by Monica Mendoza Published: March 21,2012
Tags: Colorado Springs, Sky Sox baseball
Sky Sox fans can get up-to-date stats on their favorite home team on a new iPhone and Android app. The new app for iPhone and Android, powered by Tech for Less, allows fans to download the team’s schedule, stats, news, merchandise and online ticketing system. The new Sky Sox app is available for free download [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: March 19,2012
Tags: championship tournament, Colorado Springs, National Wheelchair Basketball Association
More than 1,000 of the nation’s top wheelchair basketball athletes arrive this week in Colorado Springs for the National Wheelchair Basketball tournament. For the first time, the National Wheelchair Basketball Association, which is headquartered in the Springs, chose to host its annual tournament in its hometown. Tip off and a local celebrity VIP game are [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: March 13,2012
Registration is open for the 2012 Rocky Mountain State Games, which is expected to attract 7,000 athletes to Colorado Springs this summer. Colorado amateur athletes of all ages and skill levels, including physically disabled, visually impaired and Paralympic athletes, can register now to compete in the multi-sport festival. In 2011, the event was expected to [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: March 2,2012
Tags: Business of Sports, sky sox
Sky Sox baseball is all about the game — but it’s not the game you might expect. Sure, it’s America’s favorite pastime, rich with history of the iconic dugout, mound and diamond where minor-league players hustle toward a shot of getting called up to the big leagues. But it’s also a business game, an effort [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: February 14,2012
Tags: Colordo Springs, poster contest, USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Dozens of artists across the country are expected to compete in the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge poster competition. The winners will each earn $500 and VIP tickets to sections of the week-long cycling race through Colorado, which is classified as second only to the Tour de France. Last year, 82 people entered their work [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: February 1,2012
Tags: Colorado College hockey, Colorado Springs, world arena
College hockey fans – including Colorado College Tiger fans – will be able to watch their favorite teams in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference on television in the 2013-14 season. The newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference, which is based in Colorado Springs, inked a multi-year deal with CBS Sports Network to televise the games. [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: January 25,2012
Tags: Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Tourism
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for the famed Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and organizers are predicting another record year for attendance and sales. Ticket sales for the July 8 event will be open to the public at www.PPIHC.com – the official website for the event. For the first time, race organizers are offering round-trip [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: January 17,2012
A lot of cycling enthusiasts would like the chance to ride with the pros in the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Now they’ll get their shot, if they pay $10,500. The select few who can pay the fee will ride the seven-day course with retired professional cyclist and Colorado Springs businessman Chris Carmichael. Dubbed the [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: January 4,2012
Top Olympians will be featured on U.S. Olympic trading cards for the 2012 London games. The U.S. Olympic Committee announced New York-based Topps Company as the exclusive trading card producer of Team USA for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games. Topps products include trading cards for the National Football League, Major League Baseball, Ultimate [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: December 30,2011
Colorado Springs made an intentional bid on one of the last legs of the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge race with the understanding that later stages promise even bigger slices of the economic pie. In the 2012 race, which is classified as second only to the Tour de France, cyclists will race out of Breckenridge [...] [...]
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