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San Antonio Sports and the City of San Antonio have announced the launch of the San Antonio Marathon, set for December 7, 2025. The marathon will follow The Running Event, North America’s largest running convention, December 2–4. San Antonio Marathon weekend extends TRE with an expo on December 5–6, followed by the marathon on December […]
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The Warrior Games, which features hundreds of wounded, ill and injured military service members and veterans who compete in adaptive sporting events, will return to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2025 and then move to San Antonio, Texas, in 2026 and 2028. The annual Warrior Games was first held in 2010. It includes wheelchair basketball, cycling, […]
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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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Venus Williams, John Isner and a total of 10 ATP and WTA Tour pros will be part of the inaugural San Antonio International Team Tennis Championships at Freeman Coliseum from November 10-12, 2023. San Antonio Sports will organize the event. The San Antonio Smash will be led by Williams, Isner, Elina Svitolina, Bob Bryan and […]
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San Antonio Sports announced that Elena Wells will serve as executive director of the San Antonio Local Organizing Committee for the 2025 NCAA Men’s Final Four and Kristin Libardoni will join the staff as vice president of Events & Operations. Wells will take over a position held by Jenny Carnes, who will become San Antonio […]
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There are phrases in sports, whether on the field or off, that become legendary and shared among players, coaches, officials, parents and fans. And you can make the case that the seven most historic words in sports were signed into law on June 23, 1972: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis […]
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The San Antonio Sports Board of Directors has chosen Jenny Carnes to succeed Russ Bookbinder as president and chief executive officer of the organization, effective January 1, 2023. Carnes has worked with the nonprofit organization since 2000. Bookbinder announced in May that he was stepping down at the end of the year to spend more […]
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After 10 years at the helm of San Antonio Sports, President and Chief Executive Officer Russ Bookbinder will step down at the end of the year so that he and his wife can be closer to family in Waco. San Antonio Sports has expanded its signature youth programto serve thousands of children in 58 Title […]
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An international cycling event sponsored by the organization that runs the Tour de France is reportedly heading to San Antonio in 2022. L’Etape du Tour, a global cycling series sponsored by the same group that organizes the Tour de France, will hold an event in San Antonio from April 8–10, 2022, San Antonio Sports Chief […]
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