Celebrating with Filippell, TeamWork Online
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Executives gathered in New York recently to discuss the sports landscape and celebrate Buffy Filippell and her job placement company TeamWork Online, which recently made its 100,000th career connection in sports. At dinner at One World Observatory: Front row (from left): Leo McCullagh, McCullagh & Associates; Bernie Mullin, The Aspire Group; Tom Wilson, Olympia Entertainment; Bill Sutton, Bill Sutton Associates and USF Sport and Entertainment Management MBA program; Steve Patterson, Pro Sports Consulting; Jon Spoelstra, consultant and author; Mike Stevens, EVP, New York Giants; Chad Estis, Legends. Back row: Steve Hatchell, National Football Foundation; Len Komoroski, Cleveland Cavaliers; Doug Logan, Initiative on Chronic Homelessness; Tod Leiweke, NFL; John Ruzich, Legends; Buffy Filippell; Ron Bremner, Gold Medal Consulting Group; Greg Jamison, Jamison Entertainment Group; Randy Bernstein, Premier Partnerships; Andrew Craig, The Craig Co.; Mike Hargrave, Richard Petty Motorsports; Tim Leiweke, Oak View Group. Not pictured: Larry Scott, Pac-12 Conference.
Photos: COURTESY OF TEAMWORK
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Chad Estis of Legends, which operates the space; TeamWork Online’s Buffy Filippell; the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Len Komoroski; and Oak View Group’s Tim Leiweke.
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Ride ’em
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PBR rider Kaique Pacheco (second from left) won the Charlotte Invitational last month. With him are (from left) Allen Montgomery, Wrangler Specialty Apparel president; Chris Pantani, Cooper Tires director of marketing; and PBR Chief Executive Officer Sean Gleason.
Photo by: PBR / BULLSTOCK MEDIA
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Enter Metallica
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Metallica played during opening weekend at U.S. Bank Stadium. With the band (from left): Michele Kelm-Helgen of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, Patrick Talty and Jerry Goldman of SMG; and Bob Hagan, Lester Bagley and Steve LaCroix of the Minnesota Vikings.
Photo by: JOE LEMKE
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Schools win! Schools win!
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Representatives of James G. Blaine Elementary School accepted a $150,000 Diamond Project grant from Cubs Charities at their Go Cubs Go Day last month. The grant will support a new turf field surface and general field maintenance, logos, backstop and netting. Cubs Charities Board Chair Laura Ricketts, Cubs mascot Clark and Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel were on hand to celebrate.
Photo by: CHICAGO CUBS
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Champion honored
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UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes speaks at Equality California’s Equality Awards last month in Los Angeles. Nunes, the first openly gay UFC athlete to win a title belt, was presented with the Equality Visibility Award.
Photo by: GETTY IMAGES
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More than hockey
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There was plenty of action beyond the ice at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto last month. “Hockey Night in Canada” host David Amber, NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Don Fehr and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speak at Hockey SENSE, a summit on social equality and sustainable environments coordinated by the NHL and the NHLPA in partnership with Beyond Sport, on Sept. 19 at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Photo by: GRAIG ABEL / WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY VIA GETTY IMAGES
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More than 100 newcomers receive their Canadian citizenship during the World Cup of Hockey 2016 Legacy Project on Sept. 20 at Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village. Former Ottawa Senators player Daniel Alfredsson, who also took his Canadian citizenship oath that day, stands at front.
Photo by: GRAIG ABEL / WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY VIA GETTY IMAGES |
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