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NCAA’s women’s tournament site reduction creating ‘host deserts’ amid rising fan interest
The NCAA condensing the women’s tournament to two “super regional” locations in 2023 to generate more interest and revenue has “created host deserts at a moment when fans are more likely than ever to attend a women’s basketball game,” according to Cassandra Negley of YAHOO SPORTS. The women’s game h...
Figure skating worlds head to Boston, tributes set
The ISU World Figure Skating Championships start in Boston today, marking a key moment of remembrance for a sport and club impacted by the tragedy of a mid-air collision between a commercial jet and Army helicopter two months ago. As the competition starts at TD Garden, here’s a look at what to know...
TGL closes season in style as Atlanta wins title
TGL wrapped up its inaugural season last night, as Atlanta Drive defeated N.Y. Golf Club 4-3 “to sweep the best-of-three finals and claim” the $9M first-place team prize. After making his longest putt of the TGL season on the 14th hole -- which put Atlanta GC ahead for good -- Billy Horschel “gallop...
College Basketball Crown set for debut in Las Vegas
Men’s college basketball’s newest postseason tournament is just a week away.
Medium Rare, WWE team for late-night events
Live event and production company Medium Rare is expanding into the wrestling business for the first time by partnering with WWE to stage four late-night events around Las Vegas during this year’s WrestleMania 41 weekend.
USMNT sees low turnout for Nations League with team performance, readiness questioned
The tickets for the USMNT games at SoFi Stadium for the Concacaf Nations League games were priced “so high that only a few thousand fans saw fit to open their wallets and show up,” either on Thursday or on Sunday, according to Jon Marthaler of the MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE. The USMNT managed to lose at...
Orlando looking to draw major WWE, UFC events
The Greater Orlando Sports Commission is “making an effort to draw” WWE and UFC events to the region. The organization on Monday had its request for an $18M grant over a multiyear period in tourist development tax funds advanced by the Tourist Development Tax Sports Incentive Committee. The funding ...
This Week in History: Tokyo Olympics postponed
March 24, 2020 -- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Games were originally scheduled to be held from 24 July-9 August 2020. This marked only the fourth time in the history...
U.S. host cities seeking $625M in federal security funding for 2026 FIFA World Cup
The 11 cities in the U.S. that will stage 2026 FIFA World Cup matches are “facing a battle to obtain a requested” $625M in federal funding towards the security costs of the tournament, according to Adam Crafton of THE ATHLETIC. The World Cup host committees in Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, K.C. and Phil...
SEC riding high with seven teams off to Sweet 16
The SEC “will send seven teams to the Sweet 16,” breaking a record set by the ACC nine years ago (YAHOO SPORTS, 3/23). A “record-low” four conferences will be represented in the Sweet 16, with the SEC’s seven teams joined by four Big Ten teams, four Big 12 teams and the lone ACC team in Duke (X, 3/2...
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For the league to step in and say that a team chose to play one player over another player and that was the wrong decision, I think that's a bit of a slippery slope.-- NBA EVP/Strategy & Analytics Evan Wasch, on the league monitoring player availability but not mandating how coaches rotate players in game.
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