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Ripken Baseball has announced it will crown a true national champion for the first time in its 20–plus year history with the creation of a new country–wide tournament. The organization today revealed the launch of Ripken Nationals, a premier 12U national championship tournament set to debut in 2026. Regional qualifiers will begin in March across […]
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The official groundbreaking of the Kalamazoo Event Center took place September 26 in the downtown area of the Michigan city. Community leaders, local officials, partners and residents gathered for the ceremony which celebrated the future venue, now in its first phase of construction. The afternoon began with remarks from local leaders, highlighting the vision behind […]
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GoRockford, Baseball For All and the Rockford Park District have announced that the Rockford region will host the 11th annual Baseball For All Nationals from July 19–25, 2026, during the same week as the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup group stage. The pair of events running back–to–back will make Rockford the epicenter of women’s and […]
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Ironman and the Augusta Sports Council in Georgia have agreed to a five–year partnership renewal to continue the Ironman 70.3 Augusta triathlon through 2030. The event includes a 1.2–mile swim, 56–mile bike and 13.1–mile run throughout the Augusta region. The Augusta Sports Council estimates a total economic impact value of over $76 million since the […]
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The Division I Women’s Basketball Committee voted on Monday to move the 2028 Women’s Final Four to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The committee also voted to continue with the current preliminary-round format through the 2031 championship. “Moving the 2028 Women’s Final Four to Lucas Oil Stadium will allow for more access for our fans, […]
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The National Football League will play a minimum of three regular season games over five years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting in 2026. The announcement comes after two years of the league staging games in São Paulo, and marks the latest international expansion for the league. “Building on the success of the games in […]
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The United States and Canada will host the 2027 Women’s Volleyball World Championships, another major international event headed to North America in the lead up to the 2028 Olympic Summer Games. The final round will be held in Anaheim, California, at Honda Center and OCVIBE, a new entertainment complex under construction around the arena. Anaheim […]
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The Mission Viejo Nadadores Foundation has announced that divers from Australia and France will join delegations from the Netherlands and Team USA to conduct their pre–2028 Olympic Summer Games training in the city of Mission Viejo, California, ahead of competition in Los Angeles. Nadadores Diving also announced that several of the teams training in 2028 […]
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Even with all of the attention that has been focused on the two upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games hosted in the United States over the next decade, there was the reminder during this week’s USOPC Assembly in Salt Lake City that its athletes will be competing in Italy in the 2026 Winter Games in less […]
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In the coming months, the Salt Lake and Park City regions will host both the International Skating Union and International Luge Federation — part of a buildup of international events and federations putting ever-deepening roots in the home of the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. A SLC 2034 steering committee meeting noted one of […]
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