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Rick Patzke, the longtime leader of USA Curling, has announced that he will step away from his role as the national governing body’s CEO. Rich Lepping, the NGB’s immediate past chairman, has been named interim CEO while a search committee is being formed for a permanent leader. Patzke has been CEO since 2006 after previously […]
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The bid portal for destinations interested in hosting an NCAA championship for the 2022–2023 through 2025–2026 academic years has now opened, with more than 500 preliminary round and final host sites sought for 90 championship events. Cities interested in learning more about the bidding process will also be able to attend a seminar hosted by […]
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Twitch is known for its longtime role as an online platform in esports, where players can build a following and fans can watch events from around the world, either in real time or after the fact. But the growing platform hasn’t ventured too far into the Olympic landscape until a recent announcement that it would […]
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The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and Ripken Baseball have announced a partnership to bring several premier youth baseball tournaments to the venue beginning in 2020. The deal will begin with Ripken Baseball tournaments for ages 6–18 at the venue at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The Ripken Experience at Walt Disney World […]
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Visit Jacksonville (Florida) has named Tom Norton national account manager with a focus on sports tourism. “Visit Jacksonville has a new commitment to grow even further Jacksonville’s image as a top-tier sporting destination and we know that adding Tom to our team will help us achieve that goal,” said Michael Corrigan, president and CEO of Visit Jacksonville. […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has unveiled new brand marks and identities for U.S. Paralympics Cycling, U.S. Paralympics Swimming and U.S. Paralympics Track & Field—the three Paralympic summer sports managed by U.S. Paralympics. According to the USOPC, the new visual identities are designed to create unique identities for each sport and to raise […]
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The USA Bobsled/Skeleton Board of Directors has voted to end its contract with CEO Darrin Steele, effective September 13, 2019. Steele has been one of the longest-serving CEOs of a national governing body, joining the organization as CEO in October 2007. “We thank Darrin for his 12 years of dedicated service as CEO and for […]
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DreamHack will come to the West Coast for the first time in 2020 as the esports festival announced Anaheim, California, will host the event February 21–23. The event’s activities will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The gaming lifestyle festival will include professional esports tournaments, a bring your own computer (BYOC) LAN party, a […]
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American Cruise Lines has been named the official cruise line of U.S. Figure Skating and will start its affiliation as the presenting sponsor of 2019 Skate America, October 18–20, in Las Vegas. The one-year partnership is the first between the two organizations. 2019 Skate America, which will be staged at Orleans Arena, is the first […]
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If Major League Baseball builds a temporary 8,000-seat ballpark in the middle of an Iowa cornfield, will people come? That’s what MLB will find out on August 13, 2020, when the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees play a regular-season game in Dyersville, Iowa, at the site of the movie “Field of Dreams.” The […]
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