LAS VEGAS– College hockey returns to T-Mobile Arena in January when four of the nation’s top programs face-off in the second-annual Ice Vegas Invitational. The four-team tournament, featuring UConn, Air Force, Western Michigan and St. Lawrence, will be played January 4-5, 2019 as announced Monday by bd Global, who will promote the event in partnership…
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LAS VEGAS – Defending MAAC champion Iona leads the field four-team Middleweight Bracket of the 2018 MGM Resorts Main Event. The Gaels, 20-14 last season after falling to Duke in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, will be joined by Hartford (19-14 last season), Utah Valley (23-11) and Long Beach State (15-18). The Middleweight…
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ESTERO, Fla. – Dunk City returns to Germain Arena when the hometown FGCU men’s basketball team makes the 3.5-mile drive from campus for the Gulf Coast Showcase men’s tournament, to be played Nov. 19-21, 2018. The Eagles join perhaps the most-competitive field in the six years of the tournament with four teams that each won…
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ESTERO, Fla.– Three Top-25 teams highlight the women’s field for the sixth annual Gulf Coast Showcase, the annual men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments played each Thanksgiving at Germain Arena. Texas, Duke and Missouri all finished among the Top-25 at the end of last season and expected to be ranked once again in the pre-season…
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LAS VEGAS– A rivalry will be renewed when UNLV plays BYU on Saturday, Dec. 15 at T-Mobile Arena as part of a nationally televised doubleheader that includes LSU vs. Saint Mary’s. The event, dubbed the Neon Hoops Showcase, is now in its sixth year in Las Vegas as a benefit for Coaches vs. Cancer. UNLV…
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NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS– Defending Big Sky champion Montana, Towson and Georgia Southern headline the field of the the second-annual “The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase” on Nov. 16-18, 2018 in Nassau. The event will feature 12 total games during the three-day event. The field and pairings for the tournament were released Thursday by the event’s…
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Defending NCAA Champion Notre Dame will tip-off the inaugural Vancouver Showcase women’s tournament against two-time defending West Coast Conference champion Gonzaga on Thursday, Nov. 22 at noon PT at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The loaded field also includes 2017 National Champion South Carolina and Pac-12 power Oregon State. Tournament organizer, bd Global,…
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LAS VEGAS – College basketball returns to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when the fifth annual MGM Resorts Main Event tips off on November 19 & 21. The tournament’s Heavyweight Bracket will tip Monday, Nov. 19 with St. Mary’s vs. Utah State at 5:30 p.m. PT followed by Arizona State vs. Mississippi State at 8…
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BY MIKE FIELDS Yes, it rained on the parade that was the first regular PGA TOUR event in Kentucky in more than half a century, but the Barbasol Championship was nevertheless a successful big-time sports happening that should only grow and get better in coming years. That’s the takeaway of tournament director Brooks Downing, whose…
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BY MIKE FIELDS A light rain started to fall just when the Barbasol Championship trophy ceremony got underway on the 18th green at Champions at Keene Trace early Monday afternoon, but there were bright smiles all around, the brightest worn by Troy Merritt, the winner of the first PGA TOUR event in Kentucky in almost 60…
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