Tony Fay PR Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson; NFL Network reporter Jane Slater; Influxer CEO/founder Tyler Jaynes; and SMU safety Jonathan McGill gathered at SMU on Dec. 3 to discuss the rapidly changing landscape of name, image and likeness in college athletics.
Kyle Hess Photography The Atlanta Hawks and Chick-fil-A announced the opening of a location at State Farm Arena on Dec. 6. From left: Hawks VP Nick Ressler; owner Tony Ressler; President/CEO Steve Koonin; Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy; T.J. Wilson, Chick-fil-A owner-operator (including at State Farm Arena); Andrew Saltzman, Hawks president of business enterprise/chief commercial officer.
Michael Kress / Athletes for Hope From the Athletes for Hope annual Play for Good gala Dec. 7 at The Schuyler in the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.: (from left:) Former Washington Mystics star Elena Delle Donne; three-time Olympic track and field gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee; Olympic figure skating gold medalist Nathan Chen; emcee and Olympic track and field gold medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley; soccer legend Mia Hamm and Athletes for Hope CEO Jason Belinkie.
2029 WUG NCOC Hill Carrow, chairman of the 2029 World University Games, and Brenda Howerton, chairman of the GoTriangle metropolitan transit authority for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, on Dec. 4 unveiled the first wrapped buses for GoTriangle.
Melissa Macatee / National Football Foundation NFF annual awards dinner From the 66th National Football Foundation annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 10 at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas: 2024 NFF Legacy Award Recipients (from left): Former LEAD1 Association President/CEO Tom McMillen; former Sports & Fitness Industry Association President/CEO Tom Cove; former Pop Warner Little Scholars Executive Director Jon Butler; and former American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco.
Melissa Macatee / National Football Foundation From the 66th National Football Foundation annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 10 at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas: NFF President/CEO Steve Hatchell and 2024 NFF College Football Hall of Fame inductee Alex Smith (Utah).
Bill-Battle_2 Current and former Collegiate Licensing Company executives and staffers gathered Dec. 5 in Birmingham, Ala., to reminisce and celebrate the legacy of company founder and college sports legend Bill Battle, who died Nov. 27. He was 82.
Hechler Photographers The March of Dimes Sports Luncheon on Dec. 4 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York raised a record $1.5 million to support the March of Dimes missions. Award winners were former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, Hero Award; NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman, Leadership Award; and Wasserman Chairman/CEO Casey Wasserman, Corporate Leadership Award.
