Author: Matt Traub

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Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 Cycling Returns to UCI Status

Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 cycling team is announcing its transition to a Union Cycliste Internationale program in a step up in competition for the team that since its inception 18 years ago has seen its athletes earn 14 Olympic and Paralympic medals. The team is home to the only integrated junior mentorship program of its […]

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Don Staley Given Alabama Hospitality Lifetime Achievement Award

Longtime sports tourism executive Don Staley recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Alabama Restaurant and Hospitality Association’s 2022 Stars of the Industry Awards event. Staley helped form the Tuscaloosa Sports Foundation in 2007, becoming the commission’s Executive Director of Sports from 2010 to 2014. He brought the Super Six High School Football Championships […]

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PCB College Baseball Classic Field Announced

Publix Sports Park will host 16 junior college baseball teams in the second annual Panama City Beach College Baseball Classic in Florida scheduled for February 3–5. The three-day preseason tournament features seven teams that finished the 2022 season ranked in the top 20 nationally wth three players in last year’s tournament selected in the first […]

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Kelvin Moore Named McCormick Place Vice President, General Manager

ASM Global has named Kelvin D. Moore as regional vice president and general manager of McCormick Place Convention Center, North America’s largest convention center located in Chicago. Moore has held leadership positions at convention centers, stadiums and multipurpose facilities throughout the United States, most recently as regional vice president and general manager for ASM at […]

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Aron McGuire: Driving USA Bobsled & Skeleton Through the Pandemic

  The last World Cup sliding event in North America was in 2019. All three North American tracks lost events — including world championship races in Whistler and Lake Placid — because of the pandemic, with international officials relocating those events to Europe and Asia. American and Canadian sliders spoke out about a wish for […]

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The 2022 NCAA Women's Championship Game in Minneapolis was played in front of a sellout crowd as South Carolina beat UConn for its second national title. Photo by Matt Traub / SportsTravel

NCAA Announces Sites for Future Women’s Final Fours

Four past hosts and one new location will host the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Final Four from 2027 through 2031, the NCAA announced on Monday morning. Columbus, Ohio, will host in 2027 followed by Indianapolis in 2028. San Antonio will host in 2029 with first-time host Portland, Oregon, in 2030. Dallas will host in […]

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The World Cup Trophy is illuminated prior the World Cup, group A soccer match between Qatar and Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Visit Las Vegas Sponsoring FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has signed a partnership with FIFA making it a Regional Supporter in North America for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which started on Sunday morning. FIFA sold out all sponsorship tiers and inventory officially over the weekend. It has seven FIFA Partners and seven FIFA World […]

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Pikes Peak APEX New Format, 2023 Dates Announced

The Colorado Springs Sports Corporation is the new organizer for the Pikes Peak APEX, presented by RockShox, a unique mountain bike challenge on the slopes of the Pikes Peak region’s trails. The 2023 event will maintain the vision of making Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region an internationally recognized endurance sports destination while enabling […]

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TeamSnap Acquires LeagueSide

TeamSnap has acquired LeagueSide and will launch a new offering for brands to connect with the youth sports industry and bring access to sponsorship opportunities to 19,000 sports organizations that use TeamSnap’s platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The merger will offer brands direct access to digital and on-field sponsorship opportunities from […]

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