Snapshots of events, conferences, parties and announcements from across the sports business industry.
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RWJBARNABAS HEALTH RED BULLS PERFORMANCE CENTER Red Bull New York unveiled its RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center on April 22 in Morris Township, N.J.
From left: Red Bull Head of Global Soccer Jurgen Klopp; NY/NJ Host Committee Board Chair Tammy Murphy; Morris
Township Mayor Donna Guariglia; RBNY President Marc de Grandpré; RWJBarnabas Health President/CEO Mark
Manigan; FOX5 anchor Tina Cervasio; RBNY Head of Sport Julian de Guzman and MLS Commissioner Don Garber. (Red Bull New York)
BOSTON LEGENDS GALA From Good Sports’ 2026 Boston Legends Gala on May 1 at the InterContinental Boston Hotel: (from left) Good Sports
co-founder/President Christy Keswick; New England Patriots player Brendan Schooler; influencer Arriana Hasiuk;
Good Sports co-founder/CEO Melissa Harper; and former ESPN host Wendi Nix. (Rick Wilson Photography)
COLUMBIA-BAYERN MUNICH PARTNERSHIP Columbia School of Professional Studies Dean
Troy Eggers; Scott Rosner, Columbia Sports
Management Program academic director; and
Dee Kundra, FC Bayern Munich managing
director, Americas, were part of a gathering at
Columbia on April 23 to celebrate the 10-year
partnership between the club and Columbia’s
Sports Management Program. (Columbia SPS)
WATERBOYS CHARITY CHALLENGE Former NFL players Ronde Barber (left)
and Chris Long co-hosted the Chris Long
Foundation’s Waterboys Charity Challenge May
30 at the Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville, Va. (Chris Long Foundation)
INSIDE THE NEW SPORTS ECONOMY The Milken Institute
hosted an “Inside
the New Sports
Economy: Innovation,
Partnerships, and
Global Expansion”
panel discussion
on May 6 in Los
Angeles. From left:
Jon Schwartz of
Prosek Partners;
David Abeles of
TaylorMade Golf;
Heather Brooks
Karatz of Third
Space Capital; Jeff
Gordon of Hendrick
Motorsports; and Ben
Kennedy of NASCAR. (The Milken Institute)
COMMON WEALTH AWARDS From the 47th annual Common Wealth
Awards of Distinguished Service on April
24 in Wilmington, Del.: (from left) Joseph
Meterchick of PNC; honorees Pro Football
Hall of Famer Merrill Reese, actress Jane
Seymour and former NASA astronaut Michael
Massimino; and Gregory Miraglia of PNC. (PNC)
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