Sports Traveler Blog

Every other year we get the chance to see the best golfers in the world compete in the Ryder Cup and this year the tournament blows through the Windy City.  The 2012 Ryder Cup will be hosted by Medinah Country Club in Medinah,...

I'll Have Another put on another spectacular display this past weekend at the Preakness Stakes and now the horse has a chance to reach horse racing immortality.  I'll Have Another must have watched a replay of his Derby...

NASCAR will be stationed in Charlotte, NC for the next two weekends as the league's top drivers prepare to tame Charlotte Motor Speedway.  This weekend NASCAR will feature their annual All-Star event and the track will...

Its only May 10th and we have already had an incredible year in baseball.   Thanks to Phillip Humber we have seen the 21st perfect game in MLB history, and on Tuesday night Josh Hamilton belted 4 dingers in one game to...

Every year NASCAR features 2 races at Daytona International Speedway.  One of course is the Daytona 500, and the other is the upcoming Coke Zero 400 in July.  These 2 races at Daytona represent half of the superspeedway...

First let me just welcome the golf community to the month of May.  Feels great!  To those of you residing in the warmer areas of the country it may not seem like a big deal, but it is a blessing for those of us who truly...

This year marks a special and very rare occasion for the sport of tennis and all of its patrons.  Not only will the All England Club host the Championships, but the most historic tennis and croquet club in the world will...

With less than one month before the 2012 Kentucky Derby, I answered the phone at Sports Traveler last week to hear this on the other line: “Um, I’m attending the Kentucky Derby with your company and um… I have a silly...

The MLB season is officially now in full swing.  See what I did there? Silly puns aside, teams around the league are beginning to hit their early stride as players start to get a feel for the 2012 season. Every year the...

The Masters at Amen Corner - Augusta National It’s tough to avoid Augusta National, especially when you are here every year working the event. A lot of the people that work with me in this industry camp out at our hospitality...

The World Cup moves to Brazil in 2014 and the football/soccer fanatics are already gearing up for what should be an amazing event.  Many consider soccer to be the most popular sport on the planet and in 2014 Brazil will...

Well March is already on the way out and with April only a few days away Sports Traveler is gearing up the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby.  The Kentucky Derby is clearly a major sporting event in this country and has...

Well every year I get sad when the Final Four arrives.  I know that sounds crazy but when the Final Four is decided it means that the madness is coming to a close.  And usually by this time my bracket has been torn up...

Three years ago, a victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational would just have just been another notch on Tiger Woods' belt.  Today it marks the first win on the PGA Tour for Tiger Woods in 26 tour events.  According to...

US National Champion Ashley Wagner This week in Nice, France, the best skaters on the planet will compete in the 2012 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. With only two years until the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, both...

Most of the country has been experiencing surprisingly in-climate for the last week or so and no one is complaining.  With the weather getting warm early this year I can't help but think about cutting work early and squeezing...