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Snow-sport equipment sales on pace for record year

by Amy Gillentine Published: January 28,2011

Tags: skiing, snow, snowbaoard, Sports, winter

Early snow gave the snow sports market a much needed boost in December, with the industry selling more than $1 billion worth of equipment, apparel and accessories during the month. It’s the first time snow sport sales topped a billion dollars in a single month, and the snow sports market is on track for a [...] [...]

Focus on the Family will run ads on Broncos games

by Associated Press Published: August 11,2010

Tags: broncos, Focus on the Family, Sports, Tebow

Focus on the Family will run statewide ads during Denver Broncos games for the first time this season. The Colorado Springs-based family-counseling ministry attracted a lot of attention by running an ad during the Super Bowl featuring Tim Tebow, now a Broncos’ rookie quarterback. There are no plans to include Tebow, an evangelical Christian, in [...] [...]

World Cup not the only sports headliner (access required)

by Becky Hurley Published: June 15,2010

Tags: international competition, Sports, USOC

While the world focuses its attention to South Africa and the International Federation of Football Associations World Cup, Team USA athletes in other summer sports continue to battle global opponents with great success. Today’s Olympic Sports Scene included news on several athletic fronts: The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team earned a silver medal during the [...] [...]

Warrior Games begin tomorrow (access required)

by Becky Hurley Published: May 10,2010

Tags: Sports, U.S Paralympics, United States Olympic Committee, Warrior games

The 2010 Warrior Games, which feature 200 wounded, injured and ill personnel from all military branches, begins tomorrow in Colorado Springs. The games feature seven sports at venues including the U.S. Olympic Training Center, the United States Air Force Academy and Memorial Park. U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, the Department [...] [...]

Sports equals economic development (access required)

by Published: June 5,2009

Tags: Lon Matejczyk, Sports

Colorado Springs is a sports town … supposedly. A disjointed sports town, perhaps. Investment in the community during a downturn in the economy makes more sense than curling up and letting opportunities pass by. The city’s decision to save money by not watering parks and letting the grass turn brown is an example of the [...] [...]

Spikefest in the Springs (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: April 10,2009

Tags: Sports, volleyball

Colorado Springs will be one of the major stops for Spikefest, a volleyball tournament that is one of the largest amateur sport events in the nation. Spikefest, a three-on-three and five-on-five grass volleyball series which also has stops in Dallas, Jacksonville, Houston, Austin and Boulder. The tournament will come to the Springs through 2011. More [...] [...]

Sometimes even the bookies lose (access required)

by Staff Writer Published: February 6,2008

Tags: Sports

The New York Giants’ Super Bowl upset of the New England Patriots cost Nevada bookmakers $2.6 million, the first time the books lost money on the NFL championship game since 1995. New York was a 12-point underdog to New England. The sports books handled $92.1 million on the game, the third-highest amount ever, but down [...] [...]

Mash still trumps Super Bowl (access required)

by Staff Writer Published: February 5,2008

Tags: Culture, Sports

The Associated Press NEW YORK _ The 97.5 million viewers who saw the New York Giants’ last-minute win over the New England Patriots made it the most-watched Super Bowl ever and second biggest event in American television history. Only the “MASH” series finale in 1983, with 106 million viewers, was seen by more people, Nielsen [...] [...]

Super Bowl might be most watched program ever (access required)

by Staff Writer Published: February 4,2008

Tags: Culture, Sports

The Associated Press NEW YORK_Very preliminary findings from 49 of the nation’s biggest markets showed that ratings for this year’s Super Bowl, with the New York Giants’ thrilling win over the New England Patriots, were up 6 percent over last year’s big game, according to Nielsen Media Research on Monday. Experts say those numbers indicate [...] [...]

Australian football coming to Springs (access required)

by Staff Writer Published: February 1,2008

Tags: Local Events, Military, Sports

The United States Australian Football League national championships are scheduled to take place at the Air Force Academy in October. About 1,000 athletes representing 32 men’s teams and 6 women’s teams, as well as coaches and officials, are expected to be in attendance. “Following months of extensive research and close negotiations, the USAFL Board and [...] [...]

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