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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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National Senior Games Rescheduled for 2022

The 2021 National Senior Games presented by Humana will be rescheduled to May 2022 out of what organizers described as “an abundance of cation” from disruptions caused by the pandemic. The event, which had been scheduled for November 5–18 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will now be staged May 10–23, 2022. The decision was made after […]

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The 2019 edition of the Colorado Classic was staged in four destinations, including the city of Golden. Photo: Jason Gewirtz

Colorado Classic Postpones Women’s Cycling Race to 2022

The Colorado Classic presented by VF Corporation, an elite women’s cycling race, has canceled its 2021 race and will focus on bringing the multistage race event back in 2022. The inaugural race was staged in 2019 across four Colorado destinations, but organizers canceled the 2020 event after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the […]

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Muncie, Indiana, Awarded Full Ironman Triathlon

The Ironman Group will add a second 2021 race in Muncie, Indiana, announcing the debut of the full-distance Ironman Indiana triathlon to be staged October 2. The event will be a one-time race held in conjunction with the long-standing Ironman 70.3 Muncie. The announcement comes following the sellout of all 12 full-distance Ironman triathlons across […]

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