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Beijing auditions for 2022 Games

At the closing ceremony of the International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission’s five-day inspection visit to Beijing, Liu Peng, minister of general administration of sport in China and president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, greets Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee and chairman of the Evaluation Commission. Beijing is a candidate city for the 2022 Winter Games.
Photo by: BEIJING 2022
Serving it up at MSG, Indian Wells

USTA Foundation executives Thomas Chen, James Blake and Dan Faber are flanked by players Roger Federer and Grigor Dimitrov at a reception fundraiser during the BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden on March 10. The foundation is the official charity of the event.
Photo by: TIM CAMUSO / USTA
Mylan World TeamTennis CEO and Commissioner Ilana Kloss, Mylan Pharmaceuticals CMO Deb O’Brien, WTT co-founder Billie Jean King and Andy Roddick, who is part of the World TeamTennis ownership group, gather at the Mylan WTT 40th season celebration in Indian Wells, Calif. The new WTT season begins July 12.
Photo by: FRED & SUSAN MULLANE / CAMERAWORK USA
Allison Bodenmann, new VP, head of advertising, for Tennis Channel, joins network commentators Jon Wertheim (left) and Justin Gimelstob at the Tennis Channel set on the grounds of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.
Photo by: FRED & SUSAN MULLANE / CAMERAWORK USA
Youth sports at SXSW

Presenting a panel at SXSW on battling tradition to reinvent youth sports were moderator Christine Brennan of USA Today, PGA of America’s Jeff Price, USA Swimming’s Matt Farrell and Kurt Kamperman of the U.S. Tennis Association.
Photo: COURTESY OF USA SWIMMING
Social media on tap for WISE LA

WISE Los Angeles hosted a panel discussion focusing on “The Business of Social Media” on March 25 at the NFL Network Studios in Culver City, Calif. WISE Los Angeles President Shelley Taniguchi is joined by moderator Jill Painter Lopez of Fox Sports West and panelists Kendall Ostrow of UTA, Kevin Winston of Digital LA, Pamela Naumes of Bolthouse Farms, and Scott Carlis of AEG Global Partnerships.
Photo by: WISE LOS ANGELES
Channeling NFL internationally

Mark Waller, EVP of international for the NFL, and Daniel Cohen, SVP Americas for MP & Silva, announce a landmark deal for MP & Silva to represent the NFL in its media rights negotiations for 42 territories across Europe at a SportelAmerica press conference, moderated by Rick Horrow, on March 17 in Miami.
Photo: COURTESY OF MP & SILVA
Effie Awards judges

NBC Sports Group’s Bill Bergofin, the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Lisa Baird and NASCAR’s Norris Scott served as judges for the 2015 Effie Awards Final Round judging session at the Sofitel in New York. The Effie Awards recognize any and all forms of marketing communication that contribute to a brand’s success.
Photo by: TANYA GHOSH


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