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Women’s Champions Classic

Women’s Champions Classic Heading to Brooklyn

The women’s basketball teams from Connecticut, Tennessee, Iowa and Louisville will be paired in a primetime doubleheader on December 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in the inaugural Women’s Champions Classic, an early-season tournament that will be organized by Horizon Sports & Experiences and Fox Sports. The four teams in the inaugural event have […]

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Bassmaster Classic

Bassmaster Classic Returns to Fort Worth in 2025

The Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic will return to Fort Worth in 2025, returning four years after setting an attendance record for any Classic previously held in the state. The Fort Worth Sports Commission will host the tournament and festivities at the Fort Worth Convention Center and Dickies Arena from March 21­–23, 2025. Competition will […]

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US Women’s Open

Qualifying Sites Revealed for the 79th U.S. Women’s Open Championship

The United States Golf Association has announced qualifying sites for the 79th U.S. Women’s Open Championship, which will be staged at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania, from May 30 through June 2. The 36-hole qualifying will be held at 23 sites across the United States plus Canada, Japan and Germany, between April 15 and May […]

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CECC 2024

Dates Set for Collegiate Esports Commissioner’s Cup Texas

The Collegiate Esports Commissioner’s Cup will return to Esports Stadium Arlington on May 3–5, 2024, with McDonald’s of North Texas as the presenting sponsor. The event, organized by the Collegiate Sports Management Group, is the largest multi-conference gathering of collegiate esports programs, including 64 teams competing in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, Overwatch 2, Rocket League […]

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Indianapolis Airport All Star Weekend
The Indianapolis International Airport has a full-sized basketball court for visitors ahead of NBA All-Star Weekend. Photo courtesy Visit Indy

Indianapolis Ready for NBA All-Star Spotlight

Indianapolis’ turn on the international sports stage for the upcoming NBA All-Star Weekend is, in one way, going to be bigger and better than originally planned thanks to the pandemic. The city was scheduled to host the weekend’s festivities in 2021 before the game was postponed because of COVID-19. Because of the three-year delay, the […]

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Ultimate Frisbee Association

Ultimate Frisbee Association Releases 2024 Schedule

The Ultimate Frisbee Association has released its 2024 season schedule with the first games slated for Friday, April 26, in Boston and Houston. Week 1 features nine matchups, including the first Super Series showdown between the D.C. Breeze and Salt Lake Shred on the UFA YouTube channel. A “Super Series” features eight matchups on the […]

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VNL

Volleyball Nations League to Expand to 18 Teams in 2025

The Volleyball Nations League will expand to 18 national teams starting in 2025, alongside format changes aimed at elevating the experience for athletes, fans and stakeholders. The revised Nations League structure involves dividing 18 teams into three groups of six for each of the three competition weeks. In this new format of the women’s and […]

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USA Cycling Grant

USA Cycling Launches Event Organizer Advancement Fund

USA Cycling has announced this year’s launch of the Event Organizer Advancement Fund, a grant program designed to support cycling events across the United States. The fund is open to all USA Cycling-sanctioned events. USA Cycling will provide funding to initiatives that have the potential to impact the cycling community through innovation and participant growth. […]

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Water Cube Swimming
Chinese workers cleans inside National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube, in 2008 ahead of its official opening. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Beijing to Host 2029 World Aquatics Championships

Beijing will host the 2029 World Aquatics Championship, the international federation announced over the weekend during the ongoing 2024 championships in Doha. The event will welcome more than 2,500 athletes from over 200 countries and regions to compete in swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming and high diving. In addition to the […]

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ACC Duke Virginia Basketball
Duke guard Jeremy Roach drives between Virginia forward Jayden Gardner (1) and guard Armaan Franklin (4) during the second half of the championship of the 2023 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

ACC Sets Future Basketball Tournaments, Championships for North Carolina

The Atlantic Coast Conference will hold five straight men’s basketball tournaments in North Carolina starting in 2025, while the women’s tournament that has had a longtime home in Greensboro as the city of the league’s founding will split time between there and Charlotte. The ACC announced future sites for 42 championships in 14 sports — […]

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