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Tabby Stoecker, left, and Matt Weston, right ((AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

GB Olympic Medallist Tracker: Their Road to Glory in Italy

[Editor’s Note: For the U.S. Medalist Tracker, click here.] The 2026 Olympic Winter Games are taking place in Italy, hundreds of miles away from the hometowns of the Team GB athletes who have journeyed there in search of fulfilling a dream. Of course, some members of the British contingent have had a longer road than […]

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Sophie Goldschmidt has been president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard since 2021. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt

Jason Gewirtz has been on the ground in Italy throughout the Winter Olympics, talking with CEOs of various U.S. national governing bodies. Check out each interview here: Matt Farrell, U.S. Figure Skating Dean Gemmell, USA Curling Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey Aron McGuire, USA Bobsled/Skeleton Ted Morris, US Speedskating CORTINA — Skiing and snowboard are, of course, […]

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Ted Morris is executive director of US Speedskating. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With US Speedskating Executive Director Ted Morris

Jason Gewirtz has been on the ground in Italy throughout the Winter Olympics, talking with CEOs of various U.S. national governing bodies. Check out each interview here: Matt Farrell, U.S. Figure Skating Dean Gemmell, USA Curling Sophie Goldschmidt, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey Aron McGuire, USA Bobsled/Skeleton MILAN — Speedskating in the […]

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Winter House
The Starbucks Winter House in Milan is a hospitality experience provided by U.S. Figure Skating, USA Hockey and US Speedskating. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

Three U.S. NGBs Build Hospitality Experience in Milan

Spread out. That’s been a key term at the Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games, where events are being held in four regions of Northern Italy, each hours apart from each other. While there are plenty of sports on the overall program, the city of Milan is only hosting three of them: figure skating, hockey and […]

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Dean Gemmell is CEO of USA Curling. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell

Jason Gewirtz has been on the ground in Italy throughout the Winter Olympics, talking with CEOs of various U.S. national governing bodies. Check out each interview here: Matt Farrell, U.S. Figure Skating Sophie Goldschmidt, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey Ted Morris, US Speedskating   CORTINA — Every four years, curling becomes the […]

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Benita Fitzgerald is the new CEO at the U.S. Center for SafeSport. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With U.S. Center for SafeSport CEO Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

MILAN — Benita Fitzgerald Mosley has stepped into a job that many in the sports-events industry think is one of the hardest: CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Established by U.S. Congressional order following several high-profile athlete abuse scandals in the Olympic and Paralympic movement, the center is the only independent organization aimed at […]

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Fraser Bullock
Fraser Bullock is Chairman of Utah 2034 and also ran the Olympic and Paralympic Games the last time Utah hosted in 2002. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With Utah 2034 Chairman Fraser Bullock

When Utah hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2034, it will be a triumphant return to the site of the 2002 Games that are widely seen as one the most successful in recent history. Not only did the competition run smoothly, Utah was able to maintain its venues and improve them to be […]

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Matt Farrell
U.S. Figure Skating CEO Matt Farrell at the Starbucks Winter House in Milan. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With U.S. Figure Skating CEO Matt Farrell

Jason Gewirtz has been on the ground in Italy throughout the Winter Olympics, talking with CEOs of various U.S. national governing bodies. Check out each interview here: Dean Gemmell, USA Curling Sophie Goldschmidt, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey Aron McGuire, USA Bobsled/Skeleton Ted Morris, US Speedskating MILAN — Matt Farrell is no […]

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Milan Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony in Milan was an amazing start to the 2026 Winter Games. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

What It’s Like to Be at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Those who are fortunate enough to be in the business of sports-related travel know how privileged we are to access some of the best sports events in the world. And at SportsTravel, the ability to cover the Olympic Games in person is one of the most special privileges of all. That includes the access we […]

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COLLEGE STATION, TX – 20240831 – Texas A&M Athletics Aerial Photos
E.B. Cushing Stadium opened in 2019 and seats more than 2,000 spectators. (Ethan Mito/Texas A&M Athletics)

USA Track & Field Bringing Tour Event to Texas A&M

USA Track and Field announced a partnership with Texas A&M University and College Station, Texas, to bring its Grand Prix to that city on June 6. E.B. Cushing Stadium, home to the Aggies’ track and field program, will host the event, which will be broadcast on NBC from 4-6 pm ET. Among the competitions will […]

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