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The Skating Club of Boston Celebrates 100 Years with Skaters’ Ball

2/8/2012 8:00 AM EST  -   Skating Club of Boston
Event to Benefit Club’s Youth In Sport Program, Celebrate Plans for New World-Class Rink in Allston; World and Olympic Champions to Attend
BOSTON, MA, FEBRUARY 8, 2012 – The Skating Club of Boston (SCOB), the third-oldest figure skating club in the nation and home to top local and national figure skaters, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary with a Skaters’ Ball at the Fairmount...
Olympian Rod Dixon and Anjali Forber-Pratt - Legends of Running
 

Anjali - Elite Wheelchair Champion and Ambassador for United States Olympic Comm...

2/7/2012 9:30 AM EST  -   Anjali
Paralympic Medalist and World Record Holder Anjali Forber- Pratt Sets Personal Record in P.F. Chang’s Rock and Roll Half Marathon

MEDIA CONTACT:  Dianemarie (DM) Collins 623.825.9122 Ext. 2 - Email:  

ONLINE PRESS KIT:  http://www.cisionwire.com/anjali/r/anjali-forber-pratt--online-media-kit,c9198907
(PHOENIX, ARIZ – February 7, 2012) – January – warm Arizona weather – a new half...

Unibet signs agreement to acquire Betchoice and enters the regulated Australian ...

2/7/2012 3:28 AM EST  -   Unibet Group plc
· Acquisition of 100% of the issued shares of Betchoice Corporation Pty Ltd, one of the leading independent corporate bookmakers online offering Racing and Sports betting products in Australia. · Provides access to the regulated Australian online market which is growing at circa 10-15% per annum. · Betchoice has a customer base of more than 8,000 active customer accounts and introduces horse racing...
Nicole Lyons
 

African American Woman Race Car Driver, Nicole Lyons Shares Her Journey with NBC...

2/6/2012 7:01 PM EST  -   Impulse Media Group
MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                        DATE:  Monday, February 6, 2012

CONTACT:                                                                                    Courtney Rhodes 404-549-8050 or   

WHO:                  As the foremost African American woman race car driver in the world, Nicole Lyons, a modern day pioneer is living out her...

Invitation to financial presentation

2/6/2012 1:00 PM EST  -   Unibet Group plc
Unibet Group plc will publish its Year end report for the 2011 financial year

on Wednesday 15 February 2012 at 07.30 (CET).

In connection with this, Unibet’s CEO Henrik Tjärnström will host a presentation in English at FinancialHearings, Operaterrassen in Stockholm at 09.00 (CET).

Please go to www.financialhearings.com to sign in, in advance.

The presentation is web casted live on www.unibetgroupplc.com.

For...

Special Olympics & Best Buddies Converge on Capitol Hill to Urge for Critical Go...

2/3/2012 11:00 AM EST  -   Special Olympics Inc.
-- Members Advocate for Passage of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act of 2012 --
Washington, D.C. – February 3, 2012 - People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) along with family members, coaches and leaders from Special Olympics and Best Buddies International are coming to the nation’s capital to fight for equality. 

On Wednesday February 8th, delegations from Special Olympics athletes and...

Special Olympics Chairman Speaks On Global Unity in Davos; Korea

1/26/2012 12:30 PM EST  -   Special Olympics Inc.
Dr. Timothy P. Shriver Attends World Economic Forum Followed by South Korea for Celebration of One-Year Countdown to Special Olympics World Winter Games PyeongChang 2013
Washington, D.C., 26 January 2012 – Special Olympics Chairman and CEO, Dr. Timothy P. Shriver will share a message of global unity as he attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and then...
HIOD wins ISPO Award
 

HIOD One wins ISPO Award 2012

1/25/2012 12:06 PM EST  -   Hiod
We are very proud to announce that HIOD One is the winner of the Performance Accessories Hardware category at ISPO Award 2012. ISPO Munich is the world’s largest trade show for sport business and will take place January 29 to February 1 in Munich, Germany.

Halmstad, Sweden, 2012-01-25: The international jury that consists of
journalists, retailers, athletes and designers from nine countries
went...

Speedo Roadshow Celebrates its 10,000th visitor at John Lewis Fitness Event at C...

1/25/2012 11:27 AM EST  -   Speedo
The Speedo Roadshow hits the road again to support John Lewis’s health and fitness event at the The Mall at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol 26th to 29th January. During the fitness event weekend the Speedo Roadshow will welcome its 10,000th visitor on board and to celebrate will offer this lucky individual £100 (or 10,000 pennies) to spend on board the wagon as well as a bottle of champagne.
Nick Baumgartner wins gold at the 2011 Winter X Games snowboardcross(SBX).
 

2011 WINTER X GAMES GOLD MEDALIST NICK BAUMGARTNER LOOKS   FOR THE REPEAT IN SNO...

1/24/2012 10:49 AM EST  -   Nick Baumgartner
Los Angeles, January 24, 2012 Winter X Games Gold Medal Snowboardcross (SBX) champion Nick Baumgartner arrives in Aspen, Colorado this week looking for a repeat in the six-man riding action on Buttermilk Mountain at the 2012 Winter X Games. Qualifying takes place on Friday, January 27 and the Finals on Saturday, January 28.

Baumgartner, a member of the 2010 US Olympic Team, won last year's Winter X SBX competition...