Golfer DANNY WILLETT has become the "latest high-profile player to leave" CHUBBY CHANDLER's Int'l Sports Management representation firm. The move follows the "shock departure of LEE WESTWOOD over the summer." Willett is "believed to have become unsettled by all the rumours swirling regarding the reasons behind Westwood leaving to join IMG" (DAILYMAIL.co.uk, 10/4).
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| Bob Woodward (r) was a featured speaker at event honoring Kornheiser, Wilbon |
ROUND OF APPLAUSE
: ESPN's
MICHAEL WILBON
and
TONY KORNHEISER
last night received the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award during a reception in DC (
THE DAILY
)....A handful of sports figures made Vanity Fair's fourth annual "New Establishment" list, which rank figures who are setting the global agenda and leading the Age of Innovation. Included this year are LA '28 Chair
CASEY WASSERMAN
(No. 93), Nationals RF
BRYCE HARPER
(No. 85), Cavaliers F
LEBRON JAMES
(No. 76), Activision Blizzard CEO
BOBBY KOTICK
, Monumental Sports & Entertainment investor
LAURENE POWELL
JOBS
(No. 44), Discovery Communications President & CEO
DAVID ZASLAV
(No. 41), NBCU President & CEO
STEVE BURKE
and Comcast Chair & CEO
BRIAN ROBERTS
(No. 22), Fox Exec Chair
RUPERT MURDOCH
(No. 16), CBS Chair, President & CEO
LES MOONVES
(No. 13) and Disney Chair & CEO
BOB IGER
(No. 7) (
VANITYFAIR.com, 10/4
)....BAMTech CEO
MICHAEL PAULL
and NBC Broadcasting & Sports Chair
MARK LAZARUS
were named to Variety's "New Power of New York" list (
VARIETY.com, 10/4
)....Powell Jobs, Magic co-Owner and U.S. Secretary of Education
BETSY DEVOS
and Tandem Sports & Entertainment VP & General Counsel
HELEN DOOLEY
made The Washingtonian's list of "Most Powerful Women in Washington" (
WASHINGTONIAN, 10/'17 issue
).
NAMES: The SEC made a $100,000 contribution to Texas A&M's Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The conference also "donated $100,000 to Florida after the university was impacted by Hurricane Irma" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 10/5)....NICK KYRGIOS will donate $50 to Puerto Rico hurricane relief aid "each time he blasts an ace" during the ATP China Open (AFP, 10/5)....MLB Network's KEVIN MILLAR has joined William Murray Golf as an investor (THE DAILY).
