Snapshots of events, conferences, parties and announcements from across the sports business industry.
06.16.2025
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EXTRA YARD FOR TEACHERS The ACC, in conjunction with the College Football Playoff
Foundation, unveiled a fully renovated Eagles Nest Room at
Statesville Road Elementary School in Charlotte on May 19 as
part of the Extra Yard for Teachers makeover. (ACC)
WOMEN’S GOLF DAY AT PINEHURST Women’s Golf Day participants (from left) Celeste LeJeune,
Catherine Jaeger, Meredith Leach and Lynette Sanborn joined
more than 100 women who played Pinehurst Resort courses No. 1
and No. 3 on June 3, the 10th anniversary of Women’s Golf Day, in
Southern Pines, N.C. (Matt Gibson / Pinehurst Resort)
INAUGURAL CLASS Members of the the
inaugural class of the
Triangle, N.C., Sports
Business Fellows
program, a legacy
student intern program of
the 2029 World University
Games, gathered
June 2 for orientation.
From left: Andrew
Perna, UNC Charlotte;
Jessica Gozlan, Sports
Biz Careers program
manager; Alexis Dunphy,
N.C. State University;
Sydnie Rice, UNC Chapel
Hill; Antonio Mattox,
N.C. A&T University; and
Rodney Scott, Sports Biz
Careers program director. (Hill Carrow)
TEAM IMPACT’S GAME DAY GALA Team IMPACT interim CEO Krissie
Kelleher (left) posed with Duke
softball match Harper Harrell (center)
and her mom, Heather Hindin, at the
13th annual Game Day Gala at The
Encore Boston Harbor on May 31.
The Boston-based nonprofit, which
matches children facing serious
illness and disability with college
sports teams, raised more than $3.4
million to support its mission. (Maura Wayman Photography)
VICTORY TOUR Fresh off her French Open championship, Coco Gauff visited WME offices in New York on June 9
and took a selfie with the staff. (WME)
TAKING FLIGHT New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel (left)
posed with Magellan Jets co-founders CEO Joshua Marc
Hebert (center) and President Anthony Tivnan on May
30 at Magellan Jets’ Private Jet Terminal at Laurence
G. Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., after selecting the
company as his preferred private aviation provider ahead
of the 2025 NFL season. (Magellan Jets)
DREAM GALA HONORS BLITZER The 2025 DREAM Gala raised more than $8.3 million on
June 2 in New York City. From left, CAA Sports co-head
Howie Nuchow and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
posed for a photo with David Blitzer, the co-managing
partner and co-chairman of Harris Blitzer Sports &
Entertainment, who was honored for his service to the
public charter school network and youth development
organization that operates in East Harlem and the Bronx.
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