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The best youth bowlers in America will descend on West and Central Michigan July 11-23 to compete in the 2022 Junior Gold Championships. The top 4,000-plus bowlers ages 20 and under from every state in the country, plus Puerto Rico and Costa Rica, will compete at eight bowling centers across Michigan, with 8,000 spectators watching. The 13-day event represents one […]
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Don Staley has more than 40 years of sports tourism experience, and now he’s sharing it through his new company. The former University of Alabama and Radford University soccer coach has launched Southeastern Network of Athletic Professionals (SNAP). The firm will be based in Leesburg, Florida, starting July 1; Staley announced his retirement effective July […]
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For the second year, the Gran Fondo National Series will hold the annual Gran Fondo Asheville, presented by Applewood Manor, cycling event, which includes the official USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championship competition. The July 17 event reached its capacity of 1,000 cyclists in 2021, and the 2022 edition is on track to sell out. […]
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The 2022 EsportsTravel Summit in Daytona Beach, Florida, featured two days full of networking opportunities and programming that showcased why in-person esports events have come back in such full force from the depth of the pandemic. This year’s event took attendees on a journey of where esports is today and what the future holds on […]
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The Daytona 500. The Indianapolis 500. 24 Hours of Le Mans. Great races all, but none are the Great Race. The Great Race is an event that spans multiple states over the course of nine days. It features cars built in 1909 competing against 1965 Mustangs that move from city to city with the goal […]
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Herkimer, New York, has been named the location of the 2022-23 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III Men’s Basketball Championship, set to take place March 14-19. The decision was made at the June NJCAA Board of Regents meeting. The upcoming national tournament will mark the first time the event will be held at […]
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The Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission in North Carolina has named Chris Smith as the interim executive director, effective through March 2023. Smith has an extensive history with the Sports Commission and served on the original task force in 2008 that led to the establishment of the commission. In 2014, Smith was selected to serve […]
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The 2022 World Horseshoe Pitching Championship will take place in West Monroe, Louisiana, next month. The best horseshoe pitchers in the world will compete at the Monroe Civic Center from July 11-23 and admission is free for everyone. Competition will begin at 8 a.m. and end at approximately 10 p.m. daily. A total of 649 […]
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OVG360 has revealed its local leadership team for the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Brian Martin will be the general manager of the facility — which OVG360 accepted the management contract for in April — and Joe Castor will serve as general manager of hospitality overseeing all food and beverage operations. Nick Ustruck […]
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Ripken Baseball is headed to the Bluegrass State in 2023. The company has announced that its fourth Ripken Experience location will be in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, through a partnership with Elizabethtown Sports Park. This year marks Elizabethtown Sports Park’s 10th anniversary since opening the complex, which attracts 160,000 visitors annually. Within the past decade, Elizabethtown Sports […]
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