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National Senior Games Title IX

National Senior Games to Broadcast Title IX Program

As the 50th anniversary of the passage of the landmark Title IX legislation that opened up opportunities for women in sports approaches, the National Senior Games will offer a livestreamed program featuring several athletes talking about their experience in the years before its passage. “Before Title IX: Tales from Senior Athletes” will be presented by […]

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Quidditch

Major League Quidditch Championship Returning to Maryland

Major League Quidditch has announced that the 2022 MLQ Championship will be hosted in Howard County, Maryland, on August 20–22 in partnership with Visit Howard County. Howard County hosted the 2021 MLQ Championship. This year’s season-ending event will feature the 12 best teams from across the U.S. and Canada at Troy Park in Elkridge, Maryland. […]

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AE Truck NASCAR

Esports Gaming Truck Headed to 17 NASCAR Tracks

Allied Esports and NASCAR will once again bring the eNASCAR Arcade on the Allied Esports Truck to 17 race weekends across the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, starting at the Daytona 500 on February 19–20. In the second half of the 2021 Cup Series schedule, the truck visited seven races with eNASCAR Arcade activations offering attendees […]

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Running USA New Logo

Running USA Promotes Christine Bowen to COO

Christine Bowen has been promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer of Running USA, the nonprofit trade organization for the running industry. “The new role of chief operating officer reflects the organization’s pledge for continuous improvement and growth,” said Dawna Stone, CEO of Running USA. “Christine has made invaluable contributions to the […]

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USAGymnasticsTrack&Field

USA Swimming and USA Track & Field Partner on Sponsorship Effort

USA Swimming and USA Track & Field are combining forces to find a marketing agency to package and sell key sponsorship categories and properties for both national governing bodies. The two high-profile NGBs, and their respective members and clubs, are responsible for the development of the country’s programs, teams and athletes, the latter of which accounted for nearly 50 […]

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USA Cheer Elects Rhonda Blanford-Green as Board President

USA Cheer has elected Rhonda Blanford-Green as president of its board of directors for a two-year term. Blanford-Green has been a member of USA Cheer’s board since 2008 and previously served as the board’s secretary. Blanford-Green succeeds outgoing president and co-founder of USA Cheer Bill Seely, who will keep seat on the national governing body’s […]

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eNascarMiami
Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 FedEx Toyota and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 8 FilterTime Chevrolet lead a pack of cars during the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series Dixie Vodka 150 at virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

NASCAR and NACE Starleague Bring iRacing to Colleges

NASCAR and the NACE Starleague, the largest collegiate esports league in the United States, will launch an eNASCAR College iRacing Series, bringing competitive sim racing to more than 500 colleges and universities nationwide. More than 10,000 students will have the ability to compete in the eNASCAR College iRacing Series through NACE Starleague. Students will compete […]

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USAPickleball

USA Pickleball National Indoor Championships Heading to Alabama

USA Pickleball will hold the second annual National Indoor Championships from June 7–11 at the Finley Center, part of the Hoover Met Complex in Hoover, Alabama, outside of Birmingham. The National Indoor Championships will feature five days of events featuring singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in skill and age brackets. Gold medalists from each division […]

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Commonwealth Games Esports

Commonwealth Games to Launch Esports Competition

The Commonwealth Games will have an esports component with the launch of the inaugural Commonwealth Esports Championships and Commonwealth Esports Forum planned for Birmingham, England, in August 2022. The event is the result of a strategic partnership between the Global Esports Federation and the Commonwealth Games Federation that was first announced in May 2020. The […]

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Kari Miller Ortiz

Paralympian Kari Miller-Ortiz Joins Move United Staff

Move United, the community-based sports and recreation organization for individuals with disabilities, has named Paralympian Kari Miller-Ortiz as the organization’s director of people and culture. Miller-Ortiz will lead the adaptive sports organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and programs and oversee a variety of internal and external DEI programs. She will also lead the organization’s […]

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