CAA Sports catches up with Ponders
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From left, CAA Sports’ Michael Levine, Minnesota Vikings QB Christian Ponder and his wife, ESPN broadcaster Samantha Ponder, and CAA Sports’ Jim Denton and Jimmy Sexton attend the CAA Sports Super Bowl Party, presented by LG, at the Contemporary Arts Center on Feb. 2 in New Orleans.
Photo by: WIREIMAGE
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Industry turns out for Celebrity Beach Bowl
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Industry turns out for Celebrity Beach Bowl
From left, Paul Guyardo, DirecTV EVP and chief revenue and marketing officer; model Chrissy Teigen; DirecTV Chairman and CEO Mike White; and Matthew C. Blank, chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks, attend DirecTV’s seventh annual Celebrity Beach Bowl at DTV SuperFan Stadium at Mardi Gras World on Feb. 2 in New Orleans.
Photo by: NEILSON BARNARD / GETTY IMAGES FOR DIRECTV
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Audi Forum New Orleans
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Audi of America President Scott Keogh and NFL hall of famer Jim Brown catch up at the Audi Forum New Orleans on Feb. 1 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.
Photos by: MICHAEL BUCKNER
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Big Game Big Give
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Director Michael Bay (right), host of the fourth annual Big Game Big Give party on Feb. 2 in New Orleans, with event co-host Marc Pollick, president and founder of the Giving Back Fund.
Photo by: FANTAPPER
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Broadcasters confer
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CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus (left) and announcer Jim Nantz attend a Super Bowl XLVII broadcasters press conference at the New Orleans Convention Center on Jan. 29.
Photo by: SCOTT HALLERAN / GETTY IMAGES
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Red carpet at 'NFL Honors'
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Houston Texans owner Bob McNair attends the second annual “NFL Honors” at Mahalia Jackson Theater on Feb. 2 in New Orleans.
Photo by: JAMIE MCCARTHY / GETTY IMAGES
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Not your everyday Joe
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During a Jan. 28 photo shoot for Haribo of America at the Ravens’ complex in Baltimore, QB Joe Flacco poses with TBC Advertising’s Allen Charles (left), chairman and creative director, and Howe Burch, EVP and managing director.
Photo by: STEVE LONGLEY / TBC
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ESPN's got Next
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Sean Bratches (right), ESPN’s EVP of sales and marketing, catches up with Grammy-winning artist CeeLo Green, the featured performer at ESPN The Magazine’s Next event on Feb. 1 at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans.
Photo by: ESPN THE MAGAZINE
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DirecTV's Super Saturday Night
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Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews (left) parties with “Nashville” actress Hayden Panettiere, and Ryan Williams, director of marketing with Athletes First, at DirecTV’s Super Saturday Night party Feb. 2 at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans. The event was co-hosted by Mark Cuban’s AXS TV and benefited Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Photo by: RYAN WILLIAMS
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Discussing Super Bowl ad value
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USA Today and Momentum Worldwide hosted “The Creativity Kick-Off,” an Ad Meter Super Panel, on Feb. 2 in New Orleans. Back row, from left: Tom Beusse, president of USA Today Sports Media Group; Laura Petrecca, New York deputy bureau chief for USA Today; Alison Lewis, SVP of marketing, Coca-Cola North America; Chris Weil, CEO, Momentum Worldwide. Front row, from left: Tony Pace, CMO, Subway; Larry Kramer, president and publisher of USA Today; Bryan Buckley, Super Bowl commercial director; Susan Credle, chief creative officer, Leo Burnett.
Photo by: USA TODAY SPORTS
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From Big Easy to Big Apple
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From left, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson poses for photos with Rita Benson LeBlanc, vice chairman and co-owner of the New Orleans Saints; New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu; and New York Giants co-owner Jonathan Tisch before Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3 in New Orleans.
Photo by: GERALD HERBERT / AP IMAGES
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