MacArthur Bowl presentation
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The National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame formally presented University of Alabama coach Nick Saban with the MacArthur Bowl, the organization’s national championship trophy for the Football Bowl Subdivision, May 6 in Atlanta: Event MC and broadcaster Brad Nessler, NFF President and CEO Steve Hatchell, Saban and College Football Hall of Fame CEO Dennis Adamovich.
Photo by: CRAIG SUTTERS
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Shamrock at Invictus Games
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Shamrock Sports & Entertainment CEO and founder Brian Corcoran (left) and President and COO Carl Hansson on-site for the Invictus Games on May 12 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex near Orlando.
Photo by: DAVID THOMPSON
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National Golf Day breakfast
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The First Tee Congressional Breakfast was held as part of the ninth annual National Golf Day on May 18 in Washington, D.C.: Ryder Cup vice captain Steve Stricker, First Tee scholars Jessica Kent and Nellie Brunson, World Golf Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez, and Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III.
Photo by: WE ARE GOLF
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Power Shift at Georgetown
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Panelists at the Power Shift Conference on Women in the World Economy, May 4-5 at Georgetown University: Melanne Verveer of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security; Christine Brennan of USA Today, Donna de Varona of EY’s Women Athletes Business Network, Sam Rapaport of USA Football and Val Ackerman of the Big East Conference.
Photo by: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
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NFL’s Katz honored at luncheon
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More than 300 industry executives honored Howard Katz, senior vice president of broadcasting at the NFL and chief operating officer of NFL Films, at UJA-Federation of New York’s Sports for Youth luncheon May 17 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City: Dick Ebersol, Al Michaels, Robert Kraft, Katz, Donna Orender and Russell Wolff.
Photo by: UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK
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Bilas, Gee on college sports panel
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ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas (left) and West Virginia University President Gordon Gee joined Tom Ross, former University of North Carolina system president, on a panel discussing the legal and business challenges for college sports May 9 in Charlotte.
Photo by: MELISSA KEY / CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL
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Helldorado Days in Vegas
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PBR kicked off Las Vegas Helldorado Days presented by Monster Energy, the Western festival that it now produces, with a party on Fremont Street on May 12: Fremont Street Experience President Patrick Hughes, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, PBR CEO Sean Gleason and Las Vegas Elks board member J.J. Lynch.
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Olympic spirit in Utah
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Presenting U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun (second from left) a $10,000 Team USA donation at the fifth annual Governor’s State of Sport Awards were Mike Plant (left), Atlanta Braves president of development; Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (second from right); and Jeff Robbins, Utah Sports Commission president and CEO. Blackmun chose to redirect the donation to support the Utah-based U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and U.S. Speedskating.
Photo by: RAY TAGGART
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