Author: Matt Traub

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Professional Women’s Hockey League Expands to Vancouver

Vancouver will be the newest team in the Professional Women’s Hockey League and will begin play next season at Pacific Coliseum, marking the league’s first entry into the West Coast. Vancouver will join Boston, Minnesota, Montréal, New York, Ottawa and Toronto. Pacific Coliseum is nearby the PNE Agrodome, which will be the team’s practice facility. […]

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The San Siro stadium, in Milan will host the Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Italian Government to Support Stadium Development

Progress on stadium construction and sport redevelopments throughout Italy is aimed to be sped up through an initiative the Italian government will release this spring with the aim of eliminating regulations that has held up multiple stadium projects around the country. Milan’s San Siro Stadium, which will host the Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Olympic […]

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Sports ETA Announces Four-Year Contract Extension for President & CEO John David

Sports ETA has announced a four-year contract extension for President and Chief Executive Officer John David, one week after the organization’s annual symposium was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The extension was approved unanimously by the Sports ETA Board of Directors. David started his current role with Sports ETA in 2023 and has led Sports ETA […]

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Ju'Riese Colon speaks on a panel about youth sports during TEAMS '22 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Jared Wickerham)

U.S. Center for SafeSport Fires CEO Ju’Riese Colón

The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Center for SafeSport fired Chief Executive Officer Ju’Riese Colón on Tuesday, ending to a tenure that began in 2019 when she was hired to help the center established to combat sex abuse in Olympic sport. The Associated Press said it was told of Colón’s removal in an email. […]

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World Athletics Sets 40% Rule for Women on National Boards by 2029

World Athletics says national track and field federation executive boards must be at least 40% female by 2029 after the governing body of athletics published further details of its three-year gender leadership strategy on Tuesday, having achieved gender parity on its ruling council in 2023 and becoming the first Olympic sport to do so. “This […]

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North Carolina, TCU to Open 2026 College Football Season in Ireland

North Carolina and TCU will play in the fifth annual Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin on August 29, 2026. The game at the 47,000-capacity Aviva Stadium will be one year after the same two teams open the 2025 college football season against each other on September 1 in Chapel Hill, […]

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Caroline Marks of the United States surfs during the gold medal match of the surfing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Teahupo'o, Tahiti. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Battle Ongoing for NGB Recognition of Surfing

Two organizations seeking to be the national governing body for the sport of surfing in the United States have each had their day in front of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s Certification Review Group. USA Surfing’s bid to be re-certified by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee is being challenged by U.S. Ski […]

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Attendees walk the exhibit hall during the Sports ETA Annual Symposium held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Sports ETA Symposium Showcases Tulsa’s Sports Scene

Situated right in the middle of what’s commonly known as “flyover country” lies Tulsa, Oklahoma, which hosted the Sports ETA Annual Symposium, whose theme this year was “Create Golden Standards.” “The number one thing I’ve heard this week is Tulsa has got a great vibe to it,” said Joel Koester, director of sports sales for […]

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