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IndyCar Nashville

IndyCar to Host 2024 Season Finale in Nashville

IndyCar and the Music City Grand Prix have announced the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series finale is moving to Nashville on September 13–15, 2024, and that the 2024 season awards ceremony will also take place in Music City, on September 16 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. More than 250,000 fans are expected in downtown Nashville for […]

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Meijer Sports Complex

West Michigan Sports Commission Receives $1 Million Gift

The West Michigan Sports Commission has received a $1 million lead gift by Meijer toward the overall goal for fundraising to expand the Meijer Sports Complex. The ‘A Winning Streak for West Michigan’ expansion campaign has a current fundraising total to $5.8 million, or 53 percent of its $11 million goal. Based on funding to […]

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NBA Canada Series

2023 NBA Canada Series Includes Games in Vancouver and Montréal

The National Basketball Association has announced that the ninth NBA Canada Series presented by Bell will feature preseason games in Vancouver and Montréal in October 2023. On October 8, the Toronto Raptors will take on the Sacramento Kings at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. On October 12, Canadians Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luguentz Dort — a native […]

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Whistler Sliding Centre

Whistler Sliding Centre Selected for 2025 FIL Luge World Championships

The International Luge Federation has awarded Luge Canada and the Whistler Sliding Centre in British Columbia the 53rd FIL Luge World Championships from February 6–8, 2025. “The Whistler Sliding Centre is known by sliding fans as one of the best tracks in the world and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the […]

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ASU Football Stadium

Arizona State Football Stadium Naming Rights Sold to Mountain America Credit Union

Arizona State University has announced a 15-year naming rights agreement for the home of the Sun Devils football team with the venue now being called Mountain America Stadium through a deal with Mountain America Credit Union. The stadium has been the home of ASU football since opening in 1958 with a capacity of 30,000. Leading […]

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Indy Groundbreaking

Indianapolis Breaks Ground on Convention Center Expansion and New Hotel

City leaders, project representatives, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Visit Indy President and Chief Executive Officer Leonard Hoops joined to break ground on the sixth expansion of the Indiana Convention Center and construction of a new convention hotel. While foundational work to redevelop the former Pan Am Plaza began last year, Tuesday’s event marks the […]

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CAA

CAA to Host Basketball Tournaments in Washington Through 2027

The Coastal Athletic Association has agreed to a four-year contract with Events DC to host the CAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. The two tournaments will run back-to-back starting at the conclusion of the 2023–2024 season and the agreement goes through the 2026–2027 season. The Entertainment […]

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The Swilcan Bridge
The Swilcan Bridge on the 18th Fairway of the Old Course in St Andrews is where many of the game's greats have said farewell to major play. Photo by Paul Tomkins of VisitScotland

St Andrews to Host Collegiate Golf Event This Fall

NBC Sports and St Andrews Links Trust have announced the inaugural St Andrews Links Collegiate, presented by TopGolf and World Wide Technology, to be held on the Jubilee Course and the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland, October 23­–25, 2023. The three-day event will feature men’s and women’s golf teams from Georgetown, North Carolina, Notre […]

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Julie Ertz, Savannah DeMelo, Casey Murphy, Alex Morgan, Emily Fox, Trinity Rodman, Sofia Huerta
The United States team celebrates a win against Wales during a FIFA Women's World Cup sendoff match in San Jose, California. (AP Photo/Josie Lepe)

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Wherever the U.S. Plays, Fans Travel

The United States will play for an unprecedented three-peat at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which starts this week, but it won’t be easy for the No. 1 team in the world. Co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, the quadrennial tournament for international soccer’s most coveted trophy kicks off July 20 and features an expanded […]

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