Diving In To Global Destinations By Rachel Carter Around the world, sports reveal as much about a country as its food, art or religion. Accordingly, the way a destination builds new sports venues, or puts to continued use its existing ones, speaks volumes about its eagerness to be a visible part of the global sports […]
Continue ReadingGames That Serve As An Inspiration By Rachel Carter To say that organizing the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles is a massive undertaking doesn’t do the event justice. With 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from more than 170 countries, 30,000 volunteers manning nine days of events (July 25–August 2) and a torch […]
Continue ReadingA Chance to Impress By John Conroy Called “Invade,” the kinetic 60-second commercial highlights the excitement that organizers of the Toronto Pan American and Parapan American Games expect throughout southern Ontario this summer. In the commercial, a pair of fencers thrust and parry at Oakville Harbour. Soccer players chase balls through the forest near Hamilton. Taekwondo […]
Continue ReadingSteve Pagliuca Named Chairman of Boston 2024
Steve Pagliuca, the co-owner and managing partner of the Boston Celtics and the managing director of Bain Capital, has been named chairman of Boston 2024…
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Orienteering USA’s United States Individual Championships were deemed a success on many levels, but organizers said the event’s lasting legacy may be opening orienteering to areas of Kentucky that previously were off the sport’s map. “From our perspective it was an outstanding event,” said Glen Schorr, Orienteering USA’s executive director…
A Region In Sync With Events By Rachel Carter From historic venues that tell a story of the past to newly built structures that welcome their first athletes, New England provides endless options for sports events. New England is the cradle of America. With nearly half of the nation’s original 13 colonies, it makes sense […]
Continue ReadingSoftball Winds Up For All Ages By Greg Mellen As it awaits a potential return to the Olympics, softball continues to attract participants interested in the sport from the youngest ages to active senior leagues. While baseball claims to be America’s game—despite its reputed English roots—it is softball that is American through and through, invented […]
Continue ReadingA Woman’s World By Neal Reid The soccer world will turn its attention to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, staged in six cities in Canada, where the sport continues to grow. When Canada was awarded the bid to this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, it scored in more ways than one. The international event, which […]
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National Travel and Tourism Week Underway
With more than 400 U.S. cities hosting major events, the U.S. Travel Association is reporting a record number of communities participating in this year’s…
Continue Reading2Thrive to Stage World Corporate Games
2Thrive, a newly established nonprofit, has secured the exclusive rights to stage the World Corporate Games across the United States through 2023…
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