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The 2025 All-Ripken Futures Games Powered by Under Armour will take place December 11–14 at Publix Sports Park in Panama City Beach, Florida. The year-end event features the top youth baseball talent from the All-Ripken Games season. Ripken Baseball also announced an addition to its 2025 All-Ripken Games schedule, as the series will head to […]
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Ripken Baseball has announced the return of the All-Ripken Games in 2025, featuring an expanded schedule with 10 tournaments at eight different facilities. The 2025 schedule starts in April in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It has events in South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, New York, New Jersey and Florida. The season will culminate at […]
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Baseball coaches around the country now have extra motivation to bring their team to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in 2024. During a recent visit to the city — where they operate The Ripken Experience Elizabethtown — Ripken Baseball cofounders Cal Ripken, Jr., and Bill Ripken visited the Maker’s Mark Distillery to experience the brand’s first custom barrel […]
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Wade Martin has been named chief executive officer of Josh Harris and David Blitzer’s youth baseball portfolio, which includes Ripken Baseball, Cooperstown All Star Village, Baseball Factory and Softball Factory. Martin is tasked with driving growth and expansion for the company’s youth sports facilities, youth tournament experiences and player development platforms. In January 2023, Harris […]
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The All-Ripken Games will expand in 2024 to seven tournaments throughout the country for youth baseball and softball players at six facilities starting in April. The All-Ripken Games, which debuted in 2023 at four facilities, will culminate with the All-Ripken Futures Games in December, featuring the top players of the season. Players must be nominated […]
Continue ReadingRipken Baseball has announced it will host the inaugural All-Ripken Games, a platform that will attract youth players from across the country to compete at the various Ripken Experience facilities. Players must be nominated by their peers and coaches for the opportunity to compete at the All-Ripken Games against other young athletes. Ripken Baseball is […]
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Josh Harris and David Blitzer, the owners of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, have announced the completion of a strategic investment in Ripken Baseball and the Cooperstown All Star Village to increase the strength and reach of the organizations to include five baseball facilities across the United States, including four complexes that operate […]
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When Cal Ripken Jr. and Bill Ripken started organizing youth baseball camps and clinics two decades ago, the mission was simple: Pass on the teachings of how to play baseball that their father, Cal Sr., instilled in them. The two Major League Baseball veterans are baseball lifers. Cal Jr. became the Ironman, playing 2,632 games […]
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Ripken Baseball is adding to its collection of baseball fields, which will allow the company to renovate four additional playing surfaces in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Branded as the Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge, the venue will be able to host teams from around the country on 10 total fields, including access to the new fields at […]
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Ripken Baseball will bring its Ripken Experience tournament play to The Legends Showdown in Round Rock, Texas, from July 11–16 at Old Settlers Park in partnership with Ryan Sanders Sports & Entertainment. The inaugural event for ages 9–14 will feature appearances by baseball legends Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken Jr. and Bill Ripken. The family-focused baseball […]
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Fraser Bullock was officially named executive chair and president for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City while former Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson was named as chief executive officer.
The @MountainWest Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in @VisitMesa, Arizona, May 21–24.
.@usavolleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to operate Destination KP, a new youth sports venue located on Long Island, New York, withTim O’Connell appointed as general manager.
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