"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, panelists chime in on Justify's chances at the Triple Crown, as well as some personal summer goals.
- Minnesota United Senior VP/Corporate Partnership Sales & Activation Katie Mattis Sarver
-- Patiently waiting for a revival of "The Wire."
- Fox Sports VP/Acquisitions & Programming Josh Oakley
-- Keeps up with pop culture through Instagram, Spotify and baseball.
- LPGA Dir of Corporate Partnerships Amy Engel
-- Reads People magazine on airplanes to keep up.
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Justify's chances of winning the Triple Crown |
Active athlete who'd be great on TV |
Personal summer goals |
A business person who influenced you greatly |
Favorite reality TV show |
Mattis Sarver |
33% |
Misty Copeland |
Play at least three rounds of golf |
Bill George, former majority owner of the Minnesota Thunder (now Minnesota United) |
NBA Playoffs and Finals |
Oakley |
If I bet on him, 0% |
Blake Griffin |
Work on a boss tan. And sleep |
Peter Hutton, and my dad |
"The Bachelorette" |
Engel |
0% |
Aaron Rodgers |
Get an even tan |
Wasserman's Barry Hyde (for his fashion sense) |
"The Bachelor in Paradise" |
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