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NSSA Honors Peter King, Dan Patrick With Yearly Honors; Vitale, Albom Into HOF06 / 11 / 13The National Sportscasters & Sportswriters Association last night held its annual HOF banquet at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C., naming SI’s PETER KING Sportswriter of the Year and NBC’s DAN PATRICK Sportscaster of the Year. The evening also featured the induction of ESPN&rsq... Tags: People and Pop Culture |
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State Farm Signs Multiyear Deal With WNBA
As the WNBA ramps up preparations for its 17th season with its annual Draft tonight, State Farm tips off a new sponsorship deal with the league. The insurance company signed a multiyear deal to be the presenting sponsor of the WNBA Draft, with signage at the event hosted on ESPN’s Bristol, Con ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, WNBA, State Farm Insurance Cos.
Weekend Plans With WNBA President Laurel Richie
As March Madness winds down, WNBA President LAUREL RICHIE picks up the start of her busy season. She is heading from her N.Y. home to ESPN HQs in Bristol for a weekend stocked with financial planning, image workshops, and a little bowling to boot, as the league hosts a rookie orientation in a ...
Tags: People and Pop Culture, WNBA
Weekend Plans With WSJ Sports Editor Sam Walker
To say that Wall Street Journal Sports Editor SAM WALKER is simply a Univ. of Michigan "fan" would a major understatement. The Ann Arbor native's memories date back to the ripe age of four years old when he began hooting and hollering for the maize and blue. With the school making its first Final ...
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Weekend Plans With Tod Leiweke
TOD LEIWEKE could get used to living in the Sunshine State. A sports business veteran who previously held high caliber positions with the Sounders, Trail Blazers, Seahawks, Wild, PGA Tour, Canucks and Warriors, he took his current role as Tampa Bay Sports & Entertainment CEO just less than thr ...
Weekend Plans For Adrian Hanauer
MLS Sounders GM & minority Owner ADRIAN HANAUER is now in the midst of his fifth season at the helm of the club and coming off a vote in December where 96% of club season-ticket holders and Alliance members elected to keep him in his position. A Seattle native, he will spend the majority of ...
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Weekend Plans For Timbers' Mike Golub
While MLS Timbers COO MIKE GOLUB has yet to get Owner MERRITT PAULSON on board, Golub and his wife SAM are all about yoga. This weekend the couple will hit up a party, do some yoga and cycling, swing by one of his favorite food trucks and catch a movie. All squeezed around the Timbers' home ga ...
Weekend Plans With Steven Justman
There are not many chances for NBC Sports Ventures VP/Sales STEVEN JUSTMAN to spin his wheels during the week, so he takes his weekend mornings at home in Armonk, N.Y., to cycle around Westchester County with some close friends. When he is not on the road pedaling, he can be found pedali ...
Tags: People and Pop Culture, NBC
What's Up For The Weekend With Keith Gordon
KEITH GORDON , who holds a high-pressure position as NFL Players Inc. President, spent the majority of the week in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine. He will now fly to his home in Old Town Alexandria, Va., to relish in some family time with his wife, two-year-old daughter MIA and six-year-old son ...
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Pacers GM Hopes To Repeat Seminar With Fans
Pacers GM Kevin Pritchard said Friday's seminar that he held for fans interested in learning about working in an NBA front office was “fantastic” and he was “amazed at how engaged they really were.” Pritchard: “It immediately went into what you’d think it ...
Tags: Franchises, Indiana Pacers, NBA
What's Bob Arum Up To This Weekend?
Top Rank Chair BOB ARUM has the lucky position to find himself home in Las Vegas this weekend. As he tells it, “At least 50 percent of the weekends I’m doing a fight or I’m out of town, or I’m in Vegas but I’m working. So the 50 percent of the weekends where I’m ...
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