April 2, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, area soccer clubs and organizations have joined to form DMV UNITED. The group consists of clubs large and small that provide soccer programming, coaching, recreational leagues and travel programs for the area’s youth. Just as professional leagues have currently suspended play, the pandemic is …
March 25, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. — TrackTown Youth League announced that it is canceling the 2020 regular season based on the recent guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) limiting the size of public gatherings for eight weeks.
Many of the scheduled events would have taken place during …
March 24, 2020
Tokyo 2020 Olympic & Paralympic Games have been postponed. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told news agencies that he agreed with the International Olympic Committee’s president that the Summer Olympics scheduled to take place beginning July 24, 2020, would be delayed for possibly one year.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games …
March 23, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas – Following a conference call between cycling’s governing body the Union
Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the Harris County – Houston Sports Authority (Sports Authority)
regarding the global outbreak of COVID-19 and amidst the current travel restrictions, the 2020 UCI BMX World Championships scheduled for May 26–31 at Rockstar …
March 18, 2020
Jack NicklausGRAND RAPIDS, Mich.— Legendary professional golfer Jack Nicklaus will be the featured speaker at the West Michigan Sports Commission’s (WMSC) annual event on June 23 at 5 p.m. at DeVos Place’s Steelcase Ballroom.
“An Evening with Jack Nicklaus” serves as a fundraiser and progress report on the success …
March 18, 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— The United States Olympic Endowment is accepting nominations for the George M. Steinbrenner III Sport Leadership Award, which annually honors a member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic family. The award goes to the person who has made outstanding contributions to sport through management, sport organization endeavors …
March 18, 2020
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA), National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) and NCAA are postponing the annual Team Sports Rules & Management Conference scheduled for April 13-14 in Indianapolis, Ind., due to the coronavirus.
The announcement said it was in the best interest of the conference …
March 18, 2020
SPORTS ETA announced on March 16 that the annual Symposium will move amid the COVID-19 virus concerns and a ban on holding mass gatherings for the next 60 days in Kansas City, Mo.
The annual symposium was scheduled for April 20-23 in Kansas City and the organization is now working …
February 20, 2020
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa Regional Tourism, a division of the Tulsa Regional Chamber, announced that Ashleigh Bachert and Joel Koester recently joined the organization.
Bachert, previously with the Durham Sports Commission, joined Tulsa Regional Tourism as vice president of sales. Koester, previously with the Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau, …
February 20, 2020
DALLAS — J.D. Wood returned to Dallas in February to join the Dallas Sports Commission (DSC) as the director of business development and events.
Wood was previously the general manager of the Panama City Beach (Fla.) Sports Complex/Sports Facility Management and was responsible for the business development of the complex. …
