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Saints linemen meet Del Mar jockeys

Saints and jockeys at Del Mar

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (left) and his offensive line enjoyed a day of racing Aug. 21 at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, including a visit and photo with Del Mar jockeys (from left) Denis Rojas, Joel Rosario, Tony McNeil, Joe Talamo, Martin Pedroza, Garrett Gomez and Alonso Quinonez.



Welcome to the Machine

OHIO MACHINE
Announcing Aug. 16 that Ohio Wesleyan University’s Selby Stadium will be home to Major League Lacrosse’s Ohio Machine when it begins play in 2012 (from left): Ohio Wesleyan President Rock Jones, MLL Commissioner David Gross, Ohio Machine coach Ted Garber and President and GM John Algie, and Greater Columbus Sports Commission Executive Director Linda Logan.

Fear the Turtle's new look

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Kevin Plank (center), Under Armour CEO, chairman and founder and a University of Maryland alumnus, addresses the crowd at the unveiling of Maryland’s new football uniforms. The uniforms, designed by Under Armour, were introduced Aug. 22 in College Park. Standing behind Plank with Maryland players is coach Randy Edsall.

Federer headlines Mercedes promotion

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Tennis champion Roger Federer, helping Mercedes-Benz give away tickets through a “Tweet Rally to the 2011 U.S. Open” promotion, attended an event Aug. 24 in New York City. With Federer (second from right) are (from left) Marco Schnabl, Rich Hesse and Blair Creed, all of Mercedes-Benz Manhattan.

Nadal touts responsibility

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Bacardi USA President Robert Furniss-Roe (right) plays host to Rafael Nadal at the launch event for a new “Champions Drink Responsibly”campaign.  Nadal, the defending U.S. Open men’s singles champion, is a spokesman for the campaign. The event was Aug. 23 at Bar Basque in New York City.


Networking in New York City

VENUES TODAY MAGAZINE
At The Business of Sports - New York Networking Event on Aug. 24 at Slattery’s Midtown Pub (from left): Charlie Shin, Major League Soccer/Soccer United Marketing marketing manager; Meredith McCurdy, IMG senior manager, Olympic marketing services; Russell Scibetti, New York Jets senior manager of database marketing; Joshua Duboff, founder of The Sports Business Exchange; Brandon Korman, director of research for Tennis Channel.


15 years of 'The Jim Rome Show'

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Premiere Networks celebrated the 15th anniversary of “The Jim Rome Show” this month at the W Hotel in Westwood, Calif. (From left) Program director Brian Wilson of San Diego’s KLSD-AM; Debbie Wagner, president/market manager for Clear Channel San Diego; and Rome, whose radio show airs on 230 affiliates.


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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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