Wasserman-owned Laundry Service ranks as No. 7 in Ad Age's new A-List rankings of the top ad agencies. Over the past year, the seven-year-old agency has "increased revenue" by 63% -- from $45.5M to $75M -- "nearly tripling" its '15 revenue of $25M. Laundry Service "may not be huge but punches well about its weight." It account losses last year are "eclipsed by its wins," which included NBC Sports, Nike and Foot Locker ( ADAGE.com, 2/18 ).
WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES : The NHL Panthers will "host a blood drive" for Parkland, Fla., on Thursday at BB&T Center in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The event is in "conjunction with One Blood and JetBlue." Fans attending the Capitals-Panthers game can "donate blood inside the arena" from 6:00pm ET through the "end of the second intermission." The Panthers' practice facility in Coral Springs is "less than four miles from Douglas and the BB&T Center is about 15 miles south of the school" ( South Florida SUN SENTINEL, 2/17 ). Meanwhile, there is now an online campaign "hoping to convince ESPN" to name AARON FEIS its '18 Arthur Ashe Courage Award recipient. Feis, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas assistant football coach, died protecting others during last week's shooting ( MIAMIHERALD.com, 2/16 ).
NAMES : Oklahoma AD JOE CASTIGLIONE is part of a "seven-member class" for the Oklahoma Sports HOF ( NORMANTRANSCRIPT.com, 2/19 )....Mavericks F HARRISON BARNES "hosted a viewing" of the film " BLACK PANTHER " for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Dallas. Barnes "bought 150 tickets for kids who didn't even know he would be there." Meanwhile, Cowboys S KAVON FRAZIER "took over 600 students from D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School to see the movie last week" ( DALLASNEWS.com, 2/19 )....Celtics coach BRAD STEVENS yesterday "spoke for about five minutes" at Red Sox Spring Training ( BOSTONGLOBE.com, 2/19 ).... STEPHEN CURRY before the All-Star Game was at a "private dinner at NBA superfan JIMMY GOLDSTEIN 's landmark Sheats-Goldstein Residence in L.A.," along with 76ers C JOEL EMBIID , Suns G JOSH JACKSON , Clippers F DANILO GALLINARI and Knicks C JOAKIM NOAH ( NYPOST.com, 2/19 ).
