The stars of sports business were out in Los Angeles for the CAA World Congress of Sports. On Tuesday night, more than 100 gathered for the annual VIP speaker dinner at the headquarters of CAA in Century City. During Wednesday’s sessions, members of this year’s Champions class received their awards and offered stories from their long and successful careers during a midday panel.
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The 2016 class of Champions: Pioneers & Innovators in Sports Business: Bob Lanier of NBA Cares, Joe Cohen of The Switch, Roger Penske of Penske Corp., Jeremy Jacobs of Delaware North Cos. and the Boston Bruins, and Lesley Visser of CBS. Jerry Richardson (inset) of the Carolina Panthers was unable to attend.
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CAA Sports’ Michael Levine and Howie Nuchow
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Champion Roger Penske and Jonathan Gibson of Penske Motorsports and Eric Shanks of Fox Sports
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ESPN’s Rachel Nichols and Jalen Rose
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Peter White and Mark Whitaker of DLA Piper, Champion Lesley Visser of CBS Sports and Peter Zern of Covington & Burling
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Modell’s Sporting Goods’ Mitch Modell and MLS’s Don Garber
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MLS’s Gary Stevenson, SBJ/SBD’s Richard Weiss and AEG’s Todd Goldstein
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MLS’s Don Garber, Marc Merrill of Riot Games and Alan Gold of Evolution Media
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Abraham Madkour of SBJ/SBD, CAA’s Richard Lovett and CAA Sports’ Pat Brisson.
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