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Tisch Institute launches conference at NYU

The NYU School of Professional Studies Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media, and Business on March 14 hosted its first Social Responsibility of Sports Conference on the campus of New York University. Participants included (front row) NBA Commissioner Adam Silver; MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred; LPGA CFO Kathy Milthorpe; MLS Commissioner Don Garber; NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France; (back row) NHL CFO Craig Harnett; Dennis Di Lorenzo, Harvey J. Stedman dean of the NYU School of Professional Studies; NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell; and Arthur R. Miller, associate dean of the Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media, and Business.
Photos by: MARK MCQUEEN / NYU SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
On the panel “Public Policy: When Do Sports Leagues, Teams, and Organizations Get Involved?: moderator Arthur R. Miller; Big East Conference Commissioner Val Ackerman; New York University President Emeritus John Sexton; Brian Ellner, EVP and group head for public affairs, New York, Edelman; former NFL Players Association President Domonique Foxworth; Pat LaFontaine, NHL VP for development and community affairs; and Charles Baker, partner at DLA Piper.
Kathy Behrens, NBA president of social responsibility and player programs, receives the NYU School of Professional Studies Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media, and Business Social Responsibility in Sports Leadership Award from NBA global ambassador Dikembe Mutombo.
UFC Gym readies site in Dubai

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony recently to officially launch UFC Gym’s flagship Middle East franchise, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: UFC CFO Nakisa Bidarian; UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta; Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, ­deputy ruler of Dubai; and UFC Gym ­Middle East CEO Hamad M. Al Sayer. The gym will hold its grand opening on Friday.
Photo by: ZUFFA LLC
Delta in the air

New York Yankees great Mariano Rivera and Gail Grimmett, Delta Air Lines SVP-New York, were on hand earlier this month for the unveiling of the Delta sign now atop the Yankee Stadium scoreboard as part of a sponsorship renewal between the airline and the team.
Photo by: NEW YORK YANKEES
Solid chic of ice

The wives and girlfriends of the Boston Bruins played host to the Fashion Power Play charity fashion show last month at Copley Place, benefiting the Boston Bruins Foundation and the Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Photo by: IGGY PHOTO
Silver at Trudeau dinner

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and wife Maggie Grise arrive at the White House on March 10 for a state dinner hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, of Canada.
Photo by: GETTY IMAGES


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