The Fantastic Four
Bob Latham: Winners And Losers
The NCAA Women’s Final Four earned its place on the sporting map long ago, but this year’s event seemed to secure an…
Gary Bettman
Gary Bettman was named commissioner of the National Hockey League in 1993, making him the longest-serving leader of the major North American sports leagues. In that time, the league has expanded to 30 teams and will add a new franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights, next season. In the meantime, the NHL has created a popular outdoor series of events and in September launched a revamped World Cup of Hockey with eight international squads. That move came as the league was deciding whether to send players to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, as it has for every Games since 1998. In April, Bettman announced the league…
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NCAA Wrestling Championships
No collegiate conference has put its stamp on wrestling more than the Big Ten. Penn State recently won the team title at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Scottrade Center in St. Louis—the school’s sixth title in the last seven years and the 11th straight win for a Big Ten member. And if a city…
Continue ReadingSailing Events Set a Course Along the Shore By Rachel Carter As the America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Extreme Sailing Series and Sailing World Cup hit the water, the eyes of the world will be watching elite athletes crew the most sophisticated boats in existence. But even as organizers prepare for these international sailing spectacles, […]
Continue ReadingOff and Running in New England
New England is steeped in American history, and that’s no less true in sports than it is in politics. Both basketball and volleyball were invented in Massachusetts, the world’s oldest annual marathon still runs the streets of Boston, and the first game of hockey in America was played in New Hampshire. But the region is […]
Continue ReadingA New Era for Soccer
The U.S. Soccer Federation is intent on making the United States a major player in the FIFA World Cup men’s and women’s soccer tournaments every four years. And one of its key strategies for realizing that goal is to create more opportunities for players to grow in the game. The USSF now recognizes three professional […]
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IOC Begins Site Visit for LA2024 Bid
Leaders of the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games began their formal pitch to the IOC Evaluation Commission by highlighting the bid’s…
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Rob Urbach Departs as CEO of USA Triathlon
USA Triathlon has announced that CEO Rob Urbach has left his position, effective immediately, to pursue other professional opportunities…
Continue ReadingPittsburgh Wins Big With NCAA Bids
After receiving in excess of 3,000 bids, the NCAA in April announced more than 600 host sites for championship events through the 2021–2022 season across Divisions I, II and III. No city fared better than Pittsburgh, which landed 22 events, including such prizes as the 2019 Division I wrestling and volleyball championships and the 2021 […]
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Omaha Awarded 2020 Olympic Swimming Trials
USA Swimming has announced that it will stage the 2020 Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the fourth consecutive time the city will…
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