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STAMFORD, CT, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — — The 203 Academy and the Stamford Hotel cut the ribbon on the new 203 Academy Residences in August 2025. Founded in September 2024, the 203 Sports Academy was launched by the Connecticut Junior Rangers organization, offering top-tier training for elite hockey players, both boys and girls interested in boarding and day student options from 7th-12th grades and postgraduate years. The partnership with the Stamford Hotel creates a state-of-the-art living experience to go along with a premier environment where student-athletes train, compete, and develop at the highest level. Founded by former NHL players…

Dallas, Texas, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Parker University is proud to announce that its Women’s Volleyball team has captured the 2026 NCVF National Championship in the Women’s D2AA Collegiate Club Volleyball division. The historic victory was secured at the Kansas City Convention Center and Hy-Vee Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, April 2–4, 2026, at one of the nation’s premier collegiate club volleyball events featuring over 600 teams from across the country. Making the achievement all the more remarkable, the national championship came in the program’s first-ever tournament appearance. The team entered the competition following an undefeated opening day…

Sunrise, FL, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Black Bear Sports Group, one of the nation’s premier youth and junior hockey development organizations, is celebrating the 2025-26 junior hockey regular season as the most successful in its history. Three of its teams—the Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League (USHL), the Maryland Black Bears of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), and the PAL Jr. Islanders of the National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC)—delivered record-setting performances at the team and individual levels, and saw top program alumni make their mark on NCAA Division I Ice Hockey and the National Hockey…

LOS ANGELES, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Los Angeles is preparing to open its stadiums, infrastructure and culture to millions of visitors and welcome the international spotlight for an unprecedented wave of global sports events. As this turning point nears, the Play Equity Summit convened leaders from around the world, hosted by the LA84 Foundation and Play Equity Fund, legacy organizations of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. While addressing over 500 attendees, leaders from sport, media, philanthropy, and public policy explored how Los Angeles can harness a historic run of international competitions to expand access to sport and provide…

VAUGHAN, Ontario, April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ontario Soccer is proud to introduce a major new resource that reflects its commitment to welcoming and integrating newcomers to Canada through the world’s most popular sport: The New Canadian Guide to Ontario Soccer – A reference for newcomers to help you settle into your community life in Ontario through participation in soccer. As Ontario’s communities continue to grow and diversify, soccer has proven to be a powerful catalyst for belonging, cultural connection, and settlement support. This initiative aligns directly with Ontario Soccer’s 2022–2026 Strategic Plan, where “Participant Recruitment and Retention” is identified…

NASHVILLE and CINCINNATI, April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Nashville Predators and Scripps Sports have created a landmark multi-year media rights agreement that brings free, over-the-air access to the Predators’ National Hockey League games to fans across Middle Tennessee and beyond beginning with the 2026–27 NHL season. This new agreement allows The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) to produce and distribute all local preseason, regular season and first-round playoff Predators games that are not allocated exclusively to national broadcasts. Scripps Sports will also broadcast live 30-minute pre-game and post-game shows for every locally broadcast Predators game. Scripps, which owns…

LONDON, April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As anticipation builds ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup™, the largest edition of the tournament in history, spanning the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Bookies.com has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the financial outlay facing England supporters who wish to attend one of the nation’s matches in person. With England confirmed to play three group-stage fixtures across North America, the research calculates the total cost per fan travelling from London Heathrow, incorporating return flights, four nights’ hotel accommodation, a match ticket, the price of a beer and a snack inside the stadium.…

TORONTO, April 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rock League, curling’s first professional league, announced today that ESPN+ will stream its inaugural 2026 season for fans in the United States. The first-ever Rock League event begins today, Monday, April 6 at noon ET at the TMU Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto. The event will conclude with the finals at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 12. The launch event features one of the deepest fields of elite curling talent ever assembled, including 39 athletes who competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics, 25 of whom earned medals. In total, the roster includes 60…

New York, April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heading into March Madness 2026 final weekend, Optimove Insights has analyzed betting behavior across more than 3.1 million US sports bettors from Selection Sunday through March 29. The data shows the tournament’s betting surge is driven almost entirely by existing loyal players already active on online sportsbook platforms… not new ones. Across every stage of the tournament, 97% of depositing players were existing customers. Even during the biggest spike of the tournament, a 60% surge in betting activity during the first and second weekends, first-time depositors represented just 3% of the depositing…

MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, Minn., April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Winnebago Industries (NYSE: WGO), a leading manufacturer of premium outdoor recreation products, and the Minnesota Twins today celebrate year three as the team’s Official Outdoor Adventure Partner, unveiling a new fan-focused activation, Seen in the Wild, that brings the spirit of Twins baseball beyond the ballpark and into the great outdoors across Twins Territory ahead of the Twins home opener. Building on last season’s Hit It to Win It contest, which aimed to celebrate moments of success inside Target Field, Seen in the Wild shifts the focus outside the stadium…