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Dropping the puck on a D.C. project

Former Washington Capitals player Rod Langway, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis and former Caps player Sylvain Cote take part in a ceremonial puck drop after a news conference to announce the 2015 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic Legacy Initiative at Watkins Elementary School and Recreation Center’s Rush Rink on Dec. 5 in Washington, D.C.
Photo by: PATRICK MCDERMOTT / NHLI VIA GETTY IMAGES
Royalty visits the NBA

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge marked the new community partnership between the Royal Foundation and the NBA at the Brooklyn Nets’ game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Dec. 8 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. They met NBA Commissioner Adam Silver before the game.
Photo by: NBAE / GETTY IMAGES
Lights on in Ottawa

The Ottawa Senators unveiled their new LED lighting systems from Ephesus Lighting at the Canadian Tire Centre on Nov. 28: Ed Healy, Senators director of operations/engineering; Senators President Cyril Leeder; Ephesus founder and CTO Joe Casper; Bob Chiarelli, minister of energy; and Hydro Ottawa Chairman Jim Durrell.
Photo by: LUTHER CAVERLY
Conferences get together at NFF dinner

At the ACC’s reception before the National Football Foundation’s Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 9 in New York City: Fermata Partners’ Derek Eiler, ESPN’s Burke Magnus, Silver Chalice’s Lawton Logan, Fermata’s Chris Prindiville, and Tom Stultz and Erik Judson of JMI. BELOW: At the Big 12 Reception were NFF board member and Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, former Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe and Pete Derzis of ESPN Regional Television.
Photos by: MIKE MCLAUGHLIN PHOTOGRAPHY
Kings and Sixers

The Philadelphia 76ers announced DraftKings as their official daily fantasy game partner on Dec. 2. Front: Sixers CRO Christopher Heck; Jeremy Elbaum, DraftKings VP of business development; DraftKings CEO Jason Robins; Sixers CEO Scott O’Neil; and former Sixers player World B. Free. Back: Comcast SportsNet Sixers color commentator Malik Rose and former Sixers players Theo Ratliff and Darryl Dawkins.
Photo by: DAVID DOW / NBA PHOTOS
Hoops talk at Paradise Jam

Michael Neuman, managing director of Scout Sports and Entertainment, and Glenn Horine, chief revenue and marketing officer for Global University Sports Properties, spoke to college officials and alumni recently on the “Changing Landscape of Media in Sports and College Athletics” at the 14th annual Paradise Jam tournament in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Photo by: DANA HINMAN
Learfield GMs huddle up

Learfield Sports played host to its collegiate property general managers in Tucson, Ariz., at its annual GM Academy. At opening night Dec. 1: Cris Carrico, Mountain West Sports Properties GM; Marc Jenkins, Learfield Sports COO; Roger Gardner, Learfield EVP; Bob Agramonte, Learfield chief business development officer; Andy Rawlings, Learfield EVP/chief revenue officer; and Dan Hawley, Boise State’s Bronco Sports Properties GM.
Photo by: CHRISTINA MEISTER / LEARFIELD SPORTS
NBA, Kings visit school in India

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé, and Reliance Foundation Chair Nita Ambani visited the IES School in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 2 to celebrate the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program. Also on hand were former NBA player Vlade Divac and Kings co-owner Vice Chairman Raj Bhathal.
Photo by: NBA ENTERTAINMENT
Party with FS1, TWC

Fox Sports 1 and Time Warner Cable took over Hangar 8 in Santa Monica, Calif., on Dec. 6 to celebrate the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015, after Fox Sports 1 had televised live the World Cup draw. From left: FS1 analyst Cobi Jones; Fox Networks’ Michael Cooper; Fox Sports’ Robert Gottlieb; FS1 anchor and reporter Julie Stewart-Binks; rapper Flo Rida; FS1 reporter and host Jenny Taft; U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati; Time Warner Cable’s Carlos de Castro; and Fox Sports’ Jamia Bigalow.
Photo: COURTESY OF FOX SPORTS

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