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USA Pickleball Mesa

USA Pickleball Announces $3.6 Million Impact for National Championships

USA Pickleball has announced the numbers behind the 2024 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships, which includes $3.6 million in estimated economic impact during the November 9–17 event at the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa, Arizona. The 16th year of the event brought in over 2,600 athletes from 47 states and 13 countries, in addition to […]

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Myrtle Beach US Table Tennis

Myrtle Beach to Host US Open Team Table Tennis Championships

The US Open Team Table Tennis Championships will take place August 29–31, 2025, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the first time the tournament has been held in nearly three decades. “The US Open Team Championships has a special place in the history of table tennis in America and we are incredibly excited to bring this […]

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2026 Final Four logos

2026 NCAA Men’s Final Four Logo Revealed

The official logos for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Final Four and 2026 NCAA Division II and Division III men’s basketball championships have been unveiled, featuring elements and colors that represent Indianapolis and the state of Indiana. Indianapolis will host all three championships during the same weekend in 2026. The D-II and D-III games will take […]

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X Games Sacramento
From left to right: X Games competitors Kevin Peraza, Tom Schaar, Bryce Tryon, Ryan Sheckler, Bryce Wettstein and M.C. Brandon Graham. Photo courtesy of Cal Expo

Summer X Games Headed to Sacramento Through 2027

The X Games have announced a three-year partnership with California Dreamin’ Entertainment which will bring the action sports and music festival to Cal Expo in Sacramento each summer from 2025–2027. X Games Sacramento 2025 will be August 22–24 and mark the 30th anniversary celebration of X Games. It will include skateboarding, BMX and Moto X […]

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Nashville NCAA Football

Nashville to Host FCS Championship Game in 2026 and 2027

FirstBank Stadium on the campus of Vanderbilt in Nashville will host the 2026 and 2027 Division I Football Championship games after a new venue was needed for those years. Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, the host of the game since 2010, had been slated to host through 2027. In September, Frisco City Council approved a […]

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Lake Placid Sliding Venue

Lake Placid Working With Italian Officials as a Backup Sliding Site for 2026 Winter Games

Lake Placid, New York, could be the host for bobsled, luge and skeleton in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games should the sliding venue in Cortina d’Ampezzo not be completed by March 2025. The Olympic Regional Development Authority has entered “targeted dialogue” with the 2026 Milano-Cortina Organizing Committee. Fondazione Milano Cortina and Lake Placid will further […]

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Preakness Festival

Maryland Leaders Create Preakness Festival for 2025

Several members of the Maryland government and tourism sectors have announced the creation of the Preakness Festival, a celebration of the Preakness Stakes that will take place across Maryland for the first time in 2025. Maryland Governor Wes Moore, First Lady Dawn Moore, Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott and the Sport & Entertainment Corporation of […]

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MLB Japan Airlines

MLB Partners With Japan Airlines Ahead of 2025 Tokyo Series

Major League Baseball has entered into a global partnership agreement with Japan Airlines ahead of the MLB Tokyo Series in March featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. As part of the collaboration, Japan Airlines will launch the “JAL MLB Tokyo Series Boarding Campaign,” running through February 2025. Passengers who take two domestic flights […]

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