June 17th, 2013
The Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles, and is home to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). However, since
June 17th, 2013
This year’s America’s Cup takes place in San Francisco Bay, from September 7 to 21, with holders Oracle Team USA facing the best of three challengers: Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Luna Rossa (ITA) and Artemis (SWE). Here are details on the last 10 winners of sport’s oldest competition. 2010 Valencia, Spain Challenger BMW Oracle
June 16th, 2013
The Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race was conceived by Herbert “Blondie” Hasler in 1956. The whole idea of a single-handed ocean yacht race was a revolutionary concept at the time, as the idea was thought to be extremely impractical; but this was especially true given the adverse conditions of their proposed route – a westward crossing of
June 16th, 2013
Newport, RI (June 16, 2013) – The New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta presented by Rolex—the oldest regatta in the country—has entered the history books for the 159th time after two days of weekend racing (June 15 and 16) preceded by an optional and separately scored competition “Around the Island” on Friday (June 14). With
June 16th, 2013
The question was asked in Scuttlebutt 3857 what other sports – besides sailing – that find amateurs and professionals competing together. The reader responses offered a short list, with most of the examples noting the practice of top amateurs competing in professional sports. For sailing, the balance is opposite. Most regattas are for amateurs, with
June 13th, 2013
Lou Sandoval is a passionate sailor and co-founder/co-owner of Karma Yacht Sales, a successful Beneteau dealership on Lake Michigan in Chicago. He is also very active in the marine industry, in which the drumbeat to grow boating has never been louder. From an interview in the June issue of Soundings Trade Only, Sandoval discusses the
June 13th, 2013
By Tim Zimmermann, Sailing World Sailing the Mini Transat is arguably one of the most difficult, testing challenges a solo racing sailor can inflict upon him or herself. It gets even harder when your Mini starts to break up underneath you just five months from the start, and you are forced to abandon to a
June 13th, 2013
Sailors are often misunderstood. Some people just don’t get moving through the water (or anywhere) without fossil fuels doing all
June 13th, 2013
By David Fuller, Pilote Media American sport has a strange relationship with sponsorship. On the one hand, large stadiums are
June 13th, 2013
Baseball has its World Series Football has its Super Bowl Hockey has its Stanley Cup Basketball has its Finals But
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