Upcoming Events

May 15, 2012   100 Amazing Days For Sports Fans In Colorado Springs    Friday’s Sports Corp Salute To The Olympic Family Luncheon at the Doubletree By Hilton kicks off maybe the best 100 days in our city’s sports history – a little over three months in a summer to be remembered as one of the best, ever. Over those 100 days and nights, there’s going to be something for every resident of Colorado, as well as the Pikes Peak region, and the prestige, economic impact and pride factors are going to be off the charts for the organizations, businesses and fans who build their lives around sports. Here’s a look at what lies ahead: Salute To The Olympic Family Luncheon (Friday) Olympic and Basketball Hall of Famer Teresa Edwards, who won four Olympic basketball gold medals, is the guest celebrity for the event that celebrates the USOC and National Governing Bodies in the city at 12:00 Noon at the Doubletree By Hilton. If you want to squeeze in...

U.S. Olympic Trials for Archery Scheduled for June 1-3 in Colorado Springs   Colorado Springs, CO – Fittingly, the Final Nomination Shoot for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Archery will take place just miles from USA Archery’s national headquarters and the U.S. Olympic Training Center, on June 1-3.  The top sixteen Olympic hopefuls – eight men and eight women – will compete at The Grace Center, 1655 Pirate Heights, Colorado Springs, CO 80907. Competition will be hot at this final installment in the three-event U.S. Olympic Team Trials process, with five Olympians and several World Champions competing.  Just three men and three women will secure the hotly contested nominations to the Olympic Team.  Archers to watch on their respective roads to London include number-one world ranked male recurve athlete Brady Ellison (Payson, AZ) – the only archer in history to win three consecutive World Cup stages and two consecutive World Cup titles....

  Colorado Springs Sports Hall Of Fame Class of 2012 Honors Olympic, Air Force, Collegiate, International & Prep Legends May 9, 2012 The Colorado Springs Sports Corporation has announced the Class of 2012 for the annual Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony, set for October 30 at the Colorado Springs World Arena. Duane Goldman   One of the best high school wrestlers in Colorado history, he won two state championships at Cheyenne Mountain High in 1979 and 1981, compiling an 85-2 record over three varsity seasons. He joined the powerful NCAA program at the University of Iowa in 1982 and won four straight Big Ten titles, recorded three NCAA second-place finishes, and won the 1986 NCAA championship at 191 pounds for the Hawkeyes, who also won four NCAA team crowns with legendary head coach Dan Gable. His senior campaign included a 36-0 record, and his combined prep and collegiate record was 217-12. Goldman won a gold medal at the 1987 Pan...

    USA Volleyball Brings Major International Showdown To Colorado Springs In August At Olympic Training Center
COLORADO SPRINGS-------USA Volleyball (USAV) will host the 2012 NORCECA Men’s Under-21 Continental Championship on Aug. 25-Sept. 2 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The matches, which will be played in Sports Center I, will be free and open to the public. The NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation) event, which is held biennially, will qualify at least two teams from the confederation for the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Junior World Championship. “We are pleased to be able to bring some of the best young men’s volleyball players in the world to our headquarters’ backyard in Colorado Springs,” USAV CEO Doug Beal said. “We encourage volleyball fans from around the region to come to Colorado Springs, attend this free event and see the future of international men’s...

  2012 US Lacrosse Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates National Championships   Coming To Colorado Springs, May 9-12 Colorado Springs, April 26-----------The 2012 US Lacrosse Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championships will feature the top women's collegiate club teams in the country, with sixteen of the top Division I and eight of the top Division II women's collegiate lacrosse teams coming to Colorado Springs for competition at the El Pomar Youth Sports Park. The Division I bracket includes 16 teams, and the Division II bracket has eight teams. Colorado State, which has won the Division I National Championship three of the last four years, won 11 straight games after opening the season with a 1-3 record. This past weekend, the CSU Rams beat state rival Colorado 18-12 to win the Rocky Mountain Women's Lacrosse League championship.  This is the ninth consecutive year that the Rams have received a bid to the US Lacrosse WCLA National...