and will feature 30 official sports in 54 disciplines, which will be contested […]

Posted On : June 30, 2022 By : Matt Traub

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USFL Inaugural Season Heading to Birmingham

The USFL’s revival this spring will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, with games to be staged at Protective Stadium and Legion Field. AL.com reported the news on Wednesday. The league was focused on Birmingham as the single site for the spring season for more than a month. The Birmingham City Council two weeks ago approved […]

Posted On : January 20, 2022 By : Matt Traub