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USA Weightlifting will return to Lombard, a suburb 20 miles west of Chicago, for the 2019 National Junior Championship, February 14-17. The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, which also hosted the 2017 USA Weightlifting National Championship, will serve as the...

Nearly 3,000 cheerleaders showcased their talents at the 17th annual Illinois Elementary School Association State Cheerleading Championships on January 20 in the Exhibit Hall of the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. A record tying number of schools from...

USA Track & Field announced the 2018 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships will be held June 21-24 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. The five-day event will bring 1,000 of the best track and field athletes from across the country to compete for the...

Major League Triathlon recently announced the third-year league will return to Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 21. The triathlon will once again consist of 32 of the best professional triathletes in the world. Each athlete will swim 300 meters in the Atlantic Ocean,...

Leading diamond sports brands Game Day USA, Baseball Youth and The Youth Baseball and Softball Nationals are coming together under the Athletx Sports Group umbrella to forge the fastest growing baseball and softball events and media company in the country. Athletx...

The Professional Disc Golf Association recently announced the 2019 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships will be held in and around Peoria, 167 miles south of Chicago. The 2019 Pro World Championships is expected to bring 300 players and up to 5,000...

TBK Bank and the BettPlex sports complex recently announced TBK Bank will become the new naming rights partner for the indoor-outdoor sports facility in Bettendorf, Iowa, the fourth largest city in the Quad Cities. The venue will be called the TBK Bank Sports Complex...

The sports event business will continue to grow for those willing to adapt. The tournament sports and special events business is booming across America with communities investing in venue developments and tax incentives to lure tourism dollars. The result, as with any...

Elkhart County, located in northern Indiana near the state border, has broken ground on a $65 million aquatic, fitness and community center. Coming in 2019, this 170,000-square-foot facility will include: a state-of-the-art fitness center focused on wellness and...

Foley, Alabama, 40 miles southeast of Mobile, will be packed Dec. 1-3 with more than just the usual array of holiday shoppers as the Alabama Compulsory State Meet visits the Foley Event Center, bringing about 1,000 gymnasts and their families. The Compulsory Meet...

U.S. Figure Skating recently announced the selection of XFINITY Arena in Everett, Washington as the host for the 2018 Skate America from Oct. 19-21, 2018. The international event will be the first of six stops on the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure...

USA Badminton recently announced the Harbour Pointe Badminton Club, in conjunction with the Snohomish County Sports Commission, has been awarded the 2018 Adult National Championships. The annual event will be played April 13-15, 2018, in Mukilteo, Wash., which sits 22...