Gymnastics Leaps to Year-Round Success By Greg Mellen Since the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London, when an athlete nicknamed the “Flying Squirrel” helped vault the United States to its first women’s gymnastics team gold medal since 1996, the sport has been tumbling forward once again into popularity. With the Road to Rio for […]
Continue ReadingThe South Shows Off For Events By Rachel Carter The South arguably boasts some of the nation’s best music, tastiest food and richest culture—factors that are just as important to event organizers as the region’s wealth of sports fields and tournament venues and mild year-round temperatures. Lakes and rivers, bays and bayous serve as venues […]
Continue ReadingOutdoor Thrills By John Conroy Eight years after its first Winter Classic set the standard for open-air drama on ice, the National Hockey League will bring the New Year’s Day event back to the Boston area in 2016 and showcase its coveted Coors Light Stadium Series in two new cities—Denver and Minneapolis. Billed as a […]
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2015 Wrestling World Championships Underway
The 2015 Wresting World Championships are underway in Las Vegas, an event that will feature all matches available through a high-definition live stream…
Continue ReadingUSA Fencing National Championships
Innovations both high-tech and old-school ensured success for the 2015 USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge at San Jose Convention Center. A computerized badge system kept hassles in check, while a dramatic setting for the big events kept the energy high. “Technology, coupled with highlighting some of the matches in more…
Packing Them In By Greg Echlin The 2014 college football season ended with a memorable festival in the Dallas–Fort Worth area revolving around the College Football Playoff national championship game in January. The events were so popular that—as any uninvited party guest would feel—others now feel inclined to be included. And so, as another season […]
Continue ReadingCelebrating Events in the Mid-Atlantic By Rachel Carter The Mid-Atlantic knows how to pack them in. From New York City to Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, no city is very far from another, and unlike the sprawling American West, here teams can drive across four states in less than four hours. Alternately, any number […]
Continue ReadingLacrosse Expands Its Reach The 2015 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game was staged at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston and drew a crowd of 10,084. Photo courtesy of Trask Smith/Zuma Wire By John Vivirito America’s “oldest sport” has been experiencing a growth spurt over the past 15 years. Lacrosse, a game first documented by European missionaries […]
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L.A. Forms Committee to Study 2024 Olympics Bid
The Los Angeles City Council has formed an ad hoc committee to oversee and coordinate the city’s potential bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic…
Continue ReadingWorld Police & Fire Games
More than six years of painstaking planning paid off as Fairfax County, Virginia, and the neighboring area played host to the 2015 World Police & Fire Games, with 10,000 athletes from more than 70 countries competing. A total of 61 sports were contested at 53 venues in Northern Virginia and Maryland, and 4,481 medals were awarded …
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