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USA Curling Moves Headquarters to Minnesota

USA Curling has announced it will move its headquarters from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to the Viking Lakes campus in Eagan, Minnesota, home to the Minnesota Vikings training camp and headquarters. “The move to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area opens the door for exciting new opportunities and increased exposure as interest continues to grow in the […]

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The Hartford Donates $2 Million to Move United

The Hartford has donated $2 million over the next two years to Move United, the nation’s largest community-based adaptive sports organization, with the money to be used to launch The Hartford’s Competition Series and a new digital fitness platform. “We believe people are capable of achieving amazing things with the right encouragement and support and […]

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EGF Partners with Special Olympics New Jersey on Esports Season

The Electronic Gaming Federation, which organizes collegiate Division I esports and high school level leagues, has formed an expansive partnership with Special Olympics New Jersey to create EGFH Unified. Unified sports join people with and without disabilities (known as unified partners) on the same team to promote social inclusion through shared sports training and competition […]

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Grand Park Sports Campus Named Host of USA Football Flag Football Championship

USA Football has announced that the Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, Indiana, will host “The One” flag football championship from July 23–25, 2021, in conjuction with the Hamilton County Sports Authority. The event is among the largest youth and adult flag football tournaments in the United States, featuring teams across 13 divisions from age […]

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MLB Expands Spectrum Solutions Partnership for 2021 Minor League Season

Major League Baseball has expanded its partnership with Spectrum Solutions, LLC to facilitate a COVID-19 testing program throughout the 2021 Minor League Baseball season, supplying all 120 teams with saliva collection kits for all player and staff testing. Minor League health and safety protocols include laboratory PCR testing of players and staff members multiple times […]

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Sports Industry Veteran Alan Ostfield Named U.S. Sailing CEO

U.S. Sailing has named Alan Ostfield, a sports industry veteran who has held positions as several professional teams and most recently at Live Nation, as its new chief executive officer. Ostfield takes over longtime CEO Jack Gierhart after a national executive search. “We are extremely proud to welcome Alan Ostfield to U.S. Sailing and excited […]

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USL Team to Open First Soccer-Specific Stadium in New York

Queensboro FC, a United Soccer League expansion club, has become the latest team to announce a new purpose-built stadium when it begins play in at York College of The City University of New York in spring 2022. The 7,500-seat modular venue will be the first purpose-built stadium for soccer by any professional sports team in […]

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NCYS Partners with TeachAids on Concussion Program

The National Council of Youth Sports has partnered with TeachAids to make its CrashCourse concussion education technology available to the millions of youth registered in organized youth sports. CrashCourse is a suite of interactive educational products focused on preventing and treating of concussions and related mental health issues. This program is designed to teach athletes, […]

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