USA 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 …
Beach Sports Put a Stake in the Sand By Zoie Clift Though beach sports have been around for years in various forms, recent years have seen considerable growth across sports that haven’t always had a strong tradition on the sand. Volleyball has been a mainstay, but soccer, ultimate, tennis and wrestling are also enjoying newfound popularity […]
Continue ReadingThe Big Stage of the Pacific By Rachel Carter Sometimes the best locations are the hardest to reach. Rare is the exotic destination that doesn’t require a long flight and maybe some extra driving. But as athletes know, rewards don’t come without challenges. And taking teams to a subarctic city surrounded by Alaskan wilderness or […]
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Hughes From the Grand Slams to the Olympics and from the U.S. Open Series to World Tennis Day, there are more options to play and watch tennis than ever before and an impressive number of developments that will continue to keep the sport in the spotlight over the next several years. As a […]
Continue ReadingLong Beach ePrix
Here’s what Formula E experienced at its first Long Beach ePrix: an enthusiastic crowd of more than 22,000 fans; an iconic seaside street course in a town steeped in racing culture; an event operated by a highly regarded organization, the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, which has been staging open-wheel races for more than 35 years…
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