CEO of USA Canoe/Kayak to Step Down
Joe Jacobi has announced that he will step down later this year as chief executive officer of USA Canoe/Kayak. The national governing body…
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SMG has been awarded a 10-year contract to market and manage the new Minnesota Vikings football stadium under construction in Minneapolis…
Continue ReadingMaple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
Tim Leiweke has announced that he will leave his role as president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment on June 20, 2015…
Continue ReadingExperience Kissimmee Names President and CEO
Dana Troy “D.T.” Minich has been named president and CEO of Experience Kissimmee in Florida. Minich previously served as…
Continue ReadingNFL Senior Vice-President of Events
The National Football League has appointed Peter O’Reilly senior vice-president of events. O’Reilly, a 20-year veteran of the sports industry…
Continue ReadingRob Manfred Named MLB Commissioner
Rob Manfred has been elected commissioner of Major League Baseball, the 10th person to hold the position in the league’s history…
Continue ReadingNBA Executive Vice-President of Events Steps Down
Ski Austin, the NBA’s executive vice-president of events, has stepped down after 25 years with the league and eight years as the leader…
Continue Reading2021 World Games
Birmingham, Alabama; Lima, Peru; and Ufa, Russia, have submitted a bid to host the 2021 World Games. The three cities applied to the…
Continue ReadingX Games
In the X Games’ first foray outside Los Angeles in 11 years, Austin, Texas, proved to be a worthy host of the annual extreme sports and cultural festival. Despite high winds that caused one event to be canceled for safety reasons, the event was deemed a success, with 160,000 people in attendance, far surpassing the 100,000 organizers had predicted…
Sports Aimed at Kids Are Making a Splash By John Conroy In the mid-1990s, Terry Anton and Wally Armstrong looked at the sport they had both played on the PGA Tour and didn’t like what they saw. In particular, a magazine article described golf’s “revolving door” and the lack of new players arriving to replace […]
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