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TeamSnap Unveils New App for Clubs and Leagues

TeamSnap has announced the upcoming launch of the new TeamSnap for clubs and leagues, a multi-program management system built to simplify and streamline registration, operations, scheduling and team management processes for youth sports organizations of all sizes. The offering will go live on April 26. The end goal after surveying more than 19,000 youth sports […]

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Partners with Ripken Baseball

Ripken Baseball has entered a multiyear partnership with Dick’s Sporting Goods to be the official sporting goods store of The Ripken Experience in Aberdeen, Maryland, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. As the official sporting goods store of Ripken Baseball, Dick’s will receive an integrated media plan and the opportunity to bring experiential […]

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Youth Sports in the COVID-19 Era: Why the Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Feels Positive About the Future

Over the past two-plus decades, the youth sports business has perhaps grown like no other segment not only in the sports-event industry but like few industries throughout the world. What was a collection of mostly community groups that would stage Saturday morning soccer programs in the parks, or intramural basketball before or after elementary school, […]

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Future Legends Complex Announces Stadium Naming Rights

Future Legends Complex in Colorado and TicketSmarter have announced an agreement to name the complex’s centerpiece 6,500-seat main professional sports stadium “TicketSmarter Stadium” through 2032. TicketSmarter Stadium will be located in the heart the 118-acre multipurpose sports complex and will be home to Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC, which plays in USL League One and the […]

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Ripken Youth Baseball Venue in Maryland Adds Two Fields

Ripken Baseball has opened two new baseball fields at The Ripken Experience Aberdeen in Maryland. Cal Ripken Jr. and Bill Ripken joined Maryland’s Secretary of Commerce Michael Gill, Harford County Executive Barry Glassman, and four youth baseball teams for a ribbon-cutting event before the first games held on the new fields. “The excitement around opening […]

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MLB Names EL1 Sports Training Partner for Youth Baseball and Softball

Major League Baseball has announced a partnership with EL1 Sports to create a new approach to youth baseball and softball development. The partnership will support existing local youth sports ecosystems around the country and promote the game by expanding access to youth baseball and softball instruction for players of all skill levels and socioeconomic backgrounds. […]

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Sports Participation Deep Dive: Tom Cove of SFIA on the Latest Trends and What They Mean for Events

There is nothing quite as valuable to sports organizations and destinations that host their events than data. And one of the leading organizations that has been diving into data analysis for years is the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. The association, whose members include sporting goods and fitness brands, manufacturers, retailers and maerkters, has one […]

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Ripken Baseball Partners with Sheetz on Free Clinics to Youths

Ripken Baseball has partnered with Sheetz to bring 12 free baseball clinics to children ages 7 to 14 in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania starting this April and continuing through June. “The “Sheetz Community Clinics presented by Ripken Baseball” will teach the fundamentals of baseball for players of all levels. Players […]

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Women’s Ice Hockey Under-18 World Championships Heading to Madison, Wisconsin

The International Ice Hockey Federation has awarded the 2022 Under-18 Women’s World Championships to Madison, Wisconsin, and Middleton, Wisconsin, starting June 6. The event was originally scheduled in January in Sweden but could not take place due to COVID-19. While Sweden offered to host in 2023 but did not have the opportunity to move the […]

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Bethpage State Park’s Black Course to Host Polo Golf Junior Classic

The American Junior Golf Association’s Polo Golf Junior Classic will be held June 27–July 1 at the historic Bethpage State Park on the Black Course in New York. The 43rd Polo Golf Junior Classic is the only true match play format event on the AJGA schedule. All but two years of the 43-year history have […]

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