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Triple Crown Sports will return to Kansas City for PickleCon 2026 at the Kansas City Convention Center, July 24–26, 2026. The conference players, clubs and fans from across the country to foster competition, community and entertainment. The event offers opportunities from youth divisions to senior players, with amateur matchups and even glow-in-the-dark showdowns. Events include […]
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U.S. Ski & Snowboard and YouTube have announced a new partnership, aimed at bringing fans closer to Team USA athletes as they prepare for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milan–Cortina, Italy. The pact marks the first partnership between YouTube and a U.S. winter national governing body. Under terms of the deal, YouTube […]
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Vlad Marisnescu has been re-elected as president of the International Esports Federation at the organization’s recently concluded 17th Ordinary General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference was staged alongside the 17th World Esports Championship Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Finals. At the meeting, IESF member federations gathered to review the federation’s annual progress, adopt […]
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The first Xbox Bowl college football bowl game will be held in Frisco, Texas, at Ford Center at The Star. The ESPN Events-owned game will be staged December 18 at 9 p.m. ET and will feature Missouri State from CUSA, making its first bowl game appearance, against Arkansas State from the Sun Belt Conference. The […]
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Like the millions of people living with disabilities, Paralympians have a multitude of ways they acquired those disabilities. Some like Ezra Frech were born with disabilities and many others like Lindi Marcusen acquired those disabilities later in life, in her case in a car accident just two weeks after her wedding. Nonetheless, the Paralympic Games […]
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The Big Esports Conference Championship will be held during the Midwest Battleground 2026, a collegiate esports invitational organized by the DuPage Sports Commission in the Chicagoland region. Midwest Battleground will be in its third year when it returns March 6–8, 2026, offering a weekend of activities for esports athletes, coaches and fans. The combined events […]
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The UTMB World Series has added the new Rothrock by UTMB to its circuit, the series’ second event in the Eastern United States alongside Grindstone Running Festival by UTMB in Virginia. The inaugural Rothrock by UTMB is scheduled for May 16–17, 2026, near State College, Pennsylvania, bringing the UTMB World Series to Rothrock State Forest […]
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Ironman has released its full 2026 North American season calendar, a mix of longstanding favorites and new host communities across the United States and Canada. The schedule builds on another year of growing athlete participation and global demand at the full Ironman and 70.3 distances. “We are thrilled to unveil the 2026 Ironman and Ironman […]
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As adaptive sports gain visibility, more accessible venues and destinations are needed to accommodate both the events and their athletes. During a U.S. Olympic & Paralympic SportsLink session at the TEAMS ’25 Conference & Expo, para athlete and journalist Courtney Godfrey, Paralympians Mike Schultz and Matt Stutzman, and Visit Fort Wayne’s sports sales manager, Jazmin […]
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John Oney has been named president and CEO of Destination Dayton, effective December 15. He will succeed Jacquelyn Powell, who will retire after 30 years with the destination marketing organization. “The board is thrilled to welcome John and confident in his leadership as we move into an exciting new chapter for our organization,” said Destination […]
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