Boston writers make point of honoring Bud
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig (left) talks to new Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona at the annual awards dinner given by the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Selig received the Boston chapter’s top honor, the Judge Emil Fuchs Memorial Award for long and meritorious service to baseball, at the dinner Jan. 12. In the background is Selig’s wife, Sue.
Red Sox principal owner John Henry speaks at the Boston writers dinner. Bill Mueller, Jason Varitek and Kevin Millar from his team picked up awards, as did Keith Foulke, who was honored for his season with the A’s but has since signed with the Sox.
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, honored as Executive of the Year, autographs a ball for a young fan at the dinner.
Getting a hold on wrestling fans
College Sports Television and the National Wrestling Coaches Association hosted motivational speeches for wrestling fans at the recent NWCA Cliff Keen National Dual Championships in Cleveland. From left: Cael Sanderson, undefeated in four years at Iowa State; CSTV’s Chris Bevilacqua, an All-America wrestler at Penn State; wrestling legend and CSTV broadcaster Dan Gable; and the NWCA’s Mike Moyer.
Luxurious George
George Foreman (the champ’s in the back at right) hung out with Casual Male Retail Group and Avrett Free & Ginsberg execs while shooting ads for his new clothing line, the George Foreman Comfort Zone Collection. From left: Jamie Korsen, AFG chief marketing officer; Betsy Mansfield, AFG creative director; Joe Petruccio, AFG executive creative director; Mary Luttrell, Casual Male advertising director; Ric Della Bernarda, Casual Male senior VP/marketing; Nancy Brogan, Casual Male creative director; Foreman; Zoe Sokolovsky of Casual Male; and Frank Ginsberg, AFG chairman, CEO and chief creative officer.
Spirited bunch
At the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament in the Bahamas were (from left) Gene Sullivan of Southern Wine & Spirits, Jim Porter of event sponsor Golf Magazine, soccer player Brandi Chastain; Larry Goodrich of Southern Wine & Spirits and Mark Bailey of Robert Mondavi.
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