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The USA Water Polo Board of Directors have elected William Smith as chairman of the board, elevating a sports executive who has been involved in water polo for more than two decades as an athlete, coach and club director in the Connecticut area. Smith will begin his new role on June 1, 2021. Smith takes […]
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USA Cycling has made a move to increase youth participation in mountain biking, reaching a deal with the National Interscholastic Cycling Association to increase accessibility to cycling across the country. NICA is a nonprofit that develops interscholastic mountain biking programs for students. The agreement is expected to promote youth riding, advance cycling opportunities at the […]
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Midway Central Station at Bedford Park has hired Wade Welsh, an Illinois native, as general manager to lead the team at the 116,000-square-foot indoor venue that will be opening this summer in the village of Bedford Park, which oversees the project in partnership with Sports Facilities Companies. Welsh has an extensive background in sports management […]
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The NAIA will be moving its 2021 cheer and dance national championships to Davenport, Iowa, to be hosted by St. Ambrose University and Visit Quad Cities on March 12–13. St. Ambrose hosted the cheer and dance national championships in 2019 and was scheduled to do so in 2020 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The partnership […]
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Louisville Tourism in Kentucky has announced that President and CEO Karen Williams will end her 30-year tenure with the organization on June 30 and will be succeeded by Chief Operating Officer Cleo Battle. “The hospitality industry is an extremely competitive market for leisure and meetings business,” Board Chair Donald Lassere said. “Under Karen’s leadership, the Louisville landscape evolved with greater opportunities to incent highly […]
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USA Hockey has reached a multi-year partnership with Clear2Play to make the company’s product to become the official athlete safety software of the national governing body. Clear2Play, founded in 2018, works to ensure athlete safety through a web and mobile app that provides customizable daily health checks, test and vaccine tracking, and a flexible digital […]
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The North Carolina Sports Association has announced a new visual and digital identity designed to reflect its commitment to growing and promoting sports events across the state. The association’s new logo features a revitalized look focused on the iconic blue color often associated with the state. A retro typeface aims to pay homage to the […]
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USA Gymnastics and FloSports have reached a multiyear digital streaming partnership that will see the national governing body’s events streamed to a global audience. As part of the deal that goes through 2025, FloSports will broadcast more than 35 events to audiences across North America and the world. The program, which will include events in […]
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Nearly eight in 10 runners in a Running USA survey said they participated in fewer events in 2020 due to the coronavirus but a majority still plan to be back at events this summer, according to a survey compiled by analyst Ashlyn Modlin and presented during a Running USA webinar on Tuesday. The 2020 Global […]
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The State Games of North Carolina have a new title sponsor as Bodyarmor replaces Powerade, beginning with the June 2021 event. The event is North Carolina’s largest multisport amateur athletic sports event and is expected to include more than 12,000 athletes and 600 teams from 30 different sports. The games will be staged in Raleigh, […]
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