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Matt Traub

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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry will be in Salt Lake City next week on an unofficial visit that includes tours of Olympic venues that will be used for the 2034 Winter Games and a stop at a Salt Lake elementary school.
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IOC President Kirsty Coventry to visit Salt Lake City next week
International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry will be in Salt Lake City next week on an unofficial visit that includes tours of Olympic venues that will be used for the 2034 Winter Games a...
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Things I've written recently: The organizing committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games announced its participation and financial support of Utah Youth Sports Giving Day from September 12-26, the first step by Utah 2034 to support youth sport as part of its community impact programs.
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Utah 2034 Announces Support of Utah Youth Sports Giving Day
For Utah 2034 Chief Executive Officer Brad Wilson, the announcement in downtown Daybreak felt familiar, driving on a Saturday morning to a youth sports event, this time at The Ballpark at America Firs...
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Eugene, Oregon, will host the 2028 U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials. It's another in a long line of major national and international events for Hayward Field, including the recent World Athletics U20 championships profiled here.
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Eugene prepares to welcome the world again for World Athletics' U20 Championships
Eugene, Oregon, is the center of the U.S. athletics landscape — no, actually, it’s more than that. It’s the heartbeat of athletics in this country, a stadium that rises out of the trees like a palace,...
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There are fan bases and there are fanatical fan bases. The Boston #RedSox have one of those fan bases. For about two decades now, the team has fed into their fan base’s hunger to see them in person with Red Sox Destinations, travel packages that bring fans together to see a series on the road.
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Why the Boston Red Sox are bringing fans to road trips at Pittsburgh and Baltimore
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This summer’s World Cup adventures also included two Major League Baseball games at ballparks that I’ve visited in the past and enjoyed doing again. It also made me realize that having visited 15 MLB stadiums, I felt like giving a list of my favorites so far.
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Ranking my five favorite Major League Baseball stadiums
This summer’s World Cup adventures also included two Major League Baseball games at ballparks that I’ve visited in the past and enjoyed doing again. It also made me realize that having visited 15 MLB ...
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Not apples to apples but hilarious to think that Arsenal can get Bruno at the same price @editkev.football
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So everybody has a World Cup story and mine was by traveling with my fiancee to five cities, for five games, from the group stage to the Round of 16 and experiencing it as a fan, not as registered media. Here's my story, in a series of posts.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Please for the love of God stop giving this wannabe oxygen.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Before getting into padel, Ben Nichols led global media relations for WADA during the Russian doping crisis. For the past three years, Nichols has worked to increase the prominence of padel around the world. We chatted about how he got attached to the sport and where padel could be in the future.
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Conversations with smart people: Ben Nichols
Welcome to the latest in a series of conversations with smart people who I think provide great perspective on issues in sports. Before getting into padel, Ben Nichols led global media relations for W...
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Good for him. Every time Lalas speaks he makes American soccer look atupider
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Evergreen thought other than for Christmas (even then still applicable in moments)
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The IOC's stance has been reminiscent of the old NCAA — reinforced by its leader, President Kirsty Coventry. If you take her recent comments and change the clock back a few years, it would sound like the NCAA president was speaking at a podium with his organization’s logo.
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Like the NCAA, the IOC will find itself on the wrong side of history by not paying athletes
The International Olympic Committee’s stance, from the top, has been reminiscent of the old NCAA — reinforced by its leader, President Kirsty Coventry, who ignited the recent debate with her comments ...
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Having changed its format, its disciplines and having sealed a tie-up with the company behind America Ninja Warrior, the head of modern pentathlon says the IOC’s ‘Fit for the Future’ is a fit for the sport.
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Modern Pentathlon feels it is a fit for the future of the Olympics
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Much has been made of the April survey by the American Hotel & Lodging Association that said room bookings have been lighter than expected in most of the 11 FIFA World Cup U.S. host cities. So with that in mind, it was worth checking in with Collin Abrahamson of Podium Sports Travel.
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What one hospitality company learned booking FIFA World Cup hotel rooms
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Huh, can’t imagine why Tuchel didn’t want this drama around the team
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A. This is gotta be putting the host committee in a rock and hard place. B. I love New Jersey's capacity for petty.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
As USA Cricket continues bankruptcy proceedings, its former CEO tells me he still feels positive about the sport's potential in the U.S.: "It really doesn’t have a problem with participation; it doesn’t have a commercial problem. It has an exposure problem and a coordination problem."
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Inside the bankruptcy of USA Cricket as its former CEO talks
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Not just a conversation with a smart person today, but a person whose work goes beyond sports and into philanthropy in the name of his Angel son.
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Conversations with smart people: Anthony Terling
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New: More than two dozen cities are working on submissions due at the end of August as part of the race to host games for the 2031 Rugby World Cup. Organizers will whittle the list down to an unspecified number for the candidate stage with an eye toward having the final lineup in the Q3 of 2027.
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World Rugby already counting down to 2031 World Cup in U.S.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Been told by a variety of training sites that there is a clause that one day must be open to public — and only one, some sites wanted to do more and were told not to.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Terry Hasseltine led the Maryland Sports Commission for more than 17 years, spearheading the state’s efforts to attract major events before he left the position in December. As the Preakness approaches, we talked about his leaving the Commission and a variety of other topics.
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Conversations with smart people: Terry Hasseltine
Popular industry veteran discusses leaving the Maryland Sports Commission, the state of the industry and the favorite sporting event he's ever attended.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
There will be an expanded NCAA Tournament next season but one thing that will remain the same is the spotlight shining on Dayton, Ohio, in the opening round.
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As Destination Dayton expands its host duties for the NCAA Tournament, its advice to potential new hosts
There will be an expanded NCAA Tournament next season but one thing that will remain the same is the spotlight shining on Dayton, Ohio, in the opening round.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The IOC keeps presenting and talking about being “Fit for the Future” but what the future holds for the actual sports program is undecided and may not be until next year when it comes to the 2032 Summer Games in Australia.
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IOC Light on Details for Future Olympic Program Changes
Orlando gets the 2028 Olympic Qualifier Series; FIFA gets scorn after Infantino's comments.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Part two of my new series on insiders in sports journalism examines how this is, in large part, a technology story. How Twitter made insiders the stars of sports journalism. open.substack.com/pub/sportsme...
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How Twitter made insiders the stars of sports journalism
Let’s start with a quote from Michael Wilbon.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I always enjoy chatting with Travis Murphy of Jetr Global about sports and the broader political spectrum in which it operates, and this was no exception. On the World Military Games, World Cup, NCAA sports and the future of sports diplomacy.
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Conversations with smart people: Jetr Global CEO Travis Murphy
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
For those of us of a certain age, what it was like going to a minor league baseball game is dead. That doesn't mean it's worse. Just different. Featuring my dog.
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Bark in the Park and pretzel bats: There's nothing minor about Minor League Baseball.
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Alex Campbell @acampbellsports.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
My latest: Alongside Oklahoma City and Omaha sits Gulf Shores, Alabama, as an NCAA championship site that each year, athletes strive to reach.
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A match made in beach volleyball heaven: The NCAA and Gulf Shores, Alabama
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Oh, somebody's trying to get millions of dollars for their tickets to the World Cup Final? Laughable but also where we are at this stage in large part because of FIFA. From me, before that news came out:
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What FIFA is Getting Wrong About the 2026 World Cup
If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a success, it’s because of the local host committees. If the tournament is a failure, it’s because of FIFA.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I said it over a year ago at an event in Houston and the feeling remains: If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a success, it’s because of the local host committees. If the tournament is a failure, it’s because of FIFA.
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What FIFA is Getting Wrong About the 2026 World Cup
If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a success, it’s because of the local host committees. If the tournament is a failure, it’s because of FIFA.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A Tottenham friend of mine told me when I sent him this link "Cheers mate! To dare is to do." (... I can only hope this independent venture fares better than Spurs have this season.)
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Hello (It's Good to Be Back)
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
In the last three years, PSG has lost 4-1 at Newcastle and only managed a pair of 1-1 ties at home to the Toon. Not it's not all Premier League sides ...
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I’ve never written anything using AI, I never will, and I have zero respect for any professional who does.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Sorry, @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social, but I've been a Jets fan since I was four years old and there's *absolutely* still a chance they could screw this up
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“Do you want ice cream with your brownie?” “Hubert Davis just got fired, yes I want ice cream for dessert.” Life engaged to a college sports editor now pubbing stories on her phone.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
And then when they showed the game winner …
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
A photo of a guy in an Aaronson jersey while at a basketball game in Philly last night is the most @jtannenwald.bsky.social post I’ll ever make (unless I get back into soccer writing, TBD)
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Not sure if it's a hot take but it's my take: No automatic bids should have to be in First Four. Only at-larges.
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 09/03/2026
Finally, something Bruce Pearl and the ayatollah can bond over
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Terrific legacy for the FIFA Peace Prize
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Everything about the Real Madrid-Benfica postgame coverage with Thierry Henry and all that Golazo has done is extraordinary and rises to the moment.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Whether you agree or not with this decision, it was fait accompli -- the executive committee members owe Wasserman their spots on the board, they weren't going to leave his side
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I would like to emphasize that while I hit a *lot* of crazy shots in my Division I tennis career, I never did this.
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Tennis player retires injured after accidentally volleying ball into own eye
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard suffered the unfortunate injury at the Occitanie Open in France.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I actually rank him much higher than Pickford. Undisputed No. 1 in the world.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
And on first Villa corner and resulting recycled cross, it went right for Watkins against Trippier
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A better headline would be “Federal Agents Murder Nurse For No Reason”
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
lol I felt it this morning and thought it was the heavy truck machinery across the street I sometimes hear during the day … now have gone through quakes in LA and SLC
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
One of best performances of season. Efforts such as this one, if replicable rest of the year, should give big hope for top five in PL and a nice run in Europe.
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
RIPz
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Matt Traub @matttraub.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
A year ago I was moderating a soccer panel in a 2026 host city with a prominent hotelier who told me off stage it opted out of hosting FIFA because “we can make five times as much if not more selling to fans.”
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