With the 2024 MLB season here, I’ve gone over the schedule to identify opportunities for a unique kind of ballpark road trip: Two games, two stadiums — in one day. I call it the MLB Daily Double, and for a … Continue reading
As a fan of the Olympics, I always enjoy visiting sites of past Games no matter how long ago they were held. But I have to admit that exploring the venues and sites of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona … Continue reading
It’s hard to dispute that Wembley Stadium is the most iconic sports venue in all of England, and in fact in all of the United Kingdom as a whole. And why wouldn’t it be? Nearly every event of national interest … Continue reading
With MLB Opening Day around the corner, it’s a popular time to put out ballpark rankings and compare each of the 30 stadiums around baseball. And why not? Ballpark rankings are fun, subjective — everyone’s order is going to be … Continue reading
In the fall of 2021, the NHL arrived in Seattle in the form of the expansion Kraken, and with it, Climate Pledge Arena came to life. The building once known as the Seattle Center Coliseum is already fully entrenched in … Continue reading
The Dallas/Fort Worth region is gaining more and more prominence on the American sports landscape with each passing year, and not just because it’s home to teams in all four major sports leagues, plus soccer, NASCAR, major colleges and so … Continue reading
The latest in our Venues Past series looks at Arco Arena in Sacramento, aka Sleep Train Arena, home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings from 1988 to 2016. For more Venues Past posts, click here. For nearly 30 years, the Sacramento … Continue reading
It’s been 15 years since Arizona’s Cactus League expanded to its current size of 10 stadiums, serving as the spring training home to 15 MLB teams. That was when the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) moved … Continue reading
It’s an undeniable fact of being a sports fan: Sometimes, buying tickets is difficult – especially, of course, if the event in question is one that’s in high demand. I’ve learned this the hard way over the years, dating all … Continue reading
The Grapefruit League is distinctly more spread-out than its Arizona counterpart in that it’s spread out the width of Florida and contains a mix of sites in or close to major metropolitan areas (Tampa Bay, South Florida) and small-town sites. … Continue reading
