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Demp Bradford has joined Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge as vice president of sports and sales. He has previously worked as vice president and COO of the Greensboro Sports Foundation and the President of the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission and has successfully recruited and executed NCAA championships, conference tournaments and international events. “We’re excited to […]
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Only biological females will be eligible for any female category event at the Olympic Games, according to an announcement Thursday from the International Olympic Committee after the IOC’s executive board approved the policy. The decision will apply to the LA28 Olympic Games and is not retroactive, nor does it apply to grassroots or recreational sports. […]
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Before the start of March Madness, the NCAA issued a travel warning to all Division I athletic directors and head coaches for men’s and women’s basketball, attempting to get ahead of any potential travel issues brought on by a shortage of charter planes and other challenges. Now that both fields have been whittled to 16 […]
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The inaugural USA Pickleball Wheelchair National Championships will take place June 19-21, 2026, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and be hosted by Peak Pickleball. The announcement was made by USA Pickleball, the sport’s governing body, and the event will be dedicated exclusively to wheelchair athletes. It will feature competitions in singles, doubles and hybrid doubles and […]
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USRowing is making a three-year commitment to train in California’s Big Bear Lake for three weeks in the springs of 2026, 2027 and 2028 leading up to the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. The partnership, which will officially be announced on March 26, is a joint effort among Visit Big Bear, the […]
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The Seattle Mariners are back on top. For the first time in four years, the Mariners will go farther than any team in Major League Baseball this season — at least in the air. According to an analysis by statistical website Baseball Savant, the M’s will log 50,308 miles flying around North America this season, […]
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Nathan Kopp is the new Executive Director of the Austin Sports Commission. He had most recently served as the Vice President of Sports San Diego, which secured and hosted more than 80 new events — including the Concacaf Wome’s Gold Cup and a NASCAR street race — during his tenure and generated more than 400,000 […]
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This week the Toyota Center in Houston will finally get the chance to make its men’s NCAA tournament debut, six years later than originally planned — and much to the delight of the fans of its local school. That venue was scheduled to welcome a regional round of the 2020 tournament, with the University of […]
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Unlike 52 of the teams that have already been sent home, the men’s NCAA tournament remains undefeated. The opening week of March Madness featured yet another delectable feast of upsets (so long, Florida), buzzer-beaters (take a bow, Dylan Darling) and Cinderellas (High Point lived up to its name). The second week figures to provide more […]
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Over the course of 11 weeks, SportsTravel is delving into each of the 11 U.S. cities that will host matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be the largest edition ever of the event after it was expanded from 32 teams to 48. It will also be the first to be staged in […]
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