Sport & Leisure

Xenia – September 25, 2026 -- Cyclists, families and history enthusiasts can register now for the United Way Americana 250 Cycling Classic, a new fundraising ride set for Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio.

The inaugural event, part of the Tour de Gem Cycling Series, runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offers four routes: the 10-mile Liberty Ride for families, the 25-mile Pioneer Expedition, the 40-mile Heritage Quest, and the 64-mile Patriot Tour, a metric century connecting several Greene County communities. All rides begin and end at the fairgrounds, located at 120 Fairground Road.

Greene County's paved trail network anchors the route selection

Organizers chose Greene County as the event's centerpiece because it hosts the largest paved trail network in the nation, according to the announcement.

Hurricane, Utah – September 24, 2026 -- 3W Auto-life will serve as the exclusive title sponsor of the Level 4 West Rim Lite trail at the 11th Annual Monster Energy Trail Hero Event, running Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 in Hurricane, Utah, at Sand Hollow's red sand dunes and slickrock terrain.

The custom-fit floor mat brand will also sponsor the Level 4 Toquerville Falls Day trail and set up a booth at the Washington County Fairgrounds Vendor Show from Oct. 1 to 3, occupying a 20-by-30-foot space designated Booth D6.

3D-scanned mats aim to handle red sand, mud and water

3W uses 3D scanning and VigorMold injection molding to build custom-fit floor liners and truck bed mats for vehicles including the Toyota Tacoma, Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler and Toyota 4Runner. The mats are made from Thorex TPE material, which the company says is waterproof and easy to rinse clean after off-road use.

Hurricane, Utah – September 24, 2026 -- Off-road electronics brand Wolfbox will run a "Blockout Challenge" at the 11th Annual Monster Energy Trail Hero Event, blocking drivers' exterior views entirely and forcing them to navigate an obstacle course using only its FlexPilot camera system. The weeklong event, powered by Greater Zion, takes place Sept. 28 through Oct. 3 in Hurricane, Utah.

Drivers navigate blind using only camera feeds

Qualifying rounds run from 1 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 1 and 2, with 10 teams competing each day on a scored obstacle course. The top eight teams advance to an Oct. 3 final at The Chute, one of Sand Hollow's recognizable rock-crawling obstacles. Members of the public can ride shotgun with a Wolfbox driver during the Oct. 1 and 2 afternoon sessions.

Olney, Md. – September 24, 2026 -- Field of Screams Maryland, ranked #1 Best Haunted Attraction in USA TODAY's 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards, will not reopen this fall and is pushing its return to 2027, organizers confirmed.

The 24-year-old haunted attraction, a fixture named best haunted house and trail by the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun, had completed an 11-month redesign featuring 22 all-new stations, an updated haunted house, and new lighting, sound, and infrastructure.

A zoning approval holds up the reopening

The event will reopen once the Olney Boys and Girls Community Sports Association's (OBGC) Special Exception is amended to expressly include fundraising events on the property, according to organizers.

"We are enormously proud of what our design and planning teams have accomplished, which makes this an especially hard announcement to make," said John Dixon, Director of Operations for Field of Screams Maryland.

NEW YORK – September 24, 2026 -- World Team Tennis (WTT) announced that Coco Gauff has joined the Florida Flamingos Racquet Club as both a player and an owner ahead of the league's December relaunch.

Gauff will play two home matches at Amerant Bank Arena.

She is slated to compete on Monday, December 14, and Tuesday, December 15, against Victoria Mboko of Toronto North and Jessica Pegula of the New York Empire, according to projected lineups.

Gauff says the team format offers a rare experience for tennis players.

"Growing the sport through team competition and making it more accessible are two things I love, and WTT does both," Gauff said, adding that she is looking forward to playing in front of family and friends in South Florida.

New York – September 24, 2026 -- Danimás, the luxury performance brand founded by Dany Garcia, launched its first ready-to-wear collection on September 24, 2026, with prices ranging from $150 to $1,995, available exclusively at danimas.com.

The Fall/Winter 2026 collection spans 28 styles across 60 SKUs

A Fall delivery arrives in September, followed by a Holiday drop in October, with activewear planned for Spring 2027. The line targets what the brand calls the "Athlete of Life" -- women who bring strength training into daily life.

Fit architecture was built on proprietary research into strength-trained bodies

Rather than using conventional fashion sizing, Danimás studied how muscular development affects proportion, garment balance and fit, applying those findings to patternmaking across the collection.

Hong Kong – September 24, 2026 -- Infinix has unveiled the GT NX Series, a two-piece gaming peripheral lineup pairing a split controller with a multi-port docking station designed to turn a smartphone into a console-style rig.

The GT NX Controller adds a pixel-level touchpad for FPS aiming

The controller features what Infinix calls the world's first Pixel-Level FPS Precision Touchpad on a mobile controller, aimed at closing the accuracy gap between touchscreen aiming and mouse-like precision. It uses a three-chip low-latency architecture, with dual chips in the left handle and one in the right, to enable millisecond-level response for flick shots and team fights. Battery life is rated for more than 22 hours of continuous play.

Valcourt – September 23, 2026 -- Ski-Doo, in partnership with Backcountry Access (BCA), is launching its eighteenth year of free Avalanche Awareness Seminars, offering more than 35 sessions across Canada and the United States this winter.

More than 30,000 snowmobilers have attended the program since it began

The seminars, run through Ski-Doo's Responsible Rider program, cover route planning, rescue techniques, safety equipment and forecast resources. Open to riders of any snowmobile brand and any experience level, the free sessions are billed as one of the longest-running avalanche education programs in the snowmobile industry.

Los Angeles – September 23, 2026 -- Speediance is moving beyond its original smart home gym, unveiling a four-product hardware lineup paired with a new AI experience app now in public beta across 105 markets.

Four devices now cover different training needs

The flagship Gym Monster Ultra offers up to 260 pounds of digital resistance across 33 cable positions, with a vertical high-lat pulldown and adjustable thigh restraint for advanced strength work. The freestanding Gym Monster 3 provides up to 220 pounds of resistance through 19 cable positions without wall mounting, while the portable, 8.2-kilogram Gym Nano delivers up to 220 pounds of resistance along with real-time velocity, power and asymmetry data. The Speediance Strap, a screen-free wearable using greenteg Calera technology, tracks wrist-based core-body-temperature trends to add context on training, recovery, sleep and heat exposure.

Hoboken – September 23, 2026 -- Dove launched Back Her Game, a nationwide contest offering one girls' sports team a trip to Brazil for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027, running from September 23 through October 4, 2026.

Coaches enter by posting a video showing team confidence

Eligible adult head or assistant coaches of current girls' sports teams, with players ages 13 to 18 in the 50 U.S. states or D.C., can enter by posting a public video on Instagram or TikTok. Entries must tag @dove and include #KeepHerConfident and #Contest in the caption, following official rules posted at unileversweepsrules.com/dovecontest.