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You’ve seen cheerleaders at sporting events before. You’ve likely even seen drum majors call out the songs for marching bands to play. But you’ve likely never experienced anything quite like the group of 200 or so cheerleaders that North Korea has brought to the Olympic Winter Games and who are making their presence known at […]
Continue ReadingIn recent years, curling has become one of the most popular sports at the Olympic Winter Games, especially among television viewers in the United States. With the sport adding a mixed doubles discipline this year, SportsTravel caught up with USA Curling CEO Rick Patzke at the Gangneung Curling Center to discuss how things are going […]
Continue ReadingThere are four sports making their debut at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and the first one up this week is mixed curling. Unlike traditional curling, which is divided into men’s and women’s disciplines, each featuring four players, mixed curling is a team of one man and one woman throwing stones and sweeping with the […]
Continue ReadingAs Opening Ceremonies go, the kickstart to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, was a spectacular affair, albeit a freezing one. Wind chills had the temperature in the teens, although a region known for its windy days and nights generally let up on the howling gusts. Nonetheless, each spectator in the temporary […]
Continue ReadingLindsey Vonn is an Olympic champion and a skiing legend. But during a press conference hours before the Opening Ceremony, she also showed why the opening event at the Olympic Games holds so much power to inspire. “I’ve always been in awe of the Olympics, especially in 2002—my first Olympics. I was 17, it was […]
Continue ReadingEven before she became mayor of Salt Lake City in 1992, Deedee Corradini was involved in the city’s effort to host the Olympic Winter Games. Being able to speak Arabic and French made her a key part of the city’s effort, which after failing to secure the 1998 Games was successful in its bid to host in 2002. But it wasn’t until her tenure as mayor ended in 2000 and the Games had passed that she learned of the plight of women ski jumpers, who at the time were not allowed to compete at the Games. That led her to Women’s Ski Jumping USA, where she became president…
Continue ReadingFraser Bullock was officially named executive chair and president for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City while former Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson was named as chief executive officer.
The @MountainWest Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in @VisitMesa, Arizona, May 21–24.
.@usavolleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to operate Destination KP, a new youth sports venue located on Long Island, New York, withTim O’Connell appointed as general manager.
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