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ESPN welcomed the sports world to its 25th anniversary celebration at ESPN Zone in New York City’s Times Square on Sept. 7. Above: Longtime network personality Chris Berman put some feeling into it from the lectern.
Above: Enjoying the festivities were (from left) “SportsCenter” anchor Linda Cohn, NBA Commissioner David Stern (who had a memorable ESPN moment of his own in a bathrobe during an ESPN promotional ad for the NBA’s first season on the network) and ESPN chief George Bodenheimer.
Girl power at the U.S. Open
At the JPMorgan Chase Leadership Day for Girls at the U.S. Open. Front, from left: Kelly Wolf, Octagon; former players Gigi Fernandez and Zina Garrison; Sandra Harwitt, sports journalist; Dee Dee Felich, Pacific Life Open. Back: Ernestine Miller, sports historian; Tandy O’Donoghue, USTA; Lewis Jones, JPMorgan Chase Foundation; Lyn Ryman, WTA Tour; and Leslie Allen, Fordham University coach.
Help from the top for Jimmy Fund
Boston’s sports bosses came together for the third annual WEEI Jimmy Fund Radiothon on Aug. 27. From left: Danny Ainge, Celtics executive director of basketball operations; Scott Pioli, Patriots VP of player operations; Red Sox GM Theo Epstein; and Bruins GM Mike O’Connell.
Pats’ putter
Patriots owner Bob Kraft breaks out the putter at the Deutsche Bank Championship Pro-Am, which was played Sept. 2 at the TPC of Boston. PGA Tour player and U.S. Ryder Cup team member David Toms, who played with Kraft in the pro-am, attended a Pats exhibition game against the Jaguars that night with Kraft and sat in his box, Toms told the Boston Herald.
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