Golfer DANNY WILLETT has become the "latest high-profile player to leave" CHUBBY CHANDLER's Int'l Sports Management representation firm. The move follows the "shock departure of LEE WESTWOOD over the summer." Willett is "believed to have become unsettled by all the rumours swirling regarding the reasons behind Westwood leaving to join IMG" (DAILYMAIL.co.uk, 10/4).
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Bob Woodward (r) was a featured speaker
at event honoring Kornheiser, Wilbon |
ROUND OF APPLAUSE: ESPN's MICHAEL WILBON and TONY KORNHEISER last night received the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award during a reception in DC (THE DAILY)....A handful of sports figures made Vanity Fair's fourth annual "New Establishment" list, which rank figures who are setting the global agenda and leading the Age of Innovation. Included this year are LA '28 Chair CASEY WASSERMAN (No. 93), Nationals RF BRYCE HARPER (No. 85), Cavaliers F LEBRON JAMES (No. 76), Activision Blizzard CEO BOBBY KOTICK, Monumental Sports & Entertainment investor LAURENE POWELL JOBS (No. 44), Discovery Communications President & CEO DAVID ZASLAV (No. 41), NBCU President & CEO STEVE BURKE and Comcast Chair & CEO BRIAN ROBERTS (No. 22), Fox Exec Chair RUPERT MURDOCH (No. 16), CBS Chair, President & CEO LES MOONVES (No. 13) and Disney Chair & CEO BOB IGER (No. 7) (VANITYFAIR.com, 10/4)....BAMTech CEO MICHAEL PAULL and NBC Broadcasting & Sports Chair MARK LAZARUS were named to Variety's "New Power of New York" list (VARIETY.com, 10/4)....Powell Jobs, Magic co-Owner and U.S. Secretary of Education BETSY DEVOS and Tandem Sports & Entertainment VP & General Counsel HELEN DOOLEY made The Washingtonian's list of "Most Powerful Women in Washington" (WASHINGTONIAN, 10/'17 issue).
NAMES: The SEC made a $100,000 contribution to Texas A&M's Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The conference also "donated $100,000 to Florida after the university was impacted by Hurricane Irma" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 10/5)....NICK KYRGIOS will donate $50 to Puerto Rico hurricane relief aid "each time he blasts an ace" during the ATP China Open (AFP, 10/5)....MLB Network's KEVIN MILLAR has joined William Murray Golf as an investor (THE DAILY).
