Sport & Leisure

Polaris, Ohio – September 07, 2026 -- Supercharged Entertainment broke ground on its fourth U.S. location at 9300 Lyra Drive in Polaris, Ohio, with the 125,000-square-foot venue set to open in Summer 2027.

The complex spans 16 acres near Topgolf and Smash Park

Supercharged Entertainment Polaris will mirror the design of the company's New Jersey location, which opened in Edison in December 2022. The site sits within the Polaris Centers of Commerce, alongside existing shopping and dining destinations.

Two karting tracks combine into an 80,000-square-foot Supertrack

The venue will house what the company calls the world's largest indoor, multi-level, temperature-controlled karting track, featuring 25 total elevation changes across two designs. The all-electric karts produce zero emissions on the climate-controlled course.

Ontario, Calif. – September 07, 2026 -- ONT Field, home of the Ontario Tower Buzzers, the Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has been named the 2026 BaseballParks.com Ballpark of the Year, an honor recognizing it as one of the top fan experiences in Minor League Baseball.

The ballpark leans fully into its airport-adjacent identity.

Designed by global design firm Populous in partnership with the City of Ontario, Diamond Baseball Holdings and the Tower Buzzers, ONT Field features a center field food hall modeled after a baggage-claim carousel and a left field concourse built as an interactive runway. A vintage airplane and the runway lighting activate whenever the Tower Buzzers hit a home run.

Orlando – September 07, 2026 -- Fitness Ventures, the largest Crunch Fitness franchisee in the country, will coordinate a 9/11 Remembrance Stair Climb Challenge across 106 Crunch locations nationwide on Friday, September 11, marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

Participants will climb 110 flights, roughly 2,071 steps, matching the height of the World Trade Center towers. The company expects between 5,000 and 8,000 people to take part across the network, including members, non-members, employees, first responders, and community volunteers.

More than 100 fire departments will climb in full gear

Many participating fire departments plan to complete the climb wearing full protective gear as a tribute to FDNY firefighters and first responders who died on September 11, 2001. The event nearly doubles in scale from last year, when 71 Crunch locations participated, growing to 106 clubs this year.

Webster Groves, Mo. – September 07, 2026 -- Autumn returns to Big Bend Boulevard as the Merchant & Business Association of Old Orchard hosts its Fall Festival on Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, running 10:00AM to 6:00PM both days. The two-day event transforms Big Bend Boulevard between Dale Avenue and Summit Avenue into a seasonal celebration, with Log Cabin Lane closing to traffic for the first time to serve as a festival hub between Big Bend Boulevard and East Frisco Avenue.

Fourteen bands split across two stages this year

For the first time, the festival expands to two live music stages, doubling the entertainment across the weekend. Fourteen bands are confirmed, including Jake's Leg, Voodoo Funky Butt Brass Band, The Brothers Lazaroff, and the Webster Groves High School Jazz Band, with additional acts still to be announced.

Doylestown – September 07, 2026 -- More than 60,000 runners, walkers, ruckers and volunteers will gather across over 100 communities nationwide for the 19th annual 9/11 Heroes Run, marking 25 years since the September 11 attacks.

The race series, organized by the Travis Manion Foundation (TMF), begins September 5 and continues into October. For the first time, CVS Health is serving as national title sponsor, backing efforts to expand the event's reach.

The run traces back to a Marine's visit to FDNY firefighters

The event was inspired by 1stLt Travis Manion, USMC, who was killed in Iraq in April 2007 while protecting fellow Marines. Before his final deployment, Manion visited New York City Fire Department Rescue Company 1, which suffered heavy losses on 9/11, and left inspired by the courage of first responders. The first Heroes Run took place in 2008 in his hometown of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Atlanta – September 07, 2026 -- College Colors Day returns Friday, September 4, inviting fans nationwide to wear their school colors and enter for a chance to win a trip to the 2027 College Football Playoff National Championship in Las Vegas.

The annual celebration, developed by collegiate brand licensing company CLC, carries the theme "Make Your Loyalty Impossible to Miss" this year, focusing on the traditions and rituals that define college fandom beyond gameday.

Deestroying fronts a new social campaign for the celebration

Donald De La Haye, a professional football kicker, content creator and University of Central Florida alumnus known as Deestroying, leads a new social media spot featuring fan personas built around college football traditions, superstitions and rivalries.

Rockledge, Fla. – September 05, 2026 -- Crunch Fitness is opening a new $5 million gym in Rockledge, Florida, with pre-sale memberships now available starting at $9.99 per month and $0 enrollment fees.

The 43,000-square-foot facility debuts Crunch's newest design concept

Crunch at Viera, located at 5410 Murrell Road, Suite 135, will feature the company's Crunch 3.0 design. The layout includes a dedicated Abs & Glutes Room and a Crunch Reform Pilates studio equipped with reformer machines, integrated lighting, sound systems, and digital programming screens.

Olathe, Kan. – September 04, 2026 -- Garmin has launched the GMI 40, a multipurpose marine instrument with a 4.3-inch, high-resolution color touchscreen, priced at $599.99, with bundles ranging from $1,099.99 to $1,899.99.

The touchscreen replaces cluttered dashboards with one clear display

The GMI 40 features an edge-to-edge glass touchscreen designed to give sailors, cruisers and coastal anglers an uninterrupted view of live boating data. Garmin says the compact design fits cleanly at the helm and complements its GPSMAP chartplotters.

It connects to existing onboard electronics and wearables

The device integrates with compatible marine electronics through the NMEA 2000 network and Garmin's own BlueNet network. It also connects wirelessly to gWind sensors, marine remote controls and Garmin quatix marine smartwatches, letting boaters share data across devices in real time.

Hamburg – September 04, 2026 -- The SPORT BILD Award 2026 handed out ten trophies to the year's biggest sports names at Hamburg's Fischauktionshalle on Monday evening, honoring standout performances, comebacks and charity work in front of roughly 700 guests from sport, politics, business and media.

TV host Esther Sedlaczek co-presented the show for the first time alongside SPORT BILD editor-in-chief Henning Feindt.

Uli Hoeneß receives the Legend Award for a 48-title career

Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeneß won the Legend Award for his life's work. As player and executive he collected 48 titles, including the 1972 European Championship and 1974 World Cup with West Germany. He took over as Bayern manager in 1979 at age 27 when the club was in debt, later serving as president and supervisory board chairman. Comedian Bruno Jonas delivered the laudatio. Hoeneß said his hunger for success remains: "I love people who are hungry."

Buffalo, N.Y. – September 03, 2026 -- New Era and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen have launched the 2026 Billustration Collection, eight caps designed by children receiving care at Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo (GCH Buffalo), with every purchase benefiting the Patricia Allen Fund at the hospital.

The caps are available now at neweracap.com, the New Era Buffalo Store, the New Era SoHo Flagship Store, Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium, and select retail partners.

Eight children turned personal memories into wearable art

The designs come from young patients Jack, Mason, Charlotte, Isaac, Avery, Amar'e, Killian, Caleb and Grace. Allen will debut each design during his tunnel walk at a corresponding Bills home game, starting September 17, 2026 against the Detroit Lions and running through a January 2027 matchup against the New York Jets.