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College Football Playoff Expands to 12 Teams in 2024 Season

The College Football Playoff has announced it will expand to a 12-team event starting in 2024 after the Rose Bowl agreed to amend its contract for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which was the last hurdle CFP officials needed cleared to triple the size of what is now a four-team format. The first round of […]

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PCB Baseball

PCB College Baseball Classic Field Announced

Publix Sports Park will host 16 junior college baseball teams in the second annual Panama City Beach College Baseball Classic in Florida scheduled for February 3–5. The three-day preseason tournament features seven teams that finished the 2022 season ranked in the top 20 nationally wth three players in last year’s tournament selected in the first […]

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FISU

South Korea Wins 2027 World University Games Bid over North Carolina

Chungcheong, South Korea, was awarded the 2027 FISU World University Games by the organization’s executive committee over the weekend by a 14-7 vote over the Triad Region of North Carolina. “FISU offers its sincere congratulations to Chungcheong. Korea has a proud tradition of university sport and will, I am sure, be an ideal place for the world’s […]

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USOPC NFF

Team USA Collegiate Awards Partner With NFF Annual Awards Dinner

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s Team USA Collegiate Recognition Awards will be recognized in Las Vegas in conjunction with the 64th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas in December at the Bellagio Resort & Casino for the first time The 2022 collegiate recognition awards will honor leaders from the top three […]

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SEC Soccer Tournament Breaks Attendance Record in Pensacola

Pensacola, Florida’s first time hosting the 2022 Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament featured upset wins, overtime games and record-breaking crowds at Ashton Brosnaham Park. With more than 10,000 spectators attending, the tournament broke attendance records for the SEC’s 37-year history of hosting championship women’s soccer. “Pensacola really showed up to cheer on these talented student-athletes, […]

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TEAMSWomensCollegeWorldSeries
From left: Michael Gett, Aubree Munro, Cheryl Bond and Adam Wisniewski detail the rise of the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. Photo by Jared Wickerham

TEAMS ’22: Detailing the Rise of the Women’s College World Series

The NCAA Women’s College World Series has become one of the most-watched softball tournaments in the world and in 2022, it set an all-time attendance record at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. But that growth hasn’t come by accident. At the TEAMS Conference & Expo/USOPC SportsLink Educational Session “The Women’s College […]

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Sun Belt

Three Sun Belt Conference Championships Headed to Foley, Alabama

Three Sun Belt Conference Championships are heading to Foley, Alabama, in the next three weeks. Foley Sports Tourism will be welcoming the cross country, women’s soccer, and volleyball championships, as well as four new teams in their inaugural seasons with the Sun Belt. The cross country championships kick things off October 29 at Graham Creek […]

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Coaches Versus Racism to Host HBCU Roundball Classic in Houston

Coaches vs. Racism, a national non-profit, will host its second annual HBCU Roundball Classic on December 13 and December 17 in Houston, highlighted by a series of HBCU programs going up against teams including the University of Houston and Texas Tech University. “Coaches Vs. Racism was built to shine a spotlight on systemic racism and […]

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Kansas Football
HNTB has created renderings of what the new David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium will look like.

University of Kansas Plans Football Renovation Project

The University of Kansas is moving forward with a development project to create a north gateway to campus that includes new multi-use space and renovated football facilities. The project includes major upgrades to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium — one of the nation’s oldest football venues — to create a better experience for fans as […]

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Dalton State to Host 2024 NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has selected Dalton State (Georgia) as the host of the 2024 NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship at the Dalton Golf and Country Club in Dalton. Dalton State is a first time host of the event. The 2024 NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship is scheduled for May 21-24. The 2023 […]

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