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Jason Sands will join the KemperSports team as vice president of new business development for KemperSports Venues, the company’s youth sports management division. For the past eight years, Sands has served as executive director for the Fort Worth Sports Commission and vice president of sports for the Fort Worth CVB, helping bring to the community […]
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There’s no better place in the country than Las Vegas to bring together high–level sports executives from around the country for a meeting of the minds, as was the case last week when the second annual SEICon came to the Bellagio offering a wide variety of programming with some of the biggest names in the […]
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Major League Fishing has announced the 2026 Bass Pro Tour schedule, with seven states hosting events throughout the year and a roster of 51 pros battling for Fishing Clash Angler of the Year honors and qualification into Redcrest 2027 and the MLF Heavy Hitters all-star event. The season kicks off January 15–18 at Lake Guntersville […]
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Elite youth soccer players have an opportunity to become “legends” with a new event coming to Walt Disney World Resort this year. The inaugural Disney Young Legends Soccer Tournament will feature a 16-team Supergroup division for U17 and U19 boys teams (32 teams total) comprised of highly-ranked U.S. and international players competing at the ESPN […]
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The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority has released its fall and winter 2025–2026 events schedule featuring eight World Cups and National Championship events taking place at legacy venues in Lake Placid. The announcement of the schedule follows the recent news that Lake Placid was awarded the 2029 FIL World Championships. “New York State’s […]
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Rock Springs, Wyoming, will host one of the world’s largest rodeos in the coming week, with 1,700 athletes coming from around the world. Hosting the National High School Finals Rodeo is a challenge for Sweetwater County in southwest Wyoming, but as the saying goes, this isn’t their first rodeo. “I would say it’s controlled chaos, […]
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The Indiana Sports Corp is launching a nine-month leadership experience for women executives in the sports industry called W.E. Are Next ahead of a massive year of collegiate events in Indianapolis. While Indiana Sports Corp will drive the vision, this experience is fueled by a coalition of leaders from ISC, WISE Indianapolis, Horizon League, NCAA, […]
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Andrew Schmidt, president and chief executive officer of the Greenville-Pitt County Convention & Visitors Bureau in North Carolina, will be the next president of the North Carolina Sports Association Board. The North Carolina Sports Association Board brings together sports and hospitality industry representatives for the development of sports tourism. Schmidt was elected chair at the June […]
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For destinations, hosting an event that brings hundreds or thousands of people into the area is a major win. Seldom is an event organically grown within a community to the point it becomes a staple and tradition. But that is what has happened in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which will host the 18th installment of the […]
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The Amateur Athletic Union’s annual AAU Junior Volleyball National Championships — hosted from from June 13 to July 7 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando — set participation and attendance records as the 24-day event brought in an 325,500 estimated attendees with a total of 6,500 teams, including more than 390 Central Florida […]
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