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US Curling

Denver to Host 2023 USA Curling National Championships

The USA Curling Men’s and Women’s National Championships will be held at the Denver Coliseum from February 5–11, 2023. The victorious women’s team at the event will represent the United States at the 2023 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship, planned for March 18–26 in Sandviken, Sweden. The winning men’s team will head to the BKT […]

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Winter Dew Tour Returns to Copper Mountain

Mountain Dew and Coalition 375 have announced its annual Winter Dew Tour snowboard and ski competition and festival will return to Copper Mountain, Colorado, from February 24—26, 2023. The Winter Dew Tour will include the world’s best male and female skiers and snowboarders competing in individual superpipe and streetstyle events and a calendar of fan […]

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Winter Olympics Salt Lake City
Georg Hackl of Germany speeds past an Olympic logo during a practice run for the men's singles luge at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Salt Lake City, Sapporo Presents Bids to Host 2030 Winter Olympics to IOC

Presentations made, the 2030 Olympic Winter Games bid groups from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Sapporo are now in wait-and-see mode. Both groups presented to the International Olympic Committee’s Future Host Commission on Tuesday morning. The virtual presentations are expected to be the final ones made the Future Host Commission before it decides which bid […]

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Aron McGuire: Driving USA Bobsled & Skeleton Through the Pandemic

  The last World Cup sliding event in North America was in 2019. All three North American tracks lost events — including world championship races in Whistler and Lake Placid — because of the pandemic, with international officials relocating those events to Europe and Asia. American and Canadian sliders spoke out about a wish for […]

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2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Nationals Heading to Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, Michigan, will host the USA Curling mixed doubles nationals from February 28 through March 5, 2023. It will be a return to a regular site for the national governing body, which has held the men’s and women’s national championships three times in Kalamazoo since 2010. Founded as an arena club in 2008, the Kalamazoo […]

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IBU Cup Awarded to Lake Placid for 2026

Lake Placid, New York, will host the 2026 International Biathlon Union Cup at Mt Van Hoevenberg at its new biathlon stadium and renovated competition area. The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority made the announcement on Monday after the new IBU Executive Board met in Salzburg this past week and announced the full calendar for […]

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USA Curling Elects Bret Jackson and Colin Hufman as New Chair and Vice Chair

The USA Curling Board has elected Bret Jackson as chair and Colin Hufman as vice chair, following several resignations at the organization. Former USA Curling Board Chair Lynn LaRocca has resigned, along with independent directors Shane Coppola and Hawley McLean. Jackson, who was elected to the board on October 2022, has served in various capacities […]

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Salt Lake City Olympics
The U.S. delegation walks into Rice-Eccles Stadium during the Opening Ceremony for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. AP File Photo

Salt Lake Ready for 2030 Olympic Games if IOC Asks, Organizing Committee Says

Salt Lake City stands ready and willing to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games should it be asked by the International Olympic Committee as the field has slimmed to two contenders, Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games Chief Executive Officer Fraser Bullock said Tuesday. The SLC-Utah Committee for the Games held an […]

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Jeff Plush Resigns at USA Curling; Interim CEO Appointed

Jeff Plush has resigned as chief executive officer at USA Curling as the national governing body’s board of directors said in a Friday afternoon release that “our relationship with this community has been damaged. We have not communicated effectively, and some believe we have not listened. There has been anger, frustration, and confusion.” Plush was […]

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2024 Host Sites Announced For USA Hockey National Championships

USA Hockey has announced 11 host sites for the 2024 Chipotle USA Hockey Youth, Girls and High School National Championships with events stretching from Western New York to Las Vegas. Champions will be crowned nationwide in late March and early April. USA Hockey has conducted the country’s national championship tournaments since 1938 with teams from […]

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