Plano, Texas – October 15, 2026 -- Two nonprofit leaders who open up youth sports to more girls and kids received $25,000 grants each from Toyota at the 2026 espnW: Women + Sports Summit in Ojai, California. Markeshia Grant of EPIC for Girls and Rhiannon Potkey of Goods4Greatness are the 11th class of Toyota Everyday Heroes.

Olathe – October 14, 2026 -- Runners can now register for the Garmin Marathon Series race in Ventura, California, set for Sunday, Aug. 22, 2027. It is the series' fourth location.

Four distances cover every skill level

The Ventura event includes a Boston Marathon-qualifying marathon, a USATF-certified half marathon, a 10K and a 5K. All courses start and finish in downtown Ventura. Runners pass historic architecture and local businesses, with views of the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Los Angeles – October 13, 2026 -- Fans of women's sports can now follow live scores, schedules and stats in the new Just Women's Sports (JWS) mobile app, available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

The app arrives alongside two other announcements: JWS has acquired Victra Sports, a women's sports technology company, and is debuting two sport-specific brands, Just Women's Hoops and Just Women's Football.

Chanhassen – October 13, 2026 -- Amateur pickleball players can now compete for cash at Life Time clubs in four states. The company is expanding its LT Classic into a quarterly tournament series, with more than $20,000 in total prize money and registration open in the Life Time app.

Flagler Beach, Fla. – October 12, 2026 -- Golfers can now book limited tee times to hit shots from the upper decks of five U.S. stadiums, including Dodger Stadium and Truist Park, as Upper Deck Golf opens ticket sales for the final stops of its 2026 tour.

The tour follows a sold-out event at Fenway Park. Tee times are limited for each date, are first-come, first-served, and are expected to sell out.

Plano, Texas – October 11, 2026 -- Football fans can play along with NBC's "Sunday Night Football" this season for a chance to win a trip to Super Bowl LXI in Los Angeles, a Toyota vehicle of their choice during Toyotathon, or tickets to any 2027 NFL regular season game. The free-to-play prizes are part of Toyota Motor North America's new season-long NFL campaign, launched as the Official Automotive Partner of the NFL.

Kansas City – October 11, 2026 -- Thomas Annunziata, 21, clinched his first ARCA Menards Series championship with a fifth-place finish at Kansas Speedway, driving the No. 70 Toyota Camry. It is also the first ARCA title for his team, Nitro Motorsports.

A rookie full-time season ends with a title

The New Jersey native made his full-time ARCA debut in 2026. Across the season's 20 races, he scored one win, at Lime Rock Park in June, along with 11 top-five and 18 top-10 finishes. His average finishing position was seventh.

New York – October 11, 2026 -- SiriusXM will broadcast every NFL game live in the 2026 season, from Week 1 through the Super Bowl, and its new $5-per-month SiriusXM Sports Pass is one way to get it.

Home and visiting broadcasts for every matchup

Subscribers can hear every game in their vehicles and on the SiriusXM app. In the app, listeners can choose between the home and visiting team broadcasts for each game. Subscribers with sports play-by-play can also reach both broadcasts directly on their in-vehicle radios.

Ontario, Calif. – October 07, 2026 -- Early registration is now open for Ontario International Airport's (ONT) 5th annual 5K at the Runway, set for Saturday, February 6, 2027.

The race gives runners and walkers rare access to the National Guard hangar area beside ONT's runways, combining aviation, fitness and a fundraising mission for the USO at ONT. More than 2,000 runners, walkers, sponsors and supporters took part in the 2026 event.

Washington – September 30, 2026 -- Pickswise has launched "NFL Career," a free-to-play football simulation that compresses a 20-season pro career into roughly four minutes, available now on mobile and web.

Players create a character across 12 playable positions, from quarterback to punter, and guide them from draft night through retirement. Along the way, the simulation presents decisions on contract negotiations, injury management, and locker room conflicts.