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The home of Arizona State basketball and other sports will have a new name as the Wells Fargo Arena becomes the Desert Financial Arena for the next five years. The agreement sees the university getting paid $1.5 million per year from Desert Financial Credit Union, which has been in the Phoenix area since 1939. The […]
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One of the most hallowed arenas in college basketball is getting improvements to modernize it a bit and there is a big drawback for fans: Less seating. Rupp Arena, the home of Kentucky basketball since 1976, will replace bleacher seats in the upper deck with chairback seating for the first time. Ahead of the basketball […]
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Sports fans know Oklahoma City as the home of the NCAA Women’s College World Series every year, but fewer people are aware that, 100 miles or so down the road, Tulsa has become an important site for another college sport: tennis. For the past 14 years the city has hosted the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men’s […]
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Esports will be even more a part of the fabric of collegiate sports through the National Junior College Athletic Association, which has announced the creation of NJCAA Esports to provide two-year colleges with official national championships in the sport. The new framework will also provide guidance for colleges to build and operate esports programs, as […]
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For the first time ever, the NCAA Division II men’s and women’s soccer championships are headed to the Rocky Mountains — the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, to be precise. The RMAC has officially been named the host of the 2021 men’s and women’s championships, and will hold the event at the new Switchbacks FC Stadium […]
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After having a record crowd on hand to watch hometown LSU capture the title in 2019, the Southeastern Conference has already decided to return to New Orleans for the SEC Gymnastics Championships in 2021. The league announced that the meet will be held again at the Smoothie King Center in Louisiana. It will be the […]
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The bid portal for destinations interested in hosting an NCAA championship for the 2022–2023 through 2025–2026 academic years has now opened, with more than 500 preliminary round and final host sites sought for 90 championship events. Cities interested in learning more about the bidding process will also be able to attend a seminar hosted by […]
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In weightlifting, it’s a matter of seconds between the time an athlete attempts a lift and the time he or she finishes the move. But several recent efforts by USA Weightlifting to attract new athletes—including a concerted push to become a collegiate sport through the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics—are designed for the long haul. […]
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The 2019 USA Triathlon Draft-Legal National Championships will be hosted by Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, on November 16 as part of a day that will also include the Women’s Collegiate Triathlon National Championships. The race will include a multi-lap course at Tempe Town Lake with a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike ride and 5-kilometer […]
Continue ReadingThe NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics has recommended that acrobatics and tumbling, and wrestling, be added to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program in all divisions. If the recommendation is adopted, the sports would join the program August 1, 2020. The emerging sports program is an NCAA pipeline that supports the advancement of women’s […]
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Fraser Bullock was officially named executive chair and president for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City while former Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson was named as chief executive officer.
The @MountainWest Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in @VisitMesa, Arizona, May 21–24.
.@usavolleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to operate Destination KP, a new youth sports venue located on Long Island, New York, withTim O’Connell appointed as general manager.
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