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Seattle Awarded NHL Expansion Team

The National Hockey League will expand to Seattle for the 2021–2022 season. The NHL board of governors unanimously approved what will be the league’s 32nd team, which will play home games in a to-be-renovated KeyArena. The move brings professional hockey back to Seattle decades after the former Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz
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Ensuring a Sport’s Future: How U.S. Hang Gliding and Paragliding Saved Itself

It was August 2015 when Martin Palmaz first got the word. As executive director of the U.S. Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association, Palmaz was regularly in touch with the flight schools around the country that help keep the sport aloft. This time, one of them was relaying some distressing news: Its insurance policy was not […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz
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IAAF Names Jon Ridgeon CEO

Jon Ridgeon has been named CEO of the IAAF, the international federation for track and field. The 51-year-old competed for Great Britain in the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles from 1984 to 1996 and competed at the 1988 and 1996 Olympics. He also has held leadership roles in several sports-related business, including most recently as […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz
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The Pac-12 Extends Partnership With 76

The Pac-12 Conference and 76, the retail gas brand owned by energy manufacturing and logistics company Phillips 66, have extended the presenting sponsorship agreement of the Pac-12 championship game. The multiyear deal will have 76 continue as presenting sponsor of the 2019 Pac-12 Football Championship Game. “The Pac-12 Football Championship Game is the pinnacle of our annual conference […]

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Posted On : By : Jennifer Lee
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IOC Grants Provisional Recognition to Federation of International Lacrosse

The Federation of International Lacrosse has received provisional three-year recognition from the International Olympic Committee, a step in the sport’s potential future inclusion at the Olympic Games. The designation also allows the FIL to receive funding from the IOC and apply for development programs. “The IOC executive board’s decision to provisionally recognize FIL has created a major […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz
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PBA World Series of Bowling Returns to Detroit Area

The Professional Bowlers Association will return to Allen Park, Michigan, near Detroit for the 10th anniversary of the World Series of Bowling in March 2019. Thunderbowl Lanes, which hosted the first edition of the event in 2009, will once again host. And in a first for professional bowling, the series will include five consecutive nights of primetime […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz

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