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Boccia athletes Cassie Mitchell and Nick Taylor discuss strategy at Lakeshore Foundation. Photo via World Boccia

World Boccia S​elects Birmingham and Lakeshore Foundation for International Competition in 2026

Birmingham, Alabama, has been chosen as the host city for the 2026 World Boccia Challenger from June 16–23, 2026, at Lakeshore Foundation, the Boccia International Sports Federation has announced. The Birmingham 2026 World Boccia Challenger event will bring together athletes from around the globe and will mark the first time since 2017 that the United […]

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International Golf Tour Operators Visit Birmingham for North American Convention

More than 300 delegates from 33 countries took Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail to Birmingham to attend the 16th annual North America Golf Tourism Convention and two days of meetings plus two rounds of golf at RTJ Golf Trail’s Oxmoor Valley and Ross Bridge courses. “It was an absolute pleasure to welcome IAGTO and […]

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Greater Birmingham CVB Names Dan Williams as New President & CEO

The Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau in Alabama has named Dan Williams as its next President and Chief Executive Officer starting in June, succeeding John Oros. Williams joins the GBCVB from Experience Columbus, where he currently serves as chief sales officer. Williams has been with Experience Columbus since 2015. Prior to that, he served […]

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Birmingham City FC Partners with Greater Birmingham CVB

Birmingham City Football Club, an English football club in League One, has announced a partnership with the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau, the official tourism and marketing organization for the Alabama destination. The GBCVB logo will be featured on the back of Birmingham City uniforms until the end of the 2026–2027 season. The partnership […]

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Birmingham to Host 2025 USA Judo Senior Nationals

The 2025 USA Judo Senior National Championships will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Comple. The shiai competition will be held on May 24 with the Kata Nationals on May 25. The tournament is expected to draw more than 600 participants. The competition will take place at the BJCC, which includes a […]

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Tulsa and Birmingham to Host National Senior Games

The 2027 National Senior Games will be held in Tulsa with the 2029 Games heading to Birmingham, Alabama, the National Senior Games Association announced on Tuesday. This will be the first time the National Senior Games is held in Tulsa and marks a return to Birmingham after The Games were hosted there in 2017. The […]

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Rickwood Field still has a lot of its original architecture and plenty of old school charm. Photo courtesy of the GBCVB

Major League Baseball, Rickwood Field to Spotlight Negro League Greats

Rickwood Field is a bucket list location for any baseball fan and June 20, the world will get the full experience of the oldest professional ballpark in the United States. The field in Birmingham, Alabama, which opened in 1910, has seen 180 future Baseball Hall of Famers compete on its hallowed grounds. Now, Rickwood Field […]

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Fans cheer during the second half of a game between Texas and Iowa State in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns will play at Iowa State this season in its farewell tour of the Big 12 before moving to the Southeastern Conference. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

College Football 2023: Realignment Dominates, On And Off The Field

As the temperatures (slowly) become cooler and the days become shorter, fall brings the promise of football and the pageantry of the college game — an experience unmatched almost anywhere in sports. Tailgating is a four-day weekend where the sport is a religion and for an elite few, the idea of a national championship sits […]

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66th Hartford Nationals Starts in Alabama

The 66th Hartford Nationals, Move United’s largest and longest-standing national sport championship event for athletes with a physical disability, visual impairment, and/or intellectual disability, will take place in Hoover and Birmingham, Alabama, from July 8–14. More than 400 athletes with disabilities and coaches are expected to participate in a series of events that include competitions, […]

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USFL Adds Memphis as 2023 Competition Hub

Officials from the USFL and the city of Memphis have reached an agreement for the Memphis Showboats to play the USFL 2023 season at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, home of the 1980s team that featured Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White. Memphis is the second city that will host games in the second spring […]

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