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Action during the Womens Equalizer Final during Super League Triathlon Malta on October 20, 2019 in Valletta, Malta. (Photo by Tommy Zaferes/Superleague Triathlon)

Super League Triathlon Heading to Tempe

Super League Triathlon will visit the United States for the first time during its 2020 season when it goes to Tempe, Arizona, for its third of five qualifiers, May 22–24. The event will take part at Tempe Town Lake, then take to bike and run courses which weave their way around Tempe Beach Park. Tempe […]

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Music City Bowl Gets New Naming Rights Sponsor

The Music City Bowl game will get a new naming rights sponsor starting with the 2020 event as TransPerfect will be a multiyear sponsor. The Music City Bowl has been played since 1998 in Nashville, Tennessee, at Vanderbilt University before moving to Nissan Stadium, the home of the Tennessee Titans. It has been sponsored by […]

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NYCFC Moves Four Games Out of Yankee Stadium to Citi Field

Major League Soccer announced the schedule for its 25th season and one of the notable highlights is the move of four New York City Football Club matches from one Major League Baseball ballpark to its in-city rival. NYCFC, which plays its home games at Yankee Stadium, will have four games at the New York Mets’ Citi […]

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Capital One Arena Moves to All-Digital Ticketing

The home of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards will be eliminating paper tickets and going all-digital for sports events as well as concerts and other entertainment events. The change will take effect on January 1, 2020, for all non-sporting events at Capital One Arena. For Capitals and Wizards fans, the tickets will be all […]

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Skip Gilbert Named CEO of U.S. Youth Soccer

Sports industry veteran Skip Gilbert has been named CEO of U.S. Youth Soccer, joining the organization that serves 3 million players ages 5 to 19 and works with member state associations, clubs and leagues, and administrators, coaches and volunteers. He will join the USYS office in Frisco, Texas, beginning January 10, 2020. Gilbert, who has […]

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New Arlington Convention Center Project Approved

Arlington, Texas, will get a new 150,000-square-foot convention center as part of an expanded $810 million mega-project in the city’s entertainment district that will start construction in 2020 and be ready by 2023. The project, approved by the Arlington City Council, will be developed as a public-private partnership with Loews Hotels, the Texas Rangers, Cordish […]

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World Pickleball Championship Set for Florida

The first World Pickleball Championship will be staged at the new PicklePlex of Punta Gorda on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College, December 27–30. The tournament will feature professional players competing for a $100,000 prize purse while amateurs will compete as well at all skill levels. An estimated 500 players are anticipated, including athletes […]

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The Pechanga Founders Club at SoFi Stadium will be at ground level with the stadium's playing surface.

SoFi Stadium Signs Casino as Founding Partner

The future home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers has another big name that will be hanging outside one of its entrances. SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park named Pechanga Resort Casino as the newest founding partner of the new 70,000-seat stadium and 298-acre development, giving the casino the naming rights to a […]

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