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Seen, spotted and celebrated at the CAA World Congress of Sports

About 125 speakers and special guests took over the third floor at CAA headquarters for a reception on the night before the World Congress of Sports, at Avenue of the Stars in Century City. CAA Sports co-heads Howie Nuchow and Michael Levine welcomed the group, with Nuchow saying, “Growing up in the business, this was the event we all aspired to be a part of. Everyone we looked up to was speaking at this, so it’s special to be a part of it.”

Among the attendees: Champions recipients Roger Penske, with Penske Racing’s Jonathan Gibson; Joe Cohen; Lesley Visser and her husband, Bob Kanuth; and Jeremy Jacobs with his wife, Peg. Others spotted throughout the night: MLS Commissioner Don Garber and MLS’s Gary Stevenson; Proskauer’s Joe Leccese and Brad Ruskin; Covington’s Doug Gibson and Peter Zern; DLA Piper’s Peter White, Chuck Baker and Mark Whitaker; ESPN’s Hannah Storm, Rachel Nichols, Jalen Rose and Connor Schell; A-B InBev’s Lucas Herscovici; JPMorgan Chase’s Kristin Lemkau; Sporting Kansas City’s Robb Heineman; Fox’s Eric Shanks and Larry Jones; Modell’s Sporting Goods’ Mitch Modell; and actress and entrepreneur Alyssa Milano.

Proskauer hosted a dinner at Faith & Flower on Wednesday night, a short walk from L.A. Live. Leccese led a group that included partners Rob Freeman, Jon Oram, Wayne Katz, Frank Saviano and Ruskin, as well as guests including GSP’s Russ Granik, Goldman Sachs’ Greg Carey, PJT’s Don Cornwell and Sports Media Advisors’ Doug Perlman.
Spotted at Wasserman’s sixth annual gathering of women sports marketers, the NBA’s Rachel Jacobson, Tiffany’s Suzanne Taddei, the NFL’s Renie Anderson and Wasserman’s Elizabeth Lindsey.

L.A. Live was a mass of people before Kobe Bryant’s final game on Wednesday. Spotted were ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith chatting with Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber, and Turner’s Kenny Smith talking with ESPN staffers. AEG’s Michael Roth said the game was bigger than an NBA Finals game in terms of buzz and demand. Visser, Jim Gray and Ed Desser held court in the hours before the game, trying to come up with a current player who is universally beloved. Gray’s pick: Steph Curry.

In the AEG suite for Bryant’s last game were Phil Anschutz and his wife, Nancy; LA Galaxy star Robbie Keane; MLS’s Mark Abbott; AEG’s Dan Beckerman, Bob Newman, Ted Tanner, Nick Baker and Russell Silvers; and with Scott O’Neil of the Philadelphia 76ers/New Jersey Devils stopping by briefly.

— Compiled by SportsBusiness Journal staff

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