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Joplin Sports Authority Names Jared Bruggeman as Interim Executive Director

Jared Bruggeman has been named interim executive director of the Joplin Sports Authority, becoming the fifth leader of the organization during its existence. Bruggeman comes from Missouri Southern State University, where he served as director of athletics from 2009 through this spring. Bruggeman oversaw the department’s second-place finish in the 2021 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association […]

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Five Professionals Added to North Carolina Sports Association Board

Five new sports tourism professionals have been named to the board of the North Carolina Sports Association. The NCSA elected the group to three-year terms during its Annual General Meeting held virtually earlier this month. NCSA is a statewide collaboration of sports commissions, convention and visitors bureaus, parks and recreation entities and sports authorities who […]

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Posted On : By : Matt Traub
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Columbus, Georgia, to Host 2022 World Cup and 2023 World Championships in Kayak

Columbus, Georgia, will be hosting many of the world’s best kayakers when the 2022 World Cup and 2023 World Championships come to the destination to compete on the Chattahoochee River between Columbus and Phenix City. The announcement was made by Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson, Phenix City Mayor Eddie Lowe and Uptown Columbus. “I don’t think […]

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No Joke: SoFi Stadium Renames Bowl Game as Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl

No, this is not a joke. SoFi Stadium and Jimmy Kimmel have entered into a multi-year partnership to appoint the late-night host the official naming rights partner of LA Bowl, renaming the collegiate bowl game the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl. Held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl will feature Mountain […]

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Winnipeg Jets Agreed to Canada Life Centre Naming Rights Deal

The Winnipeg Jets will play at a newly-named venue after a 10-year naming rights deal was agreed to between Canada Life and the team’s owners, True North Sports + Entertainment, that will see the home of the Jets and AHL’s Manitoba Moose renamed to Canada Life Centre. The arena typically hosts more than 140 events […]

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Bassmaster Classic Draws Nearly 150,000 to Fort Worth

Fishing fans are back. The 2021 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk and held in Fort Worth, Texas, attracted 147,197 fans across a variety of Classic Week activities. The attendance shattered previous records for a Texas-held Bassmaster Classic and was the second-highest attended Classic in history behind the 2019 event in Knoxville, […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz
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LA28, NBCUniversal Sign Salesforce as Multiyear Partner

Salesforce has announced a multiyear partnership with Team USA and the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as a deal with NBCUniversal to support its Olympic and Paralympic coverage across platforms for the next seven years. As a founding partner of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Salesforce will provide Salesforce Customer 360 technology […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz
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Mike Trimboli Named New President Of USA Hockey

Mike Trimboli, a New York native who has been involved in grass-roots hockey as a player, coach, official and administrator for parts of the past six decades, was elected the new president of USA Hockey at a Board of Directors Meeting as part of the organization’s virtual Annual Congress. Trimboli succeeds Jim Smith, who served the […]

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World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Release Ticket Information

The local organizing committee for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 will start the public sale of tickets for next year’s event at 9 a.m. PST on July 15, one year to go until the first day of action. The event is set to take place July 15–24, 2022 and will be the first time the […]

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