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The College Baseball Foundation and Visit Overland Park have announced that the College Baseball Hall of Fame will establish its inaugural physical location within the Museum at Prairiefire in Overland Park, Kansas. The planned venue would open in late 2025. The College Baseball Foundation earlier announced it will bring its annual recognition of college baseball’s […]
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As 2024 gets underway, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd will be continuing their “Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour,” an amalgamation of ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man.” It causes me to wish that somewhere, someone would combine Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” with the Beach Boys’ “Caroline, No” to start a “Sweet […]
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The All-Ripken Games will expand in 2024 to seven tournaments throughout the country for youth baseball and softball players at six facilities starting in April. The All-Ripken Games, which debuted in 2023 at four facilities, will culminate with the All-Ripken Futures Games in December, featuring the top players of the season. Players must be nominated […]
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DS Sports Ventures has acquired three existing event companies in the amateur baseball industry in an expansion of the company’s footprint nationally. The newly added entities are Snowbird Baseball, Palm Beach Challenge and USA Premiere Baseball. Snowbird Baseball, established in 2007, has become a cornerstone in hosting 30-plus college teams during the spring season, with […]
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The 2024 ACC Baseball Championship will return to Truist Field in Charlotte from May 21–26, the third time in four years the tournament will be played at the home of the Triple-A Charlotte Knights. “We are incredibly excited that the 2024 ACC Baseball Championship will return to the city of Charlotte, the new home of […]
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John Gall, a 2008 Olympic Summer Games medalist and three-time USA Baseball alumnus, has been elected as president of the national governing body, USA Baseball announced on Thursday. Gall succeeds Mike Gaski, who spent 22 years as president after assuming the position in 2001 and was reelected seven times. “I am humbled and privileged to take […]
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The College Baseball Foundation will bring its annual recognition of college baseball’s top athletes — the Night of Champions — to Overland Park, Kansas, the first time the event will be held in the destination. The February 15, 2024, event will feature the induction of the 2023 College Baseball Hall of Fame class, which will […]
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Perfect Game will hold its 2024 13U and 14U National Showcases at Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida. “Both of these National Showcase events are expected to draw a strong contingent of the best baseball players in their age groups to compete against each other,” said Jheremy Brown, director of 13u […]
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Baseball United, the first professional baseball league focused on the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent, has announced new dates for its inaugural Dubai Showcase event. The Showcase will feature two teams playing a two-game series on November 24 and 25, preceded by a weeklong calendar of community events. The two teams will be called the […]
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Perfect Game’s 2024 schedule will be the organization’s largest ever with more than 5,000 events in 40 states scheduled. Perfect Game will have events in 80% of the country over the next year. Texas leads all states with over 10,000 teams while Georgia will host the most premier events, including the World Wood Bat Association […]
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.@Visit_Jax has set up the Jacksonville Sports Foundation to work on attracting more high-profile events to the city, starting with a move for the @ASUNSports headquarters to the city from Atlanta.
US Squash has launced the U.S. Squash Foundation to drive initiatives for the growth of the game within the United States. The Foundation’s launch signifies a expansion for US Squash while providing the sport an organization focused on growing the sport.
The United Pickleball Association, a joint venture between Major League Pickleball and the PPA Tour, will hold its World Championships at the Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas in November.
Jennifer Stoll, the founder of Stoll Strategies and a longtime sports tourism researcher, has launched a new company, Cimarron Global Solutions Inc., which aims to offer a range of professional services to the industry.
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