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The annual TEAMS Conference & Expo, held October 26—29 in Birmingham, Alabama, included the annual SportsTravel Awards, which honors the events, venues and hosts that define excellence and drive the business of sports forward. Six awards were up for grabs: Best Amateur Sports Event; Best Collegiate Sports Event; Best Professional Sports Event; Best New Sports […]
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The annual TEAMS Conference & Expo, held October 26—29 in Birmingham, Alabama, included the annual SportsTravel Awards, which honors the events, venues and hosts that define excellence and drive the business of sports forward. Six awards were up for grabs: Best Amateur Sports Event; Best Collegiate Sports Event; Best Professional Sports Event; Best New Sports […]
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As the countdown continues in the United States toward hosting its first Summer Olympics in 32 years in 2028, attention around the world is focusing on which nation will welcome the next Summer Games yet to be awarded. Seven nations from four continents — Germany, Hungary, India, Qatar, Republic of Korea (South Korea), South Africa […]
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A seismic shift is coming to college football. The College Football Playoff, the FBS championship format that started at the end of the 2014-15 season, will expand to include 24 teams in the 2027-28 season, the CFP announced Monday. It’s a move that doubles the field from its current 12-team format and eliminates Power Four […]
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On Monday, ESPN and the College Football Playoff announced a five-year deal valued at nearly $1.7 billion that will expand the CFP to 24 teams starting in 2027, a move that also means eliminating conference championship games. At the TEAMS Conference & Expo in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 29, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey joined […]
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LIV Golf is dead. The turbulent challenger league that launched amid great controversy in 2022 with billions of dollars in backing from Saudi Arabia that it used to lure several of the sport’s most prominent players will wind down operations. The Saudis’ Public Investment Fund spent more than $5 billion to get the league off […]
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USA Gymnastics’ premier national gymnastics competition is headed back to Tampa, Florida. The city’s Benchmark International Arena will welcome the 2027 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships from August 12-15 next year, while the Tampa Convention Center simultaneously holds the 2027 USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show from August 13-15. The Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships will […]
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Italian insurance and asset management company Generali has been confirmed as the Naming Partner of the future home of Italian Serie A soccer clubs AC Milan and FC Internazionale Milano, when they eventually vacate their current, century-old San Siro stadium home. The new venue will carry the name Generali Stadium from its official inauguration. In […]
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At the TEAMS Conference & Expo ’26 in Birmingham, Alabama, last week, leaders from eight Olympic and Paralympic national governing bodies delivered rapid-fire updates on upcoming events, membership initiatives and strategic priorities for the year and years ahead. In a SportsLink/TEAMS session sponsored by Sports Milwaukee and emceed by four-time Team USA snowboard cross Olympian […]
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The Northstar Meetings Group, organizer of the TEAMS Conference & Expo has opened its bidding process to identify potential host-city partners for future years of the conference. The leading conference and expo for the sports-event industry, TEAMS is seeking U.S.-based hosts for its events in 2032 and 2033, the next available open dates. In 2026, TEAMS […]
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