Category: Sports and Fitness

Dice Day, Intl.: December 4

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International Dice Day celebrates one of the oldest games and tools of gaming in existence, dice. Whether you choose to play Monopoly, Backgammon, Dungeons & Dragons, Craps or any other game with dice, th...

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Army-Navy Football Game (US-PA): December...

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First played in 1890 the Army Navy Game is a college football game between the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Maryla...

January

Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last M...

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Two days before the beginning of the new calendar year, the Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute is observed. The symbolism derives from the idea that we all vow or make New Year's Resolutions...

January

Cotton Bowl, Goodyear (US-TX): December 31

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Orange Bowl: December 31

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First played in January 1935, the Orange Bowl continues as a football tradition. It's the annual college football bowl game played at New Miami Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It's a part of the Coll...

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AFC Championship Game (Football): January...

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Created in 1970 after the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) became one, the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship Game, or AFC Title Game, determines which team f...

January

Australian Open (AU-VIC): January 20 - Feb...

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First played in 1905, Melbourne’s Australian Open is one of the big four tennis tournaments each year: French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The tournament always occurs during the last two weeks of J...

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Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (US-SD): Ja...

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Riding competitions, livestock and entertainment, the annual Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo is an annual bright spot in the otherwise harsh and cold Dakota winters. The event was created in 1958 as a m...

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Bobblehead Day, Ntl: January 7

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First run in 2015, National Bobblehead Day is a celebration of this enduring German toy created in the 1700s based upon Asian (China and Japan) string dolls of the time. Their heads are extremely large an...

January

Cockroach Races (AU-QLD), Brisbane: Januar...

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Leave it to the Aussies to make sport of one of the most reviled insects in the world, the cockroach. Each year on Australia Day, Brisbane Australia celebrates with the Cockroach Races, cockroach beauty c...

January

College Football Playoff National Champion...

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College Football Playoff National Championship is a bowl game that determines the national champion of the NCAA Division I FBS college football for the playing season. The two participating teams will be...

January

Dakar Rally (SA): Jan 5-17

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Dakar Rally began in Paris over forty years ago and continues annually. From 2020-2024 the rally will bee hosted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its motto sums up the excitement of this car race: “A chal...

January

Family Fit Lifestyle Month: January

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The United States Department of Agriculture wishes to remind all families about the importance of eating healthy, avoiding canned and processed foods, and sitting down for family dinners. With globaliza...

January

Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (US-TX): Jan...

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First held in 1896, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is the original indoor extravaganza of carnival shows, entertainment, competitive riding and premium stock competitions. 45 acres under one roof.

January

Fruitcake Toss Day: January 3

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This event was created as a joke, but has become a wonderful fundraising opportunity for charities. It’s always newsworthy, and the dense consistency of fruitcakes makes them highly mobile when thrown....

January

Harlem Globetrotter's Day (1927): January...

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The Harlem Globetrotters first organized in 1926 as the Savoy Big Five. The Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team focused on athleticism and comedic theater. From 1926 until know, the Harlem Glo...

January

Healthy Weight Week: January 19-25

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Healthy Weight Week urges people to educate themselves on not dieting, rather opting for a healthy lifestyle of sensible eating and an active lifestyle. Timed during the third week of January when many p...

January

Idiotarod, (Multiple Dates/Cities): Januar...

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Urban Idiotarods - or Idiot-a-rod - have been going on since 1994 in San Francisco. These urban shopping cart races are named after the Iditarod - the 1,000 mile long dog-sledding race in Alaska. The Idi...

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Mentoring Day, Intl. (1942): January 17

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Held during National Mentoring Month, International Mentoring Day began in 2017 and marks the anniversary of legendary boxer Mohammed Ali's birth, January 17, 1942. The event is promoted by the National M...

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NFC Championship Game: January 19

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The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of two divisions in the National Football League (NFL). The NFC Championship game is the last game of the season. The winner of this game goes on to the Sup...

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