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Motorcycle road racing will return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway after a five-year absence as the MotoAmerica Series will compete August 21–23, 2020, at the track’s road course as a standalone event. MotoAmerica last raced at the Brickyard as a support event of the MotoGP World Championship in August 2015. The 2020 Championship of Indy event […]
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The National Football League will have recaps for every regular season and playoff game, plus additional video content, posted onto Facebook Watch as part of an expanded partnership extension with Facebook. Along with regular season and postseason highlights, Facebook Watch will have highlights from events such as the Pro Bowl, NFL Scouting Combine and NFL […]
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Esports will be even more a part of the fabric of collegiate sports through the National Junior College Athletic Association, which has announced the creation of NJCAA Esports to provide two-year colleges with official national championships in the sport. The new framework will also provide guidance for colleges to build and operate esports programs, as […]
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Bowlero Corp, the owner and operator of bowling centers around the country, has purchased the Professional Bowlers Association, the professional bowling tour that has operated since 1958. All scheduled PBA Tour tournaments and programming will continue under the new arrangement with Bowlero, which operates more than 300 bowling centers in the United States, Canada and […]
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The latest Major League Soccer stadium groundbreaking got underway this week as Austin FC put shovels in the dirt to start construction on its $242 million stadium that will open in April 2021 when the team enters MLS. Austin FC CEO Anthony Precourt, MLS President and Deputy Commissioner Mark Abbott and Austin Mayor Steve Adler were among […]
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After nearly two decades in leadership positions throughout U.S. Soccer, Dan Flynn will leave his post as CEO and secretary general on September 16. With Flynn retiring, the U.S. Soccer Board of Directors has named Chief Stakeholder Officer Brian Remedi to the additional position as chief administrative officer while the search for a new CEO […]
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Dana (Collins) Kramer has been hired as SportsPittsburgh’s senior development manager and will be responsible for promoting Pittsburgh to sports-event organizers and meeting planners. In the new role she will serve as the first point of contact for event owners as they consider Pittsburgh as a host city. Kramer joins SportsPittsburgh with more than 13 […]
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A 1.4 million-square-foot expansion to the Las Vegas Convention Center was celebrated as a final beam was hoisted above the exhibit hall recently, heralding the upcoming finish of the building process before a complete renovation of the center’s inside gets underway. The convention center will reach the highest structural point of the expansion and be […]
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The legendary PGA Tour event hosted for decades by Bob Hope, after one year without a sponsor, has found a new partner ahead of the 2019–2020 season. Known last January as the Desert Classic, the event at La Quinta, California, will be called The American Express as part of a multi-year agreement with the credit […]
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The Winter Dew Tour has figured that it should not mess with success … too much, at least. The tour will stay in Colorado for the 2020 and 2021 events, with one adjustment — it will be hosted at Copper Mountain after having spent the past 11 years at Breckenridge. “Physically, our move is just down […]
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