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SportsEngine has announced a partnership with TrueSport, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s positive youth sports movement, to create the Champion Coach Recognition Program. The awards program will recognize coaches who put positive coaching values into action within their teams and their communities. Under the program, SportsEngine and TrueSport will solicit nominations for youth sports coaches who […]
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In today’s uncertain world, event organizers and host cities find themselves operating in complex multi-stakeholder environments. Among the challenges they may face are homegrown violent extremism, cyber-criminal attacks on data and IT networks, event cancellations due to severe weather, and oversaturated calendars offering competing events that visitors may choose. Within this uncertain environment, how can […]
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USA Taekwondo’s 2020 U.S. Open Championships will be staged in Orlando, Florida, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The event will be held February 27–March 1 and will be designated as a major tournament for all age categories for the first time. “It’s been some time since we have been in Florida, and […]
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Jim Wood, the president and CEO of Meet AC, has announced he will leave the position in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the end of 2019. Wood plans to return to Kentucky, to care for his wife as she rehabilitates from a severe fall earlier this year. Wood has led the organization since 2014, when […]
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Organizers have announced a new mountain bike event, the Pikes Peak APEX Presented by RockShox, to be staged along the famed mountain in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in September 2020. The inaugural Pikes Peak APEX, September 24–27, will feature four days of riding on the slopes of Pikes Peak with a Gran Fondo‐style start and a […]
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SportsTravel is proud to partner with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to provide this update on Team USA events taking place this week. Below is an upcoming event and information on how to learn more. 15th U.S. Open Water Ski Racing National Championships Date: October 5–6, 2019 Venue: Havasu Springs in Parker, Arizona Event description: More […]
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For the first time, the NBA 2K League will have a team based outside the United States and not affiliated with one of the league’s teams. The NBA 2K League has announced that esports company Gen.G will field a team from Shanghai in 2020 that will compete against the other 22 teams in the league, […]
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Obstacle course races were once considered a fad in the sports-event industry. But some organizations have withstood the test of time, including Tough Mudder, one of the first companies in the space. Still, their journey hasn’t come without growing pains. Recent forays to diversify the business and tweak their traditional events had left some hardcore […]
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ESPN and Special Olympics have agreed to an eight-year extension for global broadcasts of Special Olympics events and the network’s presenting sponsorship of Special Olympics Unified Sports. “The relationship between ESPN and Special Olympics spans nearly three and a half decades and has been built on a bedrock of shared belief in the power of […]
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The NBA will launch the inaugural NBA 2K20 Global Championship, a championship event for the popular NBA 2K game, in partnership with the game’s publisher, the National Basketball Players Association, and esports event organizer ESL. The esports event is designed for aspiring NBA 2K20 players worldwide and will feature head-to-head competition in a series of online […]
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