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Cooperstown All Star Village will host a softball tournament for the first time as part of the All-Ripken Softball Games Powered by Under Armour. The event will take place from August 29 to September 1 featuring 10U, 12U and 14U players from across the country. Adding more softball to the Ripken portfolio has been a […]
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Unrivaled Sports has added Rocker B Ranch in Texas to its baseball and multi-sport division of venues with plans to expand the facility in the future. The Rocker B Ranch acquisition is the latest since Unrivaled Sports formed in 2024. In 2024, Rocker B Ranch hosted nearly 60,000 visitors, including over 900 baseball teams that […]
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Ripken Baseball has announced the return of the All-Ripken Games in 2025, featuring an expanded schedule with 10 tournaments at eight different facilities. The 2025 schedule starts in April in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It has events in South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, New York, New Jersey and Florida. The season will culminate at […]
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When Josh Harris and David Blitzer created Unrivaled Sports, it wasn’t just a catchy name. The duo founded Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment in September 2017. HBSE now owns and operates the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, the Prudential Cente, the esports organization Dignitas and holds a minority stake in the Joe […]
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Ripken Baseball and Walt Disney World Resort have agreed to host youth baseball experiences at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the summers of 2025 and 2026, involving four week-long tournaments each year. The first tournament will be staged June 8–13, 2025. Week 2 will be held from June 15–20; Week 3 from June […]
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The Ripken Baseball brand among others owned by Josh Harris and David Blitzer will be folded into a new parent company called Unrivaled Sports, which will oversee an overall broad portfolio of youth sports properties. Unrivaled Sports’ baseball division will consist of Ripken Baseball, Cooperstown All Star Village, Sports Force Parks (which was acquired in […]
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Baseball coaches around the country now have extra motivation to bring their team to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in 2024. During a recent visit to the city — where they operate The Ripken Experience Elizabethtown — Ripken Baseball cofounders Cal Ripken, Jr., and Bill Ripken visited the Maker’s Mark Distillery to experience the brand’s first custom barrel […]
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Wade Martin has been named chief executive officer of Josh Harris and David Blitzer’s youth baseball portfolio, which includes Ripken Baseball, Cooperstown All Star Village, Baseball Factory and Softball Factory. Martin is tasked with driving growth and expansion for the company’s youth sports facilities, youth tournament experiences and player development platforms. In January 2023, Harris […]
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The All-Ripken Games will expand in 2024 to seven tournaments throughout the country for youth baseball and softball players at six facilities starting in April. The All-Ripken Games, which debuted in 2023 at four facilities, will culminate with the All-Ripken Futures Games in December, featuring the top players of the season. Players must be nominated […]
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Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center announced the formation of the Cedar Point Collegiate League, a new softball league that will launch in the summer of 2024 in Sandusky, Ohio, under the umbrella of the American Collegiate League, the national body of governance for regional NCAA summer league softball that was established in […]
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Fraser Bullock was officially named executive chair and president for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City while former Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson was named as chief executive officer.
The @MountainWest Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in @VisitMesa, Arizona, May 21–24.
.@usavolleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to operate Destination KP, a new youth sports venue located on Long Island, New York, withTim O’Connell appointed as general manager.
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