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Northwestern last played at Wrigley Field in 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Northwestern and Purdue to Play at Wrigley Field

Northwestern will play Purdue in football at Wrigley Field in Chicago on November 20, 2021, making up for a game that was lost because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It will be Northwestern’s first game at Wrigley since November 20, 2010, when the school hosted the first college game at the historic baseball stadium […]

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USA Cycling Announces 2021 Cyclocross Calendar

USA Cycling has released an 11-race program for the Professional Cyclocross Tour ahead of the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, from January 29–30, 2022. The season will start in September with races in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic before hitting markets throughout the Great Plains as well. Individual champions are crowned in the elite […]

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USA Wrestling Seeks to Offer Division III Collegiate Championship

Following the NCAA’s decision to cancel its Division III winter championships, USA Wrestling has announced it will work to produce a championship in the sport. USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender said the national governing body was “extremely disappointed and heartbroken” about the decision that affects hundreds of wrestlers. It is the second consecutive year […]

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Coralville, Iowa, to Host Two USA Wrestling Events

USA Wrestling will bring two major national events to Coralville, Iowa, in March, to be held at the Xtream Arena & GreenState Family Fieldhouse. The USA Wrestling High School National Recruiting Showcase, a new event, will be held at the venue near Iowa City from March 25–27. The annual USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals will […]

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NCAA Cancels Division III Winter Championships Amid COVID Pandemic

As the NCAA announced that an entire division of collegiate sports will have its winter championships canceled for the second year in a row, it also has announced three more Division I championships will be conducted in a single-site, bubble-style environment. Due to low participation numbers among member schools, NCAA Division III winter championships are […]

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USA Climbing Team Trials Head to Memphis

The High Point Climbing and Fitness Club in Memphis, Tennessee, will host the USA Climbing National Team Trials from March 26–30, 2021, during which time athletes will be selected to represent the United States at international events sanctioned by the International Federation of Sport Climbing. Athletes will compete in all three disciplines of climbing – […]

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NAIA Relocates 2021 Cheer Championships to Quad Cities, Iowa

The NAIA will be moving its 2021 cheer and dance national championships to Davenport, Iowa, to be hosted by St. Ambrose University and Visit Quad Cities on March 12–13. St. Ambrose hosted the cheer and dance national championships in 2019 and was scheduled to do so in 2020 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The partnership […]

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Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has hosted four PGA Championships in its past.

2022 PGA Championship, Taken Away From Trump National, Heading to Southern Hills Country Club

Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which has hosted four PGA Championships in the past 50 years, will be the 2022 PGA Championship host, the PGA of America announced on Twitter on Monday afternoon, after the organization earlier this month took the event away from Trump National in New Jersey in the wake of […]

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DreamHack Heading to Atlanta in Abbreviated 2021 Festival Schedule

Dreamhack Atlanta, which was canceled in the fall of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be held November 12–14, 2021, as part of three festivals scheduled for the final quarter of the year by the event organizer. Dreamhack Winter will be November 26–28 while a Madrid festival will be held at a date to […]

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SailGP Expands to Eight Events for 2021 Season

SailGP has announced a race schedule with eight events across three continents for its second season, featuring eight national teams. The season’s final event will be staged in San Francisco in March 2022, the only U.S. stop on the circuit. The league’s inaugural season in 2019 featured five events, including stages in San Francisco and […]

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