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Las Vegas has many reputations. It’s known as the entertainment capital of the world, a gambling mecca and in recent years, a sports hub that’s seen several professional teams come to town and hosted events such as the Super Bowl and Formula 1. However, Vegas veterans will tell you that before anything else, Jerry Tarkanian’s UNLV […]
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Three cities and 26 gymnasiums to be used by about 400 teams and 6,000 athletes from 50 countries over nine days. What went into this being the format for this year’s FIMBA World Championships in Switzerland? “Because we are crazy and we don’t like simple things,” said Ticino 2025 Organizer Daniel Weber with a laugh. […]
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Alysa Liu had done it. The American brought the house down, spinning in the middle of the ice before going down momentarily to one knee then stopping with the music and raising one hand to the sky. She put her hand to her head in disbelief with a smile so electric it could power a […]
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On one hand, the recent weekend series between the New York Yankees and the A’s looked like any other. Yankees fans made up most of the crowd, which is not uncommon for many of the team’s road trips. Stomper, the A’s elephant mascot, made regular in-game promotions between innings, alternating between walking the stands and […]
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Sitting off to the side in a quiet spot at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during TEAMS Europe, Rohit Haldania had a story to tell. It’s a story that resonates throughout sports, one where a sport is passed down through generations. For Haldania, the story was the Indian sport of Kho Kho, knowing that the International Kho […]
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When you think of Canada, one of the first things that comes to mind is hockey. The country that created the sport has seven teams in the NHL, each with a passionate fanbase. And when the Stanley Cup playoffs begin each spring, things get turned up to 10 in the areas fortunate enough to see […]
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It can be an unnoticed aspect of a sporting event — unless it goes wrong, in which case it’s a major talking point for participants and a massive source of annoyance for the event organizer. Transportation and the logistics of getting people places for sporting events, whether a community 5K with parking lots near the […]
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A figure skating competition has plenty of personality on display as it stands. But at this year’s World Figure Skating Championship, even before performances began, the crowd at TD Garden got a peek inside the minds of competitors with messages on the video board ranging from “hometown Boston” to “We love burgers” and “Go Leafs […]
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When Green Bay Packers President Mark Murphy took the stage April 24 to announce the team’s first round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the crowd of over 200,000 people roared. When he announced the team had drafted a first-round wide receiver for the first time since 2002, the ground shook. The emotion from the […]
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More than 100 million people traveled more than 50 miles to attend professional minor league and collegiate regular-season sports events in the United States last year, generating $47.1 billion in direct economic impact, according to results of new research commissioned by the Sports Events & Tourism Association. The research, performed by Tourism Economics and sponsored […]
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