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For decades, the NFL's best — such as wife receiver Larry Fitzgerald — showcased their skills at a postseason All-Star Game, which for more than 30 years was held in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

NFL Eliminates Pro Bowl Game, Shifts Emphasis to Flag Football

The Pro Bowl game is no more. The NFL announced Wednesday that its All-Star Game, once a staple of the league’s calendar with matchups between the best players from the AFC and NFC, respectively, would be eliminated. Players will still receive Pro Bowl recognition, but the game itself will no longer take place, making the […]

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Carlos Alcaraz is the returning men's singles champion at the U.S. Open. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

U.S. Open Preview: Accessibility, Innovation and Renovation

It has been a summer to remember for New Yorkers. The New York Knicks won their first NBA Championship in more than 50 years, MetLife Stadium in neighboring New Jersey hosted a FIFA World Cup Final, and now the fourth and final tennis Grand Slam of the year is back in Queens with unprecedented scale. […]

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FIBA and L1VE have agreed an exclusive immersive live rights deal for 3x3 basketball (Credit: L1VE / FIBA)

FIBA and L1VE Agree to Exclusive 3×3 Basketball Immersive Live Rights Deal

FIBA has agreed an exclusive immersive live rights deal for 3×3 basketball with ticketed social presence platform L1VE that will cover the FIBA 3×3 World Tour, Women’s Series, and World Cup. Immersive live rights are a new class of media rights, and allow FIBA’s 3×3 basketball events to open an additional platform that complements existing broadcast […]

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USA Volleyball Adds Golden Gate Classic to 2027 Calendar

USA Volleyball is expanding its Girls Junior National Qualifying calendar for next year with an event in the Bay Area. The first USAV Golden Gate Classic Girls Junior National Qualifier will take place from February 19—21, 2027, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The event will have competitions in the 15s, 16s and […]

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Sumo Championship League to Host First Event in Austin

Sumo Championship League has announced the first three stops of its inaugural season. The new professional sumo league will debut in the Austin area, with an October 10 event at the nearby H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. Competition continues November 7 at Chicago’s Credit Union 1 Arena, and the league will close out the year […]

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Sujay Jaswa, left, Jeffrey Katzenberg, center, and Keith Barlow, right (Credit: XENOM, Athletech News)

XENOM, the Decathlon of Fitness, Launches in London

XENOM, the Decathlon of Fitness, a 10-event, stadium-scale global fitness competition, will hold its first edition in London this weekend. The competition, which standardizes and scores total human performance on a universal points-based index, is designed to create a first repeatable global benchmark for athletes. Open to everyone, it tests athletes’ endurance, gymnastic ability, weightlifting, […]

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The Coke 10K has been a staple in Corinth for years. (Courtesy of Coke 10K)

Countdown in Corinth: How a Small Mississippi Town is Preparing for a New Race

Corinth, Mississippi, has long been a destination for runners, and now it is gearing up for a spotlight moment this fall. The town of just over 14,000 residents nestled against the Tennessee border will host its first half marathon, the Chick-fil-A Corinth Half Marathon, on November 7. This event adds to the city’s calendar of […]

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‘On the Way to Everywhere’: Lincoln, Nebraska, Builds A New Era

On a drizzly summer afternoon, what might be the third-largest city in Nebraska is quiet. All that is moving inside Memorial Stadium are the memories, which give visitors ample time to use their imaginations and picture what a 103-year-old shrine to football greatness looks like when it’s engulfed by a sea of red. On seven […]

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TEAMS Europe team members visited Manchester for the first site visit last week

First Look: TEAMS Europe ’27 Heads to the Home of Champions

Following a successful fifth edition in Birmingham, UK, earlier this year, TEAMS Europe is heading to Manchester from March 23—25, 2027, and prospective attendees can now register their interest to attend and exhibit. With preparations well underway for the event, staffers from Northstar Meetings Group and its flagship SportsTravel media brand, which produces TEAMS Europe, […]

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LA Memorial Coliseum LA28 renderings (Credit: LA28)

LA City Council Approves Update to LA28 Cost Control Master Agreement

Los Angeles City Council has approved a deal with organizers of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games that aims to control costs during the global multisport event, despite a long delay in securing the agreement, and opponents arguing that the arrangement does not go far enough. On August 12, the City Council authorized an amendment […]

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