People and Pop Culture

Going Off The Grid: Four Sports Industry Execs Weigh In On Biz & Pop Culture

6.18.2015

A weekly survey of sports execs and personalities, offering their positions on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, we take the pulse of four execs from four corners of the sports industry:

MLB Cardinals VP/Communications Ron Watermon
– Primarily watches baseball and Netflix
NBC Sports Group Senior Dir of Business Development Samita Mannapperuma
– Daily Mail enthusiast
Upper Deck Authenticated Brand Manager Gabriel Garcia
– Reluctantly hooked on reality TV
Moko Social Media COO Shripal Shah
– Daily TMZ reader

Going Off The Grid
	Most-influential woman in sports	Non-pro sports market ready for a team	Favorite sneaker brand	U.S. city with the best food	Celebrity crush
Watermon	Mo'ne Davis		New Balance	St. Louis	Diana Krall
Mannapperuma	Michele Roberts	Las Vegas	Asics	Charleston
Garcia		Las Vegas	Nike	New Orleans	Jessica Alba
Shah	Serena Williams	Austin		Chicago	Angelina Jolie

Going Off The Grid

Most-influential woman in sports

Non-pro sports market ready for a team

Favorite sneaker brand

U.S. city with the best food

Celebrity crush

Watermon

Mo'ne Davis

New Balance

St. Louis

Diana Krall

Mannapperuma

Michele Roberts

Las Vegas

Asics

Charleston

Garcia

Las Vegas

Nike

New Orleans

Jessica Alba

Shah

Serena Williams

Austin

Chicago

Angelina Jolie

Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an e-mail to adamharris@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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