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USA Cycling Returns to Maryland for Marathon Mountain Bike Championship

The USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championship will return to Gambrill State Park and the Frederick Watershed in 2022 after a successful first launch in 2021. The event will be staged October 23 and was announced as part of a series of USA Cycling championships for 2022. “USA Cycling is thrilled to return to […]

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National Senior Games to Broadcast Title IX Program

As the 50th anniversary of the passage of the landmark Title IX legislation that opened up opportunities for women in sports approaches, the National Senior Games will offer a livestreamed program featuring several athletes talking about their experience in the years before its passage. “Before Title IX: Tales from Senior Athletes” will be presented by […]

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Punta Gorda Secures Three-Year Deal with APP Pickleball Tournament

The Association of Pickleball Professionals will return to the PicklePlex in Punta Gorda, Florida, with a stop on the tour at the pickleball-specific venue at Florida Southwestern State College. The event will be staged February 23–27 after being held at the complex in 2020 and 2021. The Punta Gorda/Englewood Beach Visitor & Convention Bureau is working […]

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HBC Event Services

Zach Ebarb Joins HBC Event Services

HBC Event Services, a sports travel management company, has hired Zach Ebarb to assist in leading the organization’s sales efforts. In his role as senior sales manager, Ebarb will identify potential clients, cultivate relationships and move prospects through the company’s sales process. He will also assist with the implementation of the marketing and sales strategies, […]

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Reggie Hunt Named Boone Area Sports Commission Leader

Reggie Hunt will be the next executive director of the Boone Area Sports Commission in North Carolina effective March 1. Hunt succeeds Roachel Laney, who was named as the first executive director in January 2019. “I want to thank David Jackson, Wright Tilley, the Boone Area Sports Commission Board of Directors, and I especially want […]

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Quidditch

Major League Quidditch Championship Returning to Maryland

Major League Quidditch has announced that the 2022 MLQ Championship will be hosted in Howard County, Maryland, on August 20–22 in partnership with Visit Howard County. Howard County hosted the 2021 MLQ Championship. This year’s season-ending event will feature the 12 best teams from across the U.S. and Canada at Troy Park in Elkridge, Maryland. […]

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Esports Gaming Truck Headed to 17 NASCAR Tracks

Allied Esports and NASCAR will once again bring the eNASCAR Arcade on the Allied Esports Truck to 17 race weekends across the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, starting at the Daytona 500 on February 19–20. In the second half of the 2021 Cup Series schedule, the truck visited seven races with eNASCAR Arcade activations offering attendees […]

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Running USA Promotes Christine Bowen to COO

Christine Bowen has been promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer of Running USA, the nonprofit trade organization for the running industry. “The new role of chief operating officer reflects the organization’s pledge for continuous improvement and growth,” said Dawna Stone, CEO of Running USA. “Christine has made invaluable contributions to the […]

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USA Swimming and USA Track & Field Partner on Sponsorship Effort

USA Swimming and USA Track & Field are combining forces to find a marketing agency to package and sell key sponsorship categories and properties for both national governing bodies. The two high-profile NGBs, and their respective members and clubs, are responsible for the development of the country’s programs, teams and athletes, the latter of which accounted for nearly 50 […]

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USA Cheer Elects Rhonda Blanford-Green as Board President

USA Cheer has elected Rhonda Blanford-Green as president of its board of directors for a two-year term. Blanford-Green has been a member of USA Cheer’s board since 2008 and previously served as the board’s secretary. Blanford-Green succeeds outgoing president and co-founder of USA Cheer Bill Seely, who will keep seat on the national governing body’s […]

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