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Podcast Ray Allen Leroy Arrington

Ray Allen and Leroy Arrington on Being a Youth Sports Dad, Organizing Events at the ESPN Wide World of Sports and Life After the NBA

Ray Allen played 18 seasons in the NBA and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2018. Allen was a 10-time NBA All-Star and won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States men’s basketball team. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA […]

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Unrivaled HS Nationals

Unrivaled Sports to Host Inaugural Flag High School Girls’ Nationals

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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2025 US Youth Soccer Eastern Presidents Cup

Montgomery County to Host US Youth Soccer Eastern Presidents Cup

The 2025 US Youth Soccer Eastern Presidents Cup will take place in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School in Plymouth Meeting and The Proving Grounds in Conshohocken. The regional tournament will take place June 13–17. Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer will host the event in partnership with Valley Forge Sports and the Valley Forge […]

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Perfect Game, Sports Facilities Companies to Host Youth Baseball Clinic in Alabama

Perfect Game, in partnership with The Sports Facilities Companies, has announced a youth baseball clinic on May 19 at the Hoover Met Complex in Alabama before the start of the SEC Baseball Tournament. The clinic will welcome nearly 500 students from Birmingham City Schools and Hoover City Schools for a morning of instruction and games […]

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Kalamazoo County Approves Funding for Indoor Sports Facility

Kalamazoo County hotels in Michigan have passed a vote to create funding for a $40 million indoor sports facility that will feature space for eight basketball courts or 16 volleyball courts, as well as an indoor turf field. Kalamazoo hotels approved the creation of the Kalamazoo County Event Center Assessment District. Starting June 1, hotels […]

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USA Triathlon

USA Triathlon Creates Youth and Junior Cross National Championships

USA Triathlon will hold its inaugural Youth and Junior Cross National Championships from July 12–13 on the mountain biking trails in Hagg Lake, Oregon. The inaugural youth event will take place in conjunction with USA Triathlon Cross National Championships, offering multisport athletes of all abilities the chance to compete in cross triathlon on a national […]

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Sandhills Global Youth Complex
Former Nebraska Cornhusker and Kansas City Royals player Alex Gordon spoke during the grand opening of the Sandhills Global Youth Complex in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sandhills Global photo

Sandhills Global Youth Complex Holds Grand Opening

The Sandhills Global Youth Complex in Lincoln, Nebraska, held its official grand opening ceremony on April 26, with members of the community and former Major League Baseball players celebrating a project expected to bring between $15–20 million to the area each year. The all-turfed complex will host local, regional and national baseball and softball tournaments […]

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Richmond United Tournament Series Partners With The 288 Group

Richmond United Tournament Series has announced a partnership with The 288 Group, a Richmond–based marketing and travel services provider, to enhance lodging and transportation experiences for teams and families attending its tournament series. “Partnering with The 288 Group was a meaningful and natural step for us,” said Chris Friant, director of tournaments for Richmond United. […]

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US Youth Soccer

US Youth Soccer Names Tom Condone Chief Executive Officer

US Youth Soccer has named 20–year soccer veteran Tom Condone as its new chief executive officer, placing Condone in charge of 54 USYS member state associations, 10,000 clubs/leagues and one million administrators, coaches and volunteers. Condone was named US Youth Soccer interim chief executive officer in February after the departure of Skip Gilbert, who had […]

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