On January 30 , 1878, rower and runner William B. Curtis founded what became the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in New York City. The name was formally adopted in 1887. The AAU governed the sport of track & field until 1979, when the first Amateur Sports Act decreed that the AAU could no longer hold international franchises for more than one sport. The Athletics Congress/USA (TAC/USA) became fully operational in late 1979 with its first annual meeting, conducted in Las Vegas in conjunction with that year's AAU Convention and a constitutional convention held in Dallas/Fort Worth in 1980. The first stand-alone annual meeting occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, in late fall of 1980. In 1992, the name was changed to USA Track & Field (USATF) to increase recognition for the organization and the sport in the United States.
- Source TVMazeWhether you are a sports fanatic, a global citizen or just like a good story - the Olympics provide great entertainment and a reason to celebrate. This August, to commemorate the 2016 Rio Olympics, select Independent Collection hotels (IC) are bringing a small taste of Brazil a lot closer to home by...
DISH Network L.L.C. in agreement with NBCUniversal today announced multiple features that will help viewers get the most out of NBCUniversal's multi-platform coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross and 2012 Olympic decathlon silver medalist Trey Hardee will join NBC Olympics' coverage of track and field at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. The Opening Ceremony is next Friday, August 5 on NBC....
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ The nation's best will be competing at the USA Track & Field Masters Championships at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI, Today through Sunday, July 14-17. Forty current world champions and approximately 100 defending US champions are among ...
Bob Costas leads a record 170 NBC Olympics commentators (which includes those to be announced in the coming weeks) – the most ever for an Olympics...
MICHAEL PHELPS & ALLYSON FELIX HEADLINE NBC SPORTS' OLYMPIC TRIALS COVERAGE IN SWIMMING & TRACK AND FIELD THIS WEEK...
MICHAEL PHELPS & ALLYSON FELIX HEADLINE NBC SPORTS' OLYMPIC TRIALS COVERAGE IN SWIMMING & TRACK AND FIELD THIS WEEK...
The experts at TELEMUNDO and NBC DEPORTES have unveiled their list of 16 Latin American and US Hispanic athletes to watch at the upcoming Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some, like Mexico's Paola Espinosa and Mariana Pajón of Colombia, are past medal winners, while others are seeking O...
In March 2017, the true-to-the-faith stories of British runners Liddell and Harold Abrahams will be rekindled in a live stage production of Chariots of Fire as part of the BYU Arts theatre season....
Beginning this Saturday, June 18, NBC and NBCSN will combine to present primetime coverage of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials during an unprecedented 20 of 23 nights in diving, swimming, gymnastics, and track and field....
TELEMUNDO's and NBC UNIVERSO's team of sports reporters, analysts and sportscasters has joined together to produce “Momentos Olímpicos,” a promotional campaign that begins with six promo spots this Thursday, June 16,...
Verne Lundquist, the voice of the SEC ON CBS since 2000, has decided to step down from his lead college football role at CBS Sports following the 2016 season....
ESPN will once again be the home of the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships from Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon....
Nickelodeon today announced that Seattle Seahawks' two-time Super Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson clinched his second straight title as host of Kids' Choice Sports 2016, the only show that celebrates kids and families' love of sports and top professional athletes....
Hallmark Channel, the official home of kitten sports, presents KITTEN SUMMER GAMES, premiering Friday, August 5....
NBCSN will present exclusive coverage of the U.S. Rowing Team Trials this Sunday at 5 p.m. ET, part of NBC Olympics' 76 hours of Trials coverage on NBC and NBCSN leading into the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
The Shadowbox Live Academy, now in its 8th year, is making final preparations for its flagship program: STEM Rocks the 'Box. This year,36? students will take the stage alongside Shadowbox Live metaperformers in a one-night-only performance: Monday, May 2nd at 7 PM at the Shadowbox Live building, 503...
TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO, the home of the Olympics in Spanish in the United States, presented their broadcast plans for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games with more than 200 hours of coverage on TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO, the most extensive Olympic coverage in the history of US Spanish-language televisi...
NBC News' TODAY will mark 100 days until the start of the XXXI Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro today, April 27....
Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira and Savannah Guthrie will host NBC's coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, on Friday, August 5, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
NBC News' TODAY will mark 100 days until the start of the XXXI Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, April 27....
Hallmark Channel, the official home of kitten sports, announces that trials have begun for the nationwide sporting event, KITTEN SUMMER GAMES premiering Friday, August 5...
Sixteen of the country's toughest men and women will face a variety of military-grade and survival-themed challenges set in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, on the series premiere of AMERICAN GRIT, airing Today, April 14...
TELEMUNDO and NBC UNVIERSO launched their promotional campaign for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, “Los Juegos Olímpicos, el evento que nos une a todos” (The Olympic Games, the Event that Unites Us All). ...
NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra will present exclusive coverage of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials this weekend, part of NBC Olympics' 76 hours of Trials coverage on NBC and NBCSN leading into the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
