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American Rodeo
Saddle Bronc Athlete Brody Cress competes at 2022 - 2023’s The American Contender Tournament Regional Finals (Central) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo Credit: Michael Pintar

American Contender Tournament Returns With Schedule of Qualifying Events

Las Vegas, Oklahoma City and Lexington, Kentucky, will host regional finals and semifinals during The American Contender Tournament in 2024 organized by Teton Ridge, a western lifestyle and entertainment company. The American Contender Tournament will be held for the second year running. In 2023, more than 2,500 athletes competed across the country for the chance […]

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Ormond Beach Sports Complex

2023 Youth World Series Heads to Ormond Beach Sports Complex

A youth baseball tournament organized by Athletx Sports Group will be heading to Daytona Beach, Florida, starting June 21. Called the Youth World Series, the tournament will feature 36 teams with approximately 600 participants in a total of 120 games that will be open to the public. Competitors range from ages 9-14 and 11 states […]

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Minneapolis USA Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics Awards 2024 Olympic Trials to Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota, will host the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics as well as multiple other USA Gymnastics events over the course of nine days in June 2024, the national governing body announced on Tuesday. Beginning June 22, 2024, the Minneapolis Convention Center will be the site of the USA Gymnastics Championships featuring rhythmic […]

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FIBA 3×3

FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final Headed to Saudi Arabia

FIBA has announced the 12th edition of the 3×3 World Tour Final will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 8–9, 2023. The announcement was made during a ceremony at the FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2023, in Vienna, Austria. FIBA President Hamane Niang and Dr. Ghassan Tashkandi, president of the Saudi Arabia Basketball Federation, […]

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Major League Cricket

Major League Cricket Announces Inaugural Schedule

Major League Cricket has announced the full schedule for America’s first professional franchise cricket league, set to launch on July 13. Two cricket-specific venues — Grand Prairie Stadium in North Texas, and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina — will host 19 matches. Six MLC teams will compete to be crowned as the inaugural […]

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Rhode Island FC

Bryant University to Host Rhode Island FC’s Inaugural Season

Rhode Island FC has announced that Bryant University’s Beirne Stadium will serve as the temporary home of the new United Soccer League professional soccer team for the club’s inaugural 2024 season in the USL Championship, while construction continues on the Stadium at Tidewater Landing. “Professional soccer is coming to Rhode Island in 2024,” said Rhode […]

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OKC Riversport
The Riversport whitewater complex was the site for an off-site session at the TEAMS '22 Conference & Expo in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Jared Wickerham)

Decision ‘Very Soon’ on 2028 Olympic Canoe Slalom Events in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City may be the relocated home for canoe slalom competition during the 20208 Olympic Summer Games, the International Canoe Federation has confirmed. The International Canoe Federation said during its 2022 Congress in Thailand that the canoe slalom competition for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles could be moved out of the state […]

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PFL MSG

Madison Square Garden to Host PFL Playoffs

The Professional Fighters League has announced the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City will host the remaining two 2023 PFL Playoff events on August 18 and August 23. The August 18 PFL Playoff event will feature the top four heavyweights and women’s featherweights, while the August 23 PFL Playoff event will feature […]

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50th AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships Heads to Orlando

The Amateur Athletic Union is set to host the world’s largest volleyball tournament from June 14 through July 4 in Orlando as more than 100,000 athletes and coaches representing 48 states, two U.S. territories and six countries, will converge at the Orange County Convention Center and ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex for the 50th […]

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Big 12 Mexico

Big 12 Conference Launches Big 12 Mexico

The Big 12 Conference has announced the launch of Big 12 Mexico, the conference’s first international extension that will see men’s and women’s basketball, women’s soccer and baseball games held in Mexico. Big 12 Mexico’s first event will be a men’s and women’s basketball matchup between Kansas and Houston in Mexico City at Arena CDMX […]

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