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Utah Governor Spencer Cox
Utah Governor Spencer Cox. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With Utah Governor Spencer Cox

Spencer Cox has been governor of Utah since 2021 and during that time, sports have played a significant role in his priorities. Last year, the NHL moved a team to Salt Lake City, adding another professional league to the area’s portfolio. MLB is mulling an expansion team there as well. But the region may be […]

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Winter Games Hosts
Leaders of the Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games and others including Utah Governor Spencer Cox, second from right, met to codify an agreement to share best practices. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

Future Olympic Winter Games Hosts Agree to Share

MILAN — At a time of political tension around the world, the Olympic Games serves as an opportunity to unite. At least that’s the grand vision of the largest and perhaps most significant sporting event in the world when it comes to sports diplomacy. But in a board room 13 floors above Milan with views […]

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Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)

Saudi Arabia Assigned to Austin for FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has announced that it has selected Austin, Texas, as its base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Green Falcons will train at Q2 Stadium, the home of Major League Soccer side Austin FC, and make use of its fields, facilities and […]

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Italy Milan Cortina Olympics Opening Ceremony
Rehearsals take place ahead of the Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony in Milan (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Previewing the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony

Editor’s Note: This is part of SportsTravel’s ongoing Olympic preview week. Check back each day this week for more. February 2: What to expect at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, by Jason Gewirtz February 3: Previewing each venue — and whether they’ll all be ready, by Paul Stevens February 4: Looking back 20 years at the last Winter […]

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Nicoletta Manni Olympic Flame
Nicoletta Manni brings the Olympic flame into Milan's Piazza del Duomo. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

Inside the 2026 Olympic Winter Games: The Final Torch Relay

SportsTravel publisher Jason Gewirtz is on the ground in Italy for the Winter Olympic Games. Follow along here for his latest updates. MILAN — The Olympic flame is one of those iconic symbols that has endured for generations. And on the eve of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, thousands packed Milan’s historic Piazza del Duomo […]

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Lacrosse will be one of the five sports offered at the festival. (Courtesy of Tenacity Project)

HVSEA To Host ‘See Her Win’ Event

The Happy Valley Sports & Entertainment Alliance and Teammates For Life, a Penn State women’s athletics initiative, will host a new festival called See Her Win this coming Memorial Day weekend. The girls-only event will take place at Penn State. It is designed for middle and high school athletes from across the region and will […]

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Super Bowl Football
Levi's Stadium will host the Super Bowl for the second time on Sunday. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

TSA’s Top 5 Super Bowl Travel Tips

On Sunday, nearly 130 million people around the world are expected to watch Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks on NBC and Peacock. For the roughly 70,000 who will be there in person at Levi’s Stadium, missing out on clever commercials and their neighbor’s homemade Super Sunday salsa is […]

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APTOPIX Milan Cortina Olympics Alpine Skiing
Lindsey Vonn (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

The Road to Glory: Athletes to Watch at The 2026 Olympic Winter Games

Editor’s Note: This is part of SportsTravel’s ongoing Olympic preview week. Check back each day this week for more. February 2: What to expect at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, by Jason Gewirtz February 3: Previewing each venue — and whether they’ll all be ready, by Paul Stevens February 4: Looking back 20 years at […]

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(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Picks Kansas City, Kansas, for FIFA World Cup Base

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced that reigning FIFA World Cup champion Argentina will be based in Kansas City, Kansas, during this year’s edition of the tournament. Lionel Scaloni’s team will set up at Compass Minerals National Performance Center, the training facility for Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City, for its team base camp training […]

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Part of Latham Group's mission is to promote water confidence and family engagement through swimming. (Courtesy of Latham Group)

Latham Group Becomes Official Sponsor of USA Artistic Swimming

Latham Group Inc. is now an official sponsor of USA Artistic Swimming, the national governing body for that Olympic sport. Artistic swimming was formerly known as synchronized swimming before a rebranding in 2017. Latham is the largest designer, manufacturer and marketer of in-ground residential swimming pools and pool accessories in North America, Australia and New […]

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