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American competitive swimmer and most decorated Olympian of all time Michael Phelps has been chosen by Nickelodeon to receive the Legend Award at this year’s Kids’ Choice Sports 2017. Phelps, who has garnered 28 total medals, will receive the award in recognition of his world record-breaking achievements, unrivaled talent and ...

Seven area student-athletes and five coaches were honored Wednesday night at the annual Beat the Streets benefit, following the freestyle matches in Times Square that afternoon and evening. A total of $1.2 million was raised for the organization, which works directly with the New York City Department of Education in ...

For the third straight year FloSports is excited to announce that FloWrestling (www.flowrestling.org) will once again live stream the Beat The Streets New York City event, Wednesday, May 17, from Times Square. This year’s event will feature wrestlers from three Beat the Streets’ city programs in addition to the featured ...

The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) has added RAPIDFORCE as a sponsor for the AVP Championships in Chicago, at which April Ross and Phil Dalhausser will be competing wearing RAPIDFORCE’s innovative shapes for muscle support and pain relief. The tournament, which runs Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 1-4, 2016, is free ...

The networks and digital platforms of NBCUniversal will present an unprecedented 6,755 hours of programming for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August, NBC Olympics announced today. NBC will broadcast 260.5 hours of Olympic programming, including coverage of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, swimming, ...