Driving diversity for NASCAR
Basketball legend Magic Johnson (left) poses for photos with NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France. Johnson was announced as co-chairman of the newly created Executive Steering Committee for Diversity at NASCAR at a news conference May 20 in Concord, N.C.
Meet you in Madison
Mike Haislip (left), senior vice president of operations for the Great Lakes division of Charter Communications, and Christine Godleski, vice president and general manager of ESPN Outdoors, shake on it at a media day in Madison, Wis., for which the organizations were co-hosts. The event May 18 included demonstrations of sports from the Great Outdoor Games, which will be contested July 8-11 in Madison.
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