Awards & Honors
MLS honors Minnesota’s Ballard, Whitecaps’ Schuster with top executive awards
MLS bestowed its Doug Hamilton Executive of the Year honor upon Minnesota United CEO Shari Ballard as part of its presentation of the Mark Abbott MLS Club Business Awards for the 2025 season. Ballard has been with the organization since 2021.
Influence 125: Kevin Plank, Under Armour
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Steve Phelps, NFL/Wasserman/NASCAR
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Twitter
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Jeff Schwartz, Mark Steinberg and Casey Close, Excel Sports Management
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Billie Jean King, Billie Jean King Enterprises
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Bob Iger, The Walt Disney Co.
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Dan Wieden, Wieden + Kennedy
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Mark Lazarus, Turner Entertainment Group/NBCUniversal/Versant
Mark Lazarus of Turner Entertainment Group, NBCUniversal and now Versant, was honored in SBJ's Influence 125, which named the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century.
Influence 125: Adam Silver, NBA
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
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We both understand we’re not going to coach this team. We’re not going to decide who we draft. We’re not going to decide what’s going to happen at the trade deadline. But he does bring a history of winning, I’d argue, almost like no one else. I love it that he wants to be involved here.-- Predators owner Bill Haslam, on bringing College Football HOFer Nick Saban in as a minority owner of the team.
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