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The National Hockey League will expand to Seattle for the 2021–2022 season. The NHL board of governors unanimously approved what will be the league’s 32nd team, which will play home games in a to-be-renovated KeyArena. The move brings professional hockey back to Seattle decades after the former Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win […]
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It was August 2015 when Martin Palmaz first got the word. As executive director of the U.S. Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association, Palmaz was regularly in touch with the flight schools around the country that help keep the sport aloft. This time, one of them was relaying some distressing news: Its insurance policy was not […]
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U.S. Figure Skating will stage its 2020 Midwestern and Pacific Coast Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships in Wichita, Kansas. Wichita also…
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Jon Ridgeon has been named CEO of the IAAF, the international federation for track and field. The 51-year-old competed for Great Britain in the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles from 1984 to 1996 and competed at the 1988 and 1996 Olympics. He also has held leadership roles in several sports-related business, including most recently as […]
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David Siegel has been named president of the Los Angeles Sports Council and Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games…
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The Federation of International Lacrosse has received provisional three-year recognition from the International Olympic Committee, a step in the sport’s potential future inclusion at the Olympic Games. The designation also allows the FIL to receive funding from the IOC and apply for development programs. “The IOC executive board’s decision to provisionally recognize FIL has created a major […]
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The Professional Bowlers Association will return to Allen Park, Michigan, near Detroit for the 10th anniversary of the World Series of Bowling in March 2019. Thunderbowl Lanes, which hosted the first edition of the event in 2009, will once again host. And in a first for professional bowling, the series will include five consecutive nights of primetime […]
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Chris Tatum has been named president and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Tatum recently served as general manager of…
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Pixellot, a company that provides automated video production for sports events, has named David Shapiro as president of its U.S. Youth Division and head of U.S. sales. In the new role, Shapiro will lead the company’s focus on youth sports, including direct sales and identifying new partnerships and channels. Shapiro was previously CEO of Steel Sports, which organizes the National […]
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The Oakland A’s have unveiled plans for a new downtown waterfront baseball stadium in the Howard Terminal area that would serve as the new home…
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