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The Charlotte Sports Foundation has agreed on a three-year deal with Jordan Brand to host the Jumpman Invitational, a major holiday college basketball event in the North Carolina destination that will start in 2022 with men’s and women’s teams from Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Oklahoma. “We’re incredibly excited to bring what we believe will […]
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Scott O’Neil spent eight years working as the chief executive officer at Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, best known as the owners of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Under O’Neil’s leadership, HBSE grew into a sports and entertainment franchise that spans two professional teams, an esports business, the owner and operator of […]
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CSL Esports, the National Association of Collegiate Esports, Nerd Street Gamers and Mainline will partner to establish the NACE Starleague, which will become the largest collegiate esports league in North America with more than 600 colleges and universities. Operations will begin in fall 2021 and feature multiple tiers of skill levels from clubs to school-sanctioned […]
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The Move United Junior Nationals presented by The Hartford will open July 17 in Denver as the event, in its 37th year, is the largest and longest-standing national sport championship event for young athletes with a physical disability, visual and/or intellectual impairment through the age of 22. With more than 300 athletes with disabilities and […]
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The Sunshine Slam college basketball tournament in Daytona Beach, Florida, which was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic, returns on November 20–21 with an eight-team field highlighted by the Pac-12’s Utah Utes and ACC’s Boston College Eagles. The field is rounded out by Rhode Island, Tulsa, Air Force, Holy Cross, Bryant and Bethune-Cookman. Each team […]
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The city of Montreal has withdrawn from the venue selection process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in North America, potentially opening an extra spot for an American city to host. FIFA also announced that the final selections of cities will be delayed until 2022 at the earliest. Canada Soccer made the […]
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The East-West Shrine Bowl college football all-star game will be played on February 3, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas as part of NFL Pro Bowl week. Televised nationally on NFL Network, the game will bring approximately 125 of the nation’s top college seniors to be coached by NFL staffs for a week of […]
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IndyCar and Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, announced today a multiyear extension designed to keep the IndyCar Series racing at the 4.014-mile permanent road course. The series began racing at the layout in 1982 when the then-CART Series came to the track for nearly two decades. The CART Series last ran at Road America […]
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The Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park in Houston has announced its 2022 tournament field with six teams playing a nine-game tournament starting March 4, 2022, with two of the teams coming off appearances in the 2021 College World Series. Along with CWS participants Tennessee and Texas will be Baylor, LSU, […]
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Major League Baseball, which played all of last year’s regular season without fans in attendance, will have fans in every ballpark this season. Here is the current status of every MLB team’s plans for attendance this season. Arizona Diamondbacks (Chase Field, 48,633): The Diamondbacks have 100% capacity at home games. Atlanta Braves (Truist Park, 41,000): […]
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