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Byron Hatch has been named the College Football Playoff’s chief operating officer after spending six years as the assistant commissioner of championships for the Southeastern Conference. During Hatch’s time with the SEC he oversaw the SEC football championship game, men’s basketball tournament and softball tournament. In his role, Hatch will be responsible for managing the […]
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USA Triathlon will invest more than $100,000 to increase opportunities and access for current and prospective youth athletes across the multisport community through its 2022 Return to Racing Youth Stimulus Package. The program includes free youth event sanctioning, free youth clinic sanctioning, free registration for youth clubs, 10 free youth memberships to race directors and […]
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A new $185 million arena for the national powerhouse Baylor University basketball teams and other events will be part of a larger development in downtown Waco, Texas. The Bears men’s basketball team, coming off its first national championship in the spring, is ranked No. 1 early in the 2021–2022 college basketball season. Should approvals from […]
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Formula E, the electric-car auto racing series, will remove China from its 2021–2022 season schedule while also imposing cost caps on teams as part of a full financial regulation overhaul. The 2021–2022 schedule will now have doubleheaders in Berlin and Rome as part of a 16-race calendar with China no longer on the schedule because […]
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The Global Esports Federation has awarded China, the United Arab Emirates and the United States hosting rights for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions of the Global Esports Games, respectively. Specific cities that will host have not yet been determined. The official announcement was made Friday after a board meeting prior to the GEF’s General […]
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Sugarloaf’s Narrow Gauge trail will host the Toyota U.S. Alpine Championships and NorAm Finals in 2022 for the eighth time as part of the 2022 HomeLight Alpine Foundation Series. Sugarloaf, located in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, has previously hosted the championships in 1996, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017 and 2019. The 2022 event, scheduled for March […]
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The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it will work with the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games to work toward a potential 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games bid. The USOPC board approved a resolution saying it will continue work on the feasibility of a 2030 bid during its meeting this week […]
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Scheels has secured naming rights for a multi-use sports facility currently under development at the Legacy Pointe Town Center in Springfield, Illinois. Designed to be a regional destination for sports tournaments, Scheels Sports Park at Legacy Pointe will include eight turf fields that can be configured into 14 baseball/softball fields or eight soccer/lacrosse fields. A […]
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Hype Nation, a division of the Sports Facilities Companies, has announced an exclusive partnership with Mikasa Sports for their volleyball tournaments in 2022 and 2023. The Mikasa VQ2000 ball will be used at all Hype Nation events. Since 1973, Mikasa has provided equipment for a variety of sports including volleyball, rugby, soccer, basketball and othe […]
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The NCAA beach volleyball and women’s ice hockey brackets will be expanded starting with this season’s championship events. The Division I Council on Wednesday approved the recommendations from the Division I Competition Oversight Committee to increase the beach volleyball tourmament field to 16 teams and women’s ice hockey tournament to 11 teams. Both brackets had […]
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