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Unrivaled Sports has announced a partnership with Drew Brees to add Football ‘N’ America (FNA) — a youth flag football league co-founded by Brees — to its growing portfolio youth sports brands. Unrivaled Flag and FNA will expand leagues nationwide through new operators and communities, and connect those leagues to Unrivaled Flag’s programming including High School […]
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Ripken Baseball has announced it will crown a true national champion for the first time in its 20–plus year history with the creation of a new country–wide tournament. The organization today revealed the launch of Ripken Nationals, a premier 12U national championship tournament set to debut in 2026. Regional qualifiers will begin in March across […]
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Unrivaled Flag will host the inaugural Gold Jacket Classic in partnership with the Pro Football Hall of Fame on July 31 at Unrivaled Sports’ ForeverLawn Park in Canton, Ohio. The one-day tournament will feature boys’ and girls’ flag football divisions from 6U through 17U featuring pool play, playoffs, and championship rounds. Top teams in each […]
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Unrivaled Sports will host its inaugural Unrivaled Flag High School Girls’ Nationals June 14–15 at ForeverLawn Park, adjacent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The event is a first-of-its-kind invitational that will feature two competitive divisions and capitalizes on the growth of girls’ flag football across the country. This year’s nationals […]
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Unrivaled Sports has added Rocker B Ranch in Texas to its baseball and multi-sport division of venues with plans to expand the facility in the future. The Rocker B Ranch acquisition is the latest since Unrivaled Sports formed in 2024. In 2024, Rocker B Ranch hosted nearly 60,000 visitors, including over 900 baseball teams that […]
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Unrivaled Sports has announced the launch of Football Youth, a platform that will operate the inaugural All-American Flag Series which will feature tournament play across the country. The All-American Flag Series 2025 schedule includes stops at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, Texas (July 18–20) and the ForeverLawn Sports Complex at the Hall […]
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When Josh Harris and David Blitzer created Unrivaled Sports, it wasn’t just a catchy name. The duo founded Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment in September 2017. HBSE now owns and operates the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, the Prudential Cente, the esports organization Dignitas and holds a minority stake in the Joe […]
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Unrivaled Sports has acquired Under the Lights Powered by Under Armour, the second-largest youth flag football operator in the United States with 170 local flag football leagues and 35,000 boys and girls from first through eighth grades participating. Unrivaled Sports was created in late March by Josh Harris, David Blitzer and The Chernin Group to […]
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Unrivaled Sports, the newly launched sports venture from Josh Harris, David Blitzer and the Cherin Group, has announced the acquisition of YTH Sports, adding a soccer organization to the company’s growing portfolio. The addition of YTH Sports is expected to bring Unrivaled Sports’ event assets to nearly 600,000 athletes and 1.2 million attendees in 2024 […]
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The Ripken Baseball brand among others owned by Josh Harris and David Blitzer will be folded into a new parent company called Unrivaled Sports, which will oversee an overall broad portfolio of youth sports properties. Unrivaled Sports’ baseball division will consist of Ripken Baseball, Cooperstown All Star Village, Sports Force Parks (which was acquired in […]
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