MacArthur Bowl presentation
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| The National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame formally presented University of Alabama coach Nick Saban with the MacArthur Bowl, the organization’s national championship trophy for the Football Bowl Subdivision, May 6 in Atlanta: Event MC and broadcaster Brad Nessler, NFF President and CEO Steve Hatchell, Saban and College Football Hall of Fame CEO Dennis Adamovich.
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Shamrock at Invictus Games
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| Shamrock Sports & Entertainment CEO and founder Brian Corcoran (left) and President and COO Carl Hansson on-site for the Invictus Games on May 12 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex near Orlando.
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National Golf Day breakfast
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| The First Tee Congressional Breakfast was held as part of the ninth annual National Golf Day on May 18 in Washington, D.C.: Ryder Cup vice captain Steve Stricker, First Tee scholars Jessica Kent and Nellie Brunson, World Golf Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez, and Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III.
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Power Shift at Georgetown
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| Panelists at the Power Shift Conference on Women in the World Economy, May 4-5 at Georgetown University: Melanne Verveer of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security; Christine Brennan of USA Today, Donna de Varona of EY’s Women Athletes Business Network, Sam Rapaport of USA Football and Val Ackerman of the Big East Conference.
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NFL’s Katz honored at luncheon
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| More than 300 industry executives honored Howard Katz, senior vice president of broadcasting at the NFL and chief operating officer of NFL Films, at UJA-Federation of New York’s Sports for Youth luncheon May 17 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City: Dick Ebersol, Al Michaels, Robert Kraft, Katz, Donna Orender and Russell Wolff.
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Bilas, Gee on college sports panel
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| ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas (left) and West Virginia University President Gordon Gee joined Tom Ross, former University of North Carolina system president, on a panel discussing the legal and business challenges for college sports May 9 in Charlotte.
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Helldorado Days in Vegas
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| PBR kicked off Las Vegas Helldorado Days presented by Monster Energy, the Western festival that it now produces, with a party on Fremont Street on May 12: Fremont Street Experience President Patrick Hughes, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, PBR CEO Sean Gleason and Las Vegas Elks board member J.J. Lynch. |
Olympic spirit in Utah
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| Presenting U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun (second from left) a $10,000 Team USA donation at the fifth annual Governor’s State of Sport Awards were Mike Plant (left), Atlanta Braves president of development; Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (second from right); and Jeff Robbins, Utah Sports Commission president and CEO. Blackmun chose to redirect the donation to support the Utah-based U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and U.S. Speedskating.
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