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Super Bowl Champion Drew Brees is moving from football to pickleball. The record-breaking former NFL quarterback has joined an ownership group of Major League Pickleball team Mad Drops Pickleball Club. Brees joins a stacked roster of high-profile owners including investor and entrepreneur Andrew Dodge; Los Angeles Lakers part-owner Jim Buss; and real estate mogul and CEO […]
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The XFL has announced the cities and venues for its eight teams, starting with the upcoming season, which will kick off February 18, 2023. The announcement was made July 24 by Dany Garcia, XFL chairwoman and co-owner, and Dwayne Johnson, XFL co-owner, at an XFL Townhall event in Arlington, Texas, and streamed live on the […]
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Visit Sarasota County in Florida has named Pete Harvey as its director of sports and transitioned Nate Sweetman to the sports department to work under him as the bureau’s new sports marketing coordinator. Harvey is originally from New York but spent almost 20 years in Florida in the sports and resort arenas before living in […]
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Adidas has acquired a naming rights partnership for the new arena being developed at Porte de la Chapelle in Paris for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The German sportswear and equipment manufacturer has signed an initial five-year contract, renewable for a further seven years, with SAE POPB, the operating company which also manages Paris’ […]
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Courtney Morrison Archer has been named director of events for the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame. Archer, a veteran athletics administrator, brings more than 25 years of collegiate administrative experience to the NFF, where she will manage all of the organization’s major events, highlighted by the NFF Annual Awards Dinner held […]
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Santa Anita Park has been announced as the site for the 40th Breeders’ Cup World Championships in 2023. The famous racetrack, located in Arcadia, California, will host one of thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious international events for a record 11th time November 3–4. “Santa Anita Park is an integral part of Breeders’ Cup history and is […]
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The Indiana Sports Corp Board of Directors has announced that Patrick Talty will become president of the organization. An established executive leader in the events industry with national and international experience, Talty succeeds Ryan Vaughn. Talty becomes the seventh president of Indiana Sports Corp since its inception in 1979. “On behalf of the Indiana Sports […]
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Wisconsin Lutheran College’s Raabe Stadium in the Milwaukee area will host the Cousins Subs Lakefront Bowl on November 19, 2022, with teams from the Division III Midwest Conference and Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference competing. “We are thrilled to host the Cousins Subs Lakefront Bowl in the Milwaukee area and in one of our esteemed colleges,” […]
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The World Golf Hall of Fame is moving up the east coast. Beginning in 2024, the physical Hall of Fame will relocate from St. Augustine, Florida, to Pinehurst, North Carolina. This move is in conjunction with the United States Golf Association (USGA), as the two will collaborate on a new visitor experience at the USGA’s Golf […]
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(SportsTravel will be profiling destinations throughout the summer as visitors bureaus and sports commissions are operating events without nearly any restrictions for the first real time since the pandemic started. Sure, there’s been moments that feel like it, but this summer feels different. If your destination has a compelling story to share, send it along […]
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