SBJ Weekly — June 12, 2023: Champions 2023

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Awards & Honors

SBJ Champions 2023: Dick Pound

Passion and Purpose: Dick Pound brought authority and respect to legendary tenures that transformed the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency

Leagues

Plenty of questions left to answer about future of golf

Facilities

Acrisure Arena exceeding expectations

State of Play

Forum

Madkour: Strong voices from Brand Innovation Summit in Chicago

Upfront

The stunning planned merger of the PGA Tour and PIF leaves much to answer

LIV Golf and PGA Tour: From disruption to deal-making

Legends leads record hospitality sales at U.S. Open

Agent: Rose Zhang to be selective in branding process

Equibase, Pramana team up to generate horse racing betting tips

A lifelong Notre Dame fan, Pete Bevacqua will bring a unique perspective from NBC to his new role as the Irish athletic director

Insiders

Sports Media: The next head of NBC Sports? These names stand out

Portfolio

Coachella Valley’s new Acrisure Arena skates past expectations for the AHL Firebirds, Kraken and OVG

Faces and Places: Brand Innovation Summit

Page Turners: New books for spring and summer

Champions

Champions 2023: Dick Pound

Solving AmEx vs. Visa and putting an end to ambush marketing

Personal Touch: Colleagues and associates on the private side to Dick Pound

Pound Wise: Dick Pound sounds off on today’s major issues

Opinion

Technology will aid concussion protocol, but at what societal cost?

Cartoon: Teeing up the money

Technology

Triathlete Eric Hinman on using tech to monitor training for the CrossFit Games, investing in fitness tech space

Atlanta Hawks' Hawks Ventures makes debut investment into the ARENA Platform

Seven College World Series teams are using TruMedia: How the analytics platform provides custom scouting reports

MLS Next partners with Kitman Labs to organize league-wide operations, centralize player data

How the NewtForce Mound is giving MLB and college pitchers an advantage

How a portable X-ray system from OXOS can speed up medical treatment at the point of care for athletes

Spatial engineering startup Rypplzz adds precise geolocation and connectivity to environments

People

Faces and Places

Closing Shot

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