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The NBA will partner with Microsoft on a multiyear agreement that makes the technology company the official AI, cloud and laptop partner for the NBA, WNBA, G League and USA Basketball beginning with the 2020–2021 NBA season. Microsoft and NBA Digital will create a new platform on Microsoft Azure to deliver personalized game broadcasts and […]
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There’s no denying that coronavirus pandemic has changed how sports events will take place. Around the world, the sports-event industry has moved to transform many of its venues to support health officials in their local regions. Going forward, finding unique venues to host our events will be more important than ever. Click here to download […]
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In one of the most challenging stretches the sports-event industry has ever faced, industry leaders are unsure exactly what a recovery will look like—or when it will happen. But they are looking ahead. One by one, the number of major events and leagues that began canceling or postponing competitions in the wake of the COVID-19 […]
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The Chicago Sports Alliance, the AAU’s largest licensed event operator, has announced that it will designate the Pullman Community Center in Chicago as its new Midwest headquarters. Under terms of the deal, the alliance will organize and operate tournaments, leagues, clinics and new year-round programs at the center, with the expectation it will attract a […]
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The Atlanta Dream has rebranded its organization ahead of its 13th year in the WNBA next season and will also move home games to the Gateway Center Arena at College Park in metro Atlanta’s Southside area. Gateway Center Arena, a new 100,000-square-foot arena minutes from downtown Atlanta, has its first events scheduled for November. The […]
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An international basketball tournament for young girls involved in the sport will be sponsored by the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, with the finals to coincide with annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in June 2020. “The Jump Off” will start in May 2020 with teams in grades 5–10 in eight regional brackets: New England, […]
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The WNBA’s New York Liberty, under new ownership, will have a new home for the 2020 season. The franchise will play home games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, currently the home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets. The move will allow the Liberty to move back into the New York City market after two years […]
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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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Twitch is known for its longtime role as an online platform in esports, where players can build a following and fans can watch events from around the world, either in real time or after the fact. But the growing platform hasn’t ventured too far into the Olympic landscape until a recent announcement that it would […]
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Named after the Roman goddess of the dawn and conceived as a way to celebrate women’s sports, the inaugural Aurora Games are scheduled to take place August 20–25 in Albany, New York. The sports festival will feature more than 125 professional athletes competing in six sports—basketball, tennis, figure skating, gymnastics, ice hockey and beach volleyball—on […]
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The 2026 @NFLDraft in Pittsburgh will be held from April 23–25, the league and @vstpgh have announced. The main portion of the event is expected to incorporate Pittsburgh’s North Shore and Point State Park, as well as @AcrisureStadium.
The 2025 National Duals Invitational, a top collegiate wrestling event, will take place at the @BOKCenter in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the weekend of November 15–16 with a total purse of more than $1 million up for grabs.
The city of San Jose, California, has hired former Olympic speed skater Tommy O’Hare as its new temporary sports and special events director to oversee the coordination efforts related to the massive sporting events taking place in 2026.
U.S. Figure Skating has retained Elevate Talent to lead the search for a new chief executive officer to lead the Colorado Springs-based organization.
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