Snowboarder SHAUN WHITE, who had previously been with CAA Sports, has "signed with UTA." The agency has been "involved in Air + Style, the annual action sports and music fest that takes place in Europe, Asia and the U.S. and in which White is majority shareholder." UTA will "rep White’s interests in live events, music, film, TV, licensing and endorsements, digital media and business development." Those "include his clothing line WHT Space, a partnership with Burton snowboards, and ownership in Mammoth Resorts," which owns California resorts Mammoth, Big Bear, June and Snow Summit (DEADLINE.com, 3/29).
ON THE GREEN: SNOOP DOGG will perform at "Augusta Jam" this upcoming Wednesday, a day before the start of The Masters. The rapper will "take the stage at the Country Club Dance Hall and Saloon" located less than two miles from Augusta National Golf Club (GOLF.com, 3/29).
PAC PRIDE: The inaugural Pac-12 Sustainability Conference will take place June 26 at Golden 1 Center as part of the '17 Green Sports Alliance Summit. The Pac-12 is the first conference to organize a symposium focused on integrating sustainability into college athletics. Speakers include Basketball HOFer BILL WALTON, Colorado AD RICK GEORGE and Pac-12 Deputy Commissioner & COO JAMIE ZANINOVICH (Pac-12).
THE GOOD GUYS: Golfer BRYSON DECHAMBEAU is "teaming up with the National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic to help raise funds and promote kidney health and donation" as part of Donate Life Month, which begins in April (GOLFWEEK.com, 3/29)....CCM Hockey has donated more than $30,000 worth of hockey equipment to Madison Square Boys & Girls Club with the help of Hockey HOFer PAT LAFONTAINE and Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (CCM)....Celtics C AMIR JOHNSON and students from Winthrop Middle School (Mass.) "went behind the scenes of JetBlue's operations at Logan Int'l Airport" on Monday (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/29).
NAMES: New Missouri men’s basketball assistant coach MICHAEL PORTER SR.'s contract is for three years and worth a guaranteed $1.125M. Porter’s base pay for each year of the contract is $300,000 plus a supplemental payment of $75,000, for a "yearly guaranteed total of $375,000." MU also "agreed to pay Porter's buyout at Washington" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 3/30)....The NASCAR HOF last night debuted a new exhibit around RICHARD PETTY and the multiple generations of his family who have worked and raced in NASCAR. The exhibit, "Petty: Building a Family Legacy," runs through July (Adam Stern, Staff Writer)....Baseball HOFer VIN SCULLY "made it into the National Recording Registry this year" for his call of the last Dodgers-Giants game played at the Polo Grounds (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 3/29)....Police in Florida are "investigating sexual battery allegations" made by a woman against Pro Football HOFer MICHAEL IRVIN. Irvin currently works as an NFL Network analyst (AP, 3/29)....Discovery Channel’s “DIESEL BROTHERS” show teamed up with MLB Network for a “baseball-themed episode” in which Tigers 1B MIGUEL CABRERA “orders a custom diesel truck to drive around Detroit” (MLB.com, 3/29)....Iowa State G MONTE MORRIS made a “verbal agreement” to sign with Octagon ahead of the NBA Draft (MLIVE.com, 3/30)....New Jersey Gov. CHRIS CHRISTIE was joined by former MLBer MARIANO RIVERA at the White House yesterday for an “opioid task force” meeting. Christie is running the task force for PRESIDENT TRUMP (NJ.com, 3/29).
