Record-Breaking Kai Tak Sports Park Announces Testing Period Only Five Years After Groundbreaking Ceremony (2019) | Announcements, Groundbreakings | Apr 23, 2019
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Kai Tak Sports Park was held on 23 April 2019. In April of 2024, The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, ASM Global and Kai Tak Sports Park Limited (KTSPL), announced a late winter testing period for Kai Tak Sports Park marking the culmination of a near decade-long record $4 ….
USA TODAY High School Sports Awards Show (2023) | Podcast Premieres | Jul 30, 2023
Gannett Company announced the 2023 USA TODAY High School Sports Awards national show, debuting a podcast-style talk show format. The national show premiers Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 8 p.m. ET on the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards website. USA TODAY High School Sports Awards, the largest high school sports recognition program in the ….
MLB All-Star Week (2023) | Experiences, Signings, Sporting Events, Sports-Related Celebrations | Jul 7 - Jul 11, 2023
Celebrate 2023 MLB All-Star Week in Seattle at Capital One PLAY BALL PARK! From Saturday, July 8 through Tuesday, July 11 at Lumen Field and the Lumen Field Event Center, fans can enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime indoor/outdoor experience, blending baseball, softball, music, food, the latest in VR technology, shopping, fashion and more! Plus, an all-time lineup ….
Watch Party Takes Place at First-ever MLB Virtual Ballpark (2023) | Experiences, Milestones, Sporting Events | Jul 8, 2023
Technology company Improbable builds Major League Baseball’s first virtual ballpark, which launches during the MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game. Major League Baseball’s introduction of its own virtual world, makes it the first professional sports league to own a virtual world to gather its community from around the globe. The MLB virtual ballpark also joins the ….
Jackie Robinson (1947) | Milestones | Apr 15, 1947
On this day in 1947, baseball legend Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers signing Robinson heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball, which until this date relegated black players to the Negro leagues beginning the 1880s.
