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NBA’s big opening in NYC

Turner Sports tipped off NBA Opening Night on Oct. 28 with a live broadcast and daylong fan event from Times Square: Shaquille O’Neal, the NBA’s Pam El, Ernie Johnson, the NBA’s Danny Meiseles, Turner’s Lenny Daniels, Kenny Smith, Turner’s David Levy and Charles Barkley.
Photo by: LESTER AUSTIN / TURNER SPORTS
VA visit before World Series Game 1

MLB COO Rob Manfred; Adm. James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; MLB Commissioner Bud Selig; and U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald visit the Kansas City VA Honor Annex on Oct. 21 before Game 1 of the World Series, which was dedicated to supporting veterans and military families.
Photo by: KYLE RIVAS / MLB PHOTOS
Penske honored

The Arthritis Foundation, Michigan, honored Penske Corp. Chairman Roger Penske with its annual Tribute to Excellence at a dinner Oct. 22 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. With Penske and wife Kathy Penske (right) is Michelle Glazier, Arthritis Foundation VP for Michigan.
Photo by: CHRISTINE HATHAWAY
Big 12 forums

The Big 12 Conference held its State of College Athletics Forum on Oct. 21 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Above: From the panel “Where Does the Money Go? – The Business of College Athletics”: TCU’s Chris Del Conte, Steve Berkowitz of USA Today, Patrick Sandusky of the USOC, Texas’ Steve Patterson and Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated. Below: From the panel “Are Student-Athletes Employees?”: Christine Brennan of USA Today; Len Elmore of CBS Sports; Tom McMillen of the National Foundation on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition; Lisa Love, formerly of Arizona State; Texas’ Chris Plonsky; Kansas’ Sheahon Zenger; and moderator Jimmy Roberts.
Photos: DON BAKER PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP / BIG 12 CONFERENCE

Fairfield salutes Raftery, Lundquist

Fairfield University honored CBS Sports college basketball broadcasters Bill Raftery, also lead analyst at Fox Sports, and Verne Lundquist with the Stags Lifetime Achievement Award: Leader of the Herd on Oct. 22 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City to benefit Fairfield basketball: Fox Sports’ Steve Scheer, Raftery, Fairfield’s Father Jeffrey von Arx, Lundquist, CBS Sports’ Craig Silver and John Cirillo, the event organizer.
Photo by: FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
DeVos program’s Board of Advisors meets

The DeVos Sport Business Management Program held its first Board of Advisors meeting Oct. 15 at the Orlando World Center Marriott. Front: Mike Tatoian, Rosalyn Durant, Marc Bluestein, Gary Jacobus, Lizzie Haldane and Mike Millay. Back: Sam Stark, Kevin Rochlitz, Scott Bukstein, Keith Harrison, Pat O’Conner, Brad Sexton, Mike Redlick, Cari Coats, Richard Lapchick, Tom Knapp, Jessica West, Tom Vriens and Vince Pierson.
Photo by: CURTIS WALKER
Southern hospitality

Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson spoke to Seattle Seahawks President Peter McLoughlin and wife Kelly at the Panthers-Seahawks game at Bank of America Stadium on Oct. 26.
Photo by: HUNTLEY PATON
Big Blue biz panels

The Michigan Sport Business Conference drew industry execs to Ann Arbor on Oct. 24. Above: “The Economic Reforming of the NCAA” panel: IMG College’s Ben Sutton, the NCAA’s Julie Kimmons, ESPN’s Burke Magnus, the Big Ten’s Jim Delany, the Big Ten Network’s Mark Silverman and moderator Abraham Madkour of SportsBusiness Journal/Daily. Below: MSBC co-presidents David Herman (left) and Aaron Goldstein (right) with speakers John Collins of the NHL (second from left) and Mike Tirico of ESPN.
Photo: COURTESY OF IMG
Photo by: LON HORWEDEL


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