Snapshots of events, conferences, parties and announcements from across the sports business industry.
05.19.2025
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PGA WORKS COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP From left, David Kohler, CEO
of Kohler Co.; PGA of America
CEO Derek Sprague; and
Nina Kohler, PGA of America
REACH Foundation chair,
gathered at the PGA WORKS
Collegiate Championship
Career Showcase & Welcome
Celebration at The Beacon
on May 4 in Kohler, Wis. (Ryan Lochhead / PGA of America)
NOW AT BAT … Retired Buffalo Bills
standout Micah Hyde,
host of the Micah Hyde
Charity Softball Game,
presented by Equitable,
waved to fans during
the event on May 4 at
Sahlen Field. (TEAM LAMMI)
TENNIS CHANNEL TALENT AT SINCLAIR UPFRONT Sinclair’s AMP sports
podcast hosts join
Tennis Channel
talent at Sinclair’s
sports upfront event
at Manhattan’s
Moonlight Studios
on May 1. From left,
Landon Donovan,
Jerry Ferrara, Urban
Meyer, Martina
Navratilova, Brett
Haber, Matt Leinart,
Sydney Leroux and
Rob Stone. (Tennis Channel)
CHASE FOR BUSINESS Ben Walter, CEO
of Chase Business
Banking, and Megan
Rapinoe, former U.S.
women’s national
soccer team standout,
took the stage at
Chase for Business’
The Experience:
Seattle, a networking
and education
event for small
business owners,
on May 6 at Bell
Harbor International
Conference Center. (Lucy Kennedy Photography)
STRAT-O-MATIC DAY AT METS HOUSE Strat-O-Matic founder Hal
Richman joined Mr. and
Mrs. Met at Mets House in
New York on May 4 as part of
Mets/Strat-O-Matic Day. More
than 300 players of the game
turned out to play throughout
the day in the Mets’ pop-up
store in Union Square. (Jerry Milani)
ATLÉTICO DALLAS BRAND REVEAL USL Dallas
unveiled its
identity as Atlético
Dallas on May 5
with a community
gathering featuring
live music and
a fan parade.
From left, brand
ambassador and
minority owner
Armando
“El Chiquilín”
Ulloa waved the
team flag while
leading the parade
with co-founder
and Chief
Commercial Officer
Sam Morton,
and founder and
chairman Matt
Valentine. (Atlético Dallas)
INVESTING TOGETHXR From left, Betsy Morgan, former LPGA golfer
Michelle Wie West and Brett Bouttier
celebrated West’s announcement of investing
in Togethxr at the Mizuho Americas Open press
event in New Jersey on May 6. Morgan and
Bouttier are co-leads of Magnet Companies,
one of the longtime investors in Togethxr. (Togethxr)
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