Author: Jason Gewirtz

Jason Gewirtz is the editor and publisher of SportsTravel. He has worked at the magazine in various roles since 2008, including as managing editor and editor. He is a former member of the Sports ETA board of directors.
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Letter From Lanzhou: Running and the Power of Sports

At SportsTravel, we’re always excited to visit destinations and attend events and conferences to discuss the state of sports-related travel and tourism. Some of those trips to share and learn are modest in scale and some allow us to explore more distant markets. Our most recent trip was definitely one of the latter. Indeed, I […]

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Rocket Mortgage Takes Naming Rights of LCS Summer Finals

Rocket Mortgage will sponsor the 2019 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Summer Finals when the event heads to Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The Detroit-based lending product will be presenting sponsor of the event, which will be staged August 24–25. “We are doubling down on esports by supporting one of the biggest tournaments in […]

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Asheville, North Carolina, Chosen for Gran Fondo National Championship

Asheville, North Carolina, has been selected to host the 2019 and 2020 Gran Fondo National Championship. The national amateur cycling event, which will have support from the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission, will coincide with the Gran Fondo Asheville. The event is expected to attract more than 500 cyclists as well as families and supporters. […]

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Kevin Warren Named Big Ten Commissioner

Kevin Warren has been named commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, succeeding longtime leader Jim Delaney, who will step down from the position in January after 30 years with the collegiate conference. Warren, the chief operating officer for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, becomes the sixth commissioner in conference history. He will start September 16, 2019, […]

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DuPage County to Host 2020 USA Weightlifting National Championships

The Nike USA Weightlifting National Championships powered by Rogue Fitness will return to the Chicago region in 2020, with the event being held at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in DuPage County. The tournament, to be staged May 14–17, 2020, will mark the national governing body’s final national championship before its athletes head to the […]

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MLS and Liga MX Launch New Leagues Cup

Major League Soccer and Liga MX have launched an annual competition between the top two professional soccer leagues in North America with the support and sanctioning of Concacaf. The first version of the new Leagues Cup tournament will be staged at designated MLS venues in July. It will feature four clubs from each league in […]

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USA Cricket Selects Group to Invest in T20 Professional League

USA Cricket has selected American Cricket Enterprises to help develop a top-tier professional T20 cricket league in the United States by 2021. The selection marks a significant development in a multistage evaluation process that started last year with an RFP to build a U.S.-based professional league in the shorter, popular T20 version of the sport. […]

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