MegaFans (Mobile eSports Gaming Fanatics), a San Diego area-based mobile-casual eSports platform, has partnered with the International Game Developers Association Foundation again to produce a series of charity fundraising events using MegaFans eSports tournament platform and mobile-casual eSports games. The first tournament runs September 1 – 30, 2020 and is featured on the popular mobile eSports puzzle game, Candy Boo - Tournament Edition. The eSports tournaments are being promoted to

Mastercard announced its extended commitment to the Olympique Lyonnais (OL) women’s team by becoming Official Shirt Sponsor for domestic games in the season starting September 2020. The company will also be using their Priceless platform to create memorable moments for fans in a time where typical fandom activities, like attending live games, are less likely. The pandemic has had a ripple effect across the world of sports and entertainment—with the financial impacts affe

The Town of West New York, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades, is in the process of making a major upgrade to three of the city’s well-known sports fields with the installation of premium-grade synthetic turf. The three fields include Centennial Field, Miller Stadium and Patricia McEldowney Field. “We decided to move away from natural grass because our fields were in disrepair and we wanted to make a solid investment in something that would hold up nicely over the ye

DICK'S Sporting Goods, the largest U.S.-based, omni-channel sporting goods retailer, will expand its nationwide footprint with the opening of one DICK'S Sporting Goods store, one combination DICK'S and Golf Galaxy location, and one Golf Galaxy store in September. These new stores will bring approximately 150 collective jobs to communities through the hiring of full-time, part-time and temporary associates for the stores. DICK'S Sporting Goods and Golf Galax

What started as a 96-field contest on Twitter has resulted in one grand champion being named in the inaugural AstroTurf Fan Favorite High School Field Contest. After six total rounds and thousands of votes being cast by high school fan bases, the contest was whittled down to three outstanding choices: Somerset High School of Kentucky, Marysville High School of Ohio, and Pinkerton Academy of New Hampshire. Two AstroTurf football fields at a time were posted on Twitter and fans could

Atalanta Media, a women's football company with a mission to elevate the game globally through a fundamental shift in media rights distribution and a consumer platform that connects content, players and fans, launched today with history-making partnerships with the FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) and NBC Sports. The company's launch represents a watershed moment for women's football, led by the U.S. television debut of the FA WSL on NBC Sports Network this Sunday, September 6

App State Football will begin this year’s season with a brand-new turf created by the original inventor of synthetic turf, AstroTurf®. This is the third recent AstroTurf® installation at Appalachian State University after the school replaced the turf at the Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex and the Jim and Bettie Smith baseball stadium in 2019, and it’s an exciting upgrade for the Mountaineers and first-year Head Coach Shawn Clark. “One of the best settings in c

Shaw Sports Turf announced today the launch of NXTPlay, an innovative, patent pending, high performance shock pad made from reclaimed and recycled artificial turf fields. One field of pad produced equals one turf field diverted from the landfill. Designed for use with Shaw turf systems, superior playability metrics are a hallmark of this performance shock pad, which has shown excellent results in all measurable performance attributes using Shaw Sports Turf’s patent-pending pla

On the heels of its U.S. debut, Elite Turf powered by Act Global announced it has completed its installation of the POWER System at Ranney School in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Ranney School partnered with Princeton Soccer Academy (PSA) to completely re-turf its existing soccer, lacrosse and field hockey fields totaling 80,000 square feet. With the significant investment from PSA, students of Ranney School and athletes who play for PSA will be the first in the country to benefit from the all-in

The Washington Football Team announced that, for the first time this year, practice will be held at FedExField in Landover, MD. Previous sessions to prepare for the 2020 campaign had taken place at the Inova Sports Performance Center in Loudoun County, VA. The FedExField practice will also allow the team to get a feel for playing in the stadium without fans in the seats. Earlier this month, the team announced that, out of an abundance of caution due to the rapidly changing dynamics of the COV