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Beard Team USA has announced the 2024 National Beard & Moustache Championships will be held in Everett, Washington, on November 2 at the Everett Theatre. The National Championships will include an amateur competition on November 1 and the chance to set and/or break four Guinness World Records of longest beard and moustache chains. “We are […]
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The 2024 NAIA national championship football game will be at Durham County Memorial Stadium in North Carolina on December 21 at noon. “We’re excited to welcome the NAIA National Football Championship back to Durham,” said Marcus Manning, executive director of the Durham Sports Commission. “We can sense the positive momentum growing with every event and […]
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Visit Casper has finished the first year of a campaign with Logan Wilson, a Casper native and linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals, to promote the Wyoming destination as a place to visit. Wilson and his wife Morgan have been promoting Casper and Natrona County through reels, Instagram posts and stories with content that included summer […]
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The Lansing Sports Commission has named Kendall Boelman its new sports coordinator. Boelman joined the team in February 2024 as an intern. In her role as sports coordinator, Boelman will support team members in attracting, creating and hosting events. She will also provide administrative support including creating client presentations and proposals and coordinating the commission’s […]
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Explore Asheville and the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority have announced Jay Curwen as director of sports, film and entertainment. Curwen will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to attract and retain profitable opportunities in the sports, film and entertainment industries for Asheville and Buncombe County. Curwen, an Asheville native and sales executive, has experience […]
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Distinctly Fayetteville in North Carolina has announced three new hires. Sierra Baxter is the new sports development manager, Diana Potts will serve as director of administration and human resources and Pernell Edwards joins as sports sales manager. “We are thrilled to welcome Sierra, Diana and Pernell to the Distinctly Fayetteville team and look forward to […]
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The Hamilton County Sports Authority in Indiana has unveiled a new logo and strategic plan ahead of its upcoming 20th anniversary in 2025. The new logo features the letters HCSA within a championship banner. Pillars of HCSA’s three-year strategic plan include a focus on sustainability, adaptive sports and fostering sportsmanship. HCSA says it will continue […]
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The Greater Gainesville Sports Alliance in Georgia has announced the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club will host the American Canoe Association US Sprint National Championships from August 6–9, 2024, at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville. The four-day regatta is open to the public and will showcase canoe and kayak sprint athletes of all ages […]
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Industry professionals have a new data set to review as they make their case for the benefits of sports-related travel. Cimarron Global Solutions and Longwoods International, with support of the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, have launched a new report that aims to measure resident sentiment toward sporting events across the United States. The result of the first report: […]
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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has announced a partnership with Formula 1, making the organization an Official Partner of Formula 1. The official destination marketing organization of Southern Nevada are founding partners of the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix. This new partnership aims to strengthen the relationship between F1 and Las […]
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Ties between two future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games hosts were continuing to deepen this week as a delegation of governmental officials from France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, part of the French Alps 2030 Games, are visiting Salt Lake City.
.@MLSNEXT, a youth soccer competition, has announced a new tier that will increase the number of clubs in the program and expand the overall pool of players and coaches with @3StepSports as one of the regional operators.
As multiple massive wildfires continue to burn across Los Angeles County, the sports world has felt the effects, with postponements and the possible relocation of an NFL playoff game.
Kansas City will host a professional softball series in June featuring the Florida Vibe, New York Rise and Kansas City Diamonds to run concurrently with the Top Gun Invitational, a softball tournament that brings over 300 teams to the Kansas City.
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