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Angela Suggs, the former head of the Florida Sports Foundation before moving to Florida A&M University as the athletic director last fall, was arrested Monday on fraud and theft charges for allegedly using a corporate credit card for personal use totaling more than $24,000 at the foundation. Suggs, 55, turned herself in and was booked […]
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The Professional Disc Golf Association will have its World Championships head to Milford, Michigan, in 2026 and in Portland, Oregon, in 2027. The 2026 event will be held at the Discraft Great Lakes Open across two Kensington Metropark courses: the Black Locust South Course, currently being upgraded to championship standards with over 10,000 feet of […]
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The FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup 2025 will take place in Leon, Mexico, from November 27–30, the first time the tournament will be hosted in Mexico. This fifth edition of the 3×3 competition in the Americas will bring together the top men’s and women’s national teams from across the continent to downtown León, in front of the […]
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Two destination marketing executives have entered into a friendly wager tied to the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder, which started on Thursday night with a game-winning jumper by Tyrese Haliburton with 0.3 seconds left as the Pacers won Game 1, 111-110. The wager is between Leonard Hoops, president and chief executive […]
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Hilton and McLaren Racing are introducing a “Stay Like McLaren Racing” to celebrate 20 years of partnership from July 8—20 ahead of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The suite will be at the Trafalgar St. James London, Curio Collection by Hilton. Guests first enter through a papaya-colored orange door to experience their […]
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The SportsTravel Podcast focuses on news, insight, trends and more from some of the top event organizers and destination executives throughout the sports-event industry. With more than 100 episodes over the past three years, the SportsTravel Podcast has become the place to listen to interviews with event organizers of all sizes, destinations ready to host […]
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The 2025 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals scheduled for Rio de Janeiro in October will be moved to a new location and date, the international federation announced Monday. “Despite extensive efforts by World Rowing to address significant delivery challenges, and following a recent decision by the Brazilian Rowing Federation (CBR) to withdraw from the organisation […]
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Kannapolis, North Carolina, will host the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team for two games in the summer at Atrium Health Ballpark. The first game will be June 29 as the opener of the USA Baseball annual Stars vs. Stripes series. After contests in Cary and Fayetteville, North Carolina, the series goes back to Kannapolis on July 4 […]
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Three cities and 26 gymnasiums to be used by about 400 teams and 6,000 athletes from 50 countries over nine days. What went into this being the format for this year’s FIMBA World Championships in Switzerland? “Because we are crazy and we don’t like simple things,” said Ticino 2025 Organizer Daniel Weber with a laugh. […]
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