Author: Matt Traub

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AJGA, Marie Birdie Announce Partnership to Empower Female Golfers

The American Junior Golf Association and Marie Birdie have announced a five-year partnership to advance opportunities for young female golfers, with the girls golf and lifestyle brand becoming the title sponsor of the Marie Birdie Senior Girls Championship at Las Vegas Golf Club in December. The Marie Birdie Senior Girls Championship will feature a field […]

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Green Bay Draft
Discover Green Bay and the Green Bay Packers were at the Media Row area leading up to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans to promote this spring's NFL Draft. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel
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2025 NFL Draft Excitement Builds in Green Bay

(This article was originally published on February 10) NEW ORLEANS — With its faux facade of brick, green and yellow and white accents around the booth and large “Lambeau Field” lettering, Discover Green Bay and its hometown Packers spent the days leading to Super Bowl LIX promoting the next major NFL event, the draft that […]

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IOC Session Thomas Bach
Thomas Bach speaks during the IOC Session in Greece. Bach's successor as president was elected on Thursday afternoon as he ends a 12-year reign. Photo via International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry Elected 10th IOC President

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as president of the International Olympic Committee, vaulting into one of the most pressure-filled and prominent roles in the world of sport while making history as the first woman to hold the role. Coventry was elected on Thursday in Greece at the IOC Session. She won in the first round […]

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U.S. Association of Blind Athletes Announces Newly Appointed Board Members

The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes has announced its Board of Directors as the organization continues to expand blind and visually impaired sports across the country with Mark Ackermann returning as board chair for a second term. “I am honored and grateful for the opportunity to serve as Board Chair for another term,” said Ackermann. […]

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TEAMS Europe Highlights Industry Trends

TEAMS Europe has announced its speaker roster, which includes leading experts from global organizations including the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, Volleyball World, World Athletics, World Rugby and the legal firm of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. TEAMS Europe — the world’s leading conference and expo for the sports-event industry — unites sport event organizers with […]

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Tokyo Olympics Boxing
The United States' Duke Ragan, left, exchanges punches with Ghana's Samuel Takyi during their men's featherweight 57-kg semifinal boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

IOC Puts Boxing Back on Olympic Program for LA28

Boxing’s return from near-expulsion out of the Olympic Summer Games is almost complete after the International Olympic Committee’s executive board recommended including the sport on the program for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, ending a years-long dispute that nearly made the sport extinct on the Olympic scene. IOC President Thomas Bach announced the recommendation […]

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Indian Wells Tennis
Madison Keys returns to Aryna Sabalenka during the semifinals at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

BNP Paribas Renews Title Sponsorship of BNP Paribas Open Through 2029

BNP Paribas has extended its title sponsorship of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, through 2029, making the bank the longest running title sponsor in the event’s history. BNP Paribas serves as the official sponsor of the French Open and also sponsors ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (BNP Paribas Open, Italian Open and Monte […]

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SEC Tipoff
South Carolina and Texas tip off in the SEC Women's Basketball Tourmament championship game in front of a soldout crowd at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Why SEC Women’s Basketball Has Found a Home in Greenville

Once the flight landed in Greenville, South Carolina, on a Friday afternoon, a person in first class wearing a Mississippi State polo shirt walked off the plane, followed a few rows back by a man in a purple LSU Tigers shirt. In a downtown hotel lobby, a mother with her daughter — both wearing Vanderbilt […]

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USA BMX Freestyle Announces 2025 National Series and Events

The sixth consecutive USA BMX Freestyle National Series will consist of four national events where riders from around the country will be competing for national recognition and titles. The first event will be April 5 at Premises Park in Tucson, Arizona, followed by June 7 in Grand Prairie, Texas. The final two events will be […]

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