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The SportsTravel Podcast focuses on news, insight, trends and more from some of the top event organizers and destination executives throughout the sports-event industry. With more than 100 episodes over the past three years, the SportsTravel Podcast has become the place to listen to interviews with event organizers of all sizes, destinations ready to host […]
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In December 2022, the She Flies Gala was created as an annual fundraiser to help fund the She Flies initiatives and now, Sport Oregon has seen its growth mirror that of women’s sports across the country. The session “Creating Inclusive Communities Through Sports” at this week’s Sports ETA Annual Symposium in Portland focused on the […]
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Janis Burke, chief executive officer of the Harris County – Houston Sports Authority; John Gibbons, former executive director of the Rhode Island Sports Commission and Bill Hanson, co-founder of San Antonio Sports, will be inducted into the Sports ETA Hall of Fame as the Class of 2024 at the organization’s annual Symposium in Portland in […]
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When John McClain, the longtime Houston Chronicle sports writer who started his tenure covering the WHL Champion Houston Aeros before decades with the Oilers, Texans and NFL, was approached years ago about the idea of a Houston Sports Hall of Fame, he had one reaction. “How in the world you going to do this?” he […]
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(Editor’s Note: The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been billed as the biggest yet with 48 teams, three countries and more host cities than ever before. And throughout the process from FIFA’s visiting host city candidates, to the day of the announcement in July 2022 of which cities will host games and an inside view […]
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The morning after Michigan won its first national championship since 1997, the College Football Playoff saluted host Houston while also officially putting Atlanta on the clock for next season in the first of an expanded 12-team playoff field. Blake Corum ran for 134 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Jim Harbaugh and the top-ranked Wolverines […]
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Huntsville, Alabama, and Houston will host international cycling events with Huntsville awarded the 2026 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships and Houston awarded the 2028 UCI BMX Racing World Championships, it was announced during the recent 192nd Congress of the Union Cycliste Internationale. The 2026 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships will take place from September 4-7, […]
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Jack Rains, the founding chair of the board at the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority from 1997 through 1999, has died. From 1997 though 1999, Rains served on the HCHSA board as the Founding Chair. During his time on the board, Rains was instrumental in establishing and supporting the mission and vision of the HCHSA. Along […]
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been billed as the biggest yet with 48 teams, three countries and more host cities than ever before. And throughout the process from FIFA’s visiting host city candidates, to the day of the announcement last July of which cities will host games and an inside view of what it […]
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The NCAA Men’s Final Four, for the fourth time in its history, will be held in Houston starting with the semifinals on Saturday and the championship game on Monday. For the third time the games will be at NRG Stadium, home of the NFL’s Texans and host to many events each year. The venue will […]
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.@DelawareTourism has announced it will reopen the Sports Tourism Capital Investment Fund for applications on August 1, 2024, with a deadline of September 13. The fund provides financial support to sports facilities that hold events throughout the year.
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors in Virginia have announced the creation of the Pulaski County Sports Tourism & Entertainment Authority. The new division will manage the county’s sports tourism and entertainment facilities and assets.
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Doping, historically linked to the Olympic Summer Games for decades, is not going away as a topic of discussion at #Paris2024 as the dispute between U.S. and world doping officials has exploded into public view this week.
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