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Kevin Michael Hired as Executive Director of USA Water Ski & Wake Sports

USA Water Ski & Wake Sports has hired Kevin Michael as the organization’s next executive director. Michael, 48, comes to the national governing body with more than 30 years of experience in the towed water sports industry. He most recently served as the executive director of the Water Sports Industry Association during a nine-year tenure […]

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USA Gymnastics Partners With Samsonite

USA Gymnastics has announced a partnership with Samsonite that will make the company the official luggage partner of the national team as it travels to training camps and domestic and international competitions, including the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. “We are excited to welcome Samsonite as an official partner and appreciate their strong commitment […]

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USA Cycling Mountain Bike

USA Cycling Announces 2024 Cross-Country Mountain Bike National Series

USA Cycling has announced the schedule for its 2024 cross country mountain bike national series, a successor to the professional cross-country tour that will retain the same format while introducing a new opportunity for junior cyclists. Many of the stops in the series will feature Elite, UCI and amateur level racing. In an effort to […]

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USA Curling transformed The Rink at American Dream into a unique venue for its 2024 National Championships. USA Curling Photo

USA Curling Dreams Big for 2024 National Championships

USA Curling is heading to the mall next week. But it’s not a trip to the food court or to shop the early spring sales — it’s the scene for a unique new venue for one of the national governing body’s biggest events. The 2024 U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Curling Championships will be staged […]

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Anthem Rugby Carolina
Anthem Rugby Carolina will immediately begin play for the 2024 Major League Rugby season.

Charlotte Expansion Team Launched by USA Rugby, Major League Rugby and World Rugby

USA Rugby, Major League Rugby and World Rugby have announced a strategic partnership to launch a new MLR expansion club in Charlotte named Anthem Rugby Carolina that will start play this season with American Legion Memorial Stadium serving as its match day home. The partnership between the governing bodies for global and American rugby, as […]

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USA Water Polo Partners With Mt. San Antonio College

USA Water Polo will use Mt. San Antonio College new state-of-the-art aquatics complex in Walnut, California, as it prepares for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. The aquatics complex opened in spring of 2023 and will be home to the U.S. men’s Olympic team. In addition to serving as a training hub, USA Water Polo will […]

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Westfield USA Wrestling

USA Wrestling Chooses Westfield, Indiana, for Major Event

USA Wrestling has announced its 2024 16U and 14U Girls National Dual Meet Championships will be held at Grand Park Event Center in Westfield, Indiana, from June 19–22 while the event will also return to the Grand Park Event Center in 2025. This will be the first time that this combined competition has been held. […]

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Albuquerque to Host USA Boxing 2024 National Open

USA Boxing has chosen Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the site of its 2024 National Open from March 9­-16 at the Albuquerque Convention Center, bringing USA Boxing back to the city for the first time since the 2017 and 2018 Western Qualifiers. “We are honored to host USA Boxing’s first national tournament of the year and […]

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USPC Field Hockey Training
The U.S. Performance Center in Charlotte is the home to USA Field Hockey, USA Taekwondo and utilized by more than a dozen other national governing bodies for sports science and trianing. Photo courtesy U.S. Performance Center

How the U.S. Performance Center is Changing the Olympic Movement

Supporting the U.S. Olympic movement runs in the Belk family, which is known throughout the South for its department stores that anchor malls throughout the region. Irwin Belk was a volunteer member of the United States Olympic Committee for more than four decades, receiving the Olympic Order in 2002 at the Olympic Winter Games in […]

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