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Fort Wayne has hosted the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Final Four this past weekend with Trinity (Connecticut) winning the title. Photo courtesy of Visit Fort Wayne

March Madness Remains a Big Deal in Small Divisions

Thursday tips off the Sweet Sixteen for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament with the women’s action picking up on Friday, shining a spotlight on a total of six cities throughout the United States. The winners of those regionals will head to either San Antonio or Tampa Bay, basking in the glow and national attention of […]

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CSU Team Photo
Colorado State, which won the Mountain West Tournament title, is one of five schools that will depart the conference for the Pac-12 in fall of 2026. Photo by Justin Shaw/SportsTravel

In Las Vegas, College Basketball Realignment on Everybody’s Minds

One year ago, as Gloria Nevarez, Stu Jackson and Dan Butterly arrived in Las Vegas for their respective basketball championship tournaments, they were all asked about the demise of the Pac-12. Fast forward 12 months and again the impact of the Pac-12 — which will return in September 2026 — is a main topic. For […]

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IEM Cologne Michal Konkol
The 2024 IEM event in Cologne, Germany, featured top players from around the world. ESL FaceIt Group photo by Michal Konkol
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Esports Industry’s Host Selection Process Proving Successful

As the esports world continues to grow, its biggest events have outgrown the old process of flying around the world and hoping to find the right destination. These days, major esports events are getting the same treatment as traditional sports events when it comes to the bidding process, with Blast and ESL FaceIt Group leading […]

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SEC Tipoff
South Carolina and Texas tip off in the SEC Women's Basketball Tourmament championship game in front of a soldout crowd at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Why SEC Women’s Basketball Has Found a Home in Greenville

Once the flight landed in Greenville, South Carolina, on a Friday afternoon, a person in first class wearing a Mississippi State polo shirt walked off the plane, followed a few rows back by a man in a purple LSU Tigers shirt. In a downtown hotel lobby, a mother with her daughter — both wearing Vanderbilt […]

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Champions Rising

USA Football Releases Flag Football Documentary

As flag football continues its rapid ascendance around the world, USA Football is capitalizing on the increased interest with the documentary “Champions Rising: USA Football’s National Team.” The 90-minute film, produced by Duality Sports & Entertainment and directed by Mike Pacicco, premiered on USA Football’s YouTube channel today. The documentary chronicles the journey of the […]

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The Netflix Slam, A Live Netflix Sports Event
Rafael Nadal competes in The Netflix Slam, a live Netflix Sports event at the MGM Resorts' Michelob Ultra Arena on March 3, 2024. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images via MGM Resorts)
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MGM Resorts Building Out Sports Events Division

When Jannik Sinner, the top-ranked men’s tennis player in the world, agreed to start serving a three-month ban connected to a pair of failed doping tests, the news reverberated to Las Vegas — where Sinner was scheduled to play in the MGM Rewards Slam at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. That meant MGM Resorts International […]

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On Location Promises ‘Elevated’ Experiences for 2026 Olympics

The fact that the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are smaller than their summer counterpart, that the venues are day-long trips between clusters and there are a key series of events with no firm location yet has not stopped the clamor for hospitality packages when the Opening Ceremony starts in Milan on February 6, […]

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MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final. Photo via Associated Press
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Report: U.S. Travel System Not Ready for FIFA World Cup, Olympics

The United States needs immediate action within the travel industry ahead of the 2025 Ryder Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and other events, the U.S. Travel Association said with the release of an advocacy report. The Commission on Seamless and Secure Travel, which issued the report, is comprised of former […]

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Super Bowl Football
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, third right poses with, left to right, Zaileen Janmohamed, president and CEO of the Bay Area Host Committee, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Jed York, San Francisco 49ers CEO, Al Guido, 49ers President and BAHC Board President and Noah Wintroub, Global Chairman of JPMorgan and BAHC Board Chairman, during a news conference the morning after Super Bowl 59 between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Bay Area’s Big 2026: Organizing the Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup

NEW ORLEANS — Throughout preparations ahead of next summer’s FIFA World Cup, organizers have trumpeted every match as being like a Super Bowl. That means the Bay Area will host six Super Bowls in the summer — after the actual Super Bowl in February 2026. “There’s something really exciting about it,” Bay Area Host Committee […]

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