Women’s Sports Foundation salutes winners
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Hockey player Angela Ruggiero, Women’s Sports Foundation founder Billie Jean King and CEO Deborah Slaner Larkin attend the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 35th annual Salute to Women in Sports awards Oct. 15 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
Photo by: GETTY IMAGES
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Cubs, Chicago dig in for Wrigley improvements
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The Chicago Cubs played host to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood, city and state officials, community and corporate partners and representatives from the project team at the Oct. 11 groundbreaking ceremony for Wrigley Field’s expansion and restoration, known as The 1060 Project. From left: Alderman Tom Tunney; Alderman Patrick O’Connor; Emanuel; the Cubs’ Tom Ricketts; Selig; the Cubs’ Laura Ricketts, Crane Kenney and Theo Epstein; and Wood.
Photo by: STEVE GREEN / CHICAGO CUBS
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Seahawks hold first partner summit
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The Seattle Seahawks played host to their first partner summit Oct. 16 from the Verizon Lounge at CenturyLink Field. From left: Galen Smith of Outerwall, Kristin Rooney of Verizon, Ray Conner of Boeing, the Seahawks’ Peter McLoughlin, Rich Karlis of CenturyLink, Rob Matthews of Microsoft, Darlene Corkrum of Virginia Mason, and Mark Mason of HomeStreet.
Photo by: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
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Leagues line up for diversity event
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At the third annual Sports Diversity and Inclusion Symposium on Oct. 21 at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (from left): The PGA’s Pete Bevacqua, the NFL’s David Coleman, the NCAA’s Kim Ford, MLB’s Wendy Lewis, NASCAR’s Dawn Harris, the NHL’s Patrick Burke, the NBA and WNBA’s Hilary Shaev, MLS’s JoAnn Neale and the USOC’s Jason Thompson.
Photo by: MONTANA PRITCHARD / THE PGA OF AMERICA
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NACWAA talks football playoff
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At the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators national convention in Louisville, Ky., a panel Oct. 13 discussed the new College Football Playoff (from left): Patti Phillips, NACWAA; moderator Chris Plonsky, University of Texas; Jim Delany, Big Ten Conference; Mike Aresco, American Athletic Conference; Lynn Hickey, University of Texas-San Antonio; Gene Smith, Ohio State University; and Tom Waggoner, 360 Architecture.
Photo by: LEONARD BOULWARE
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Purple power in Orlando
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Orlando City SC and local officials broke ground on the club’s new stadium Oct. 16. From left: Orlando commissioners Robert Stuart, Tony Ortiz and Jim Gray, Mayor Buddy Dyer, Parramore Kidz Zone student Skye Walton, Orlando City SC coach Adrian Heath, club founder and President Phil Rawlins, club owner and Chairman Flavio Augusto da Silva, MLS President Mark Abbott, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Kidz Zone student Shandel Brummit and Orange County Commissioner Scott Boyd.
Photo by: ORLANDO CITY SC
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NBA aligns with China’s Ministry of Education
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The NBA and China on Oct. 17 announced a multiyear partnership between NBA China and the Ministry of Education of China, the ministry’s first partnership with an American professional sports league. From left: NBA China CEO David Shoemaker, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong, Minister of Sport Liu Peng and Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping.
Photo by: NBA ENTERTAINMENT
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Rose Bowl bound
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Announcing plans Oct. 17 for the Air & Style action sports and lifestyle event coming to Rose Bowl Stadium in February (from left): Snow Park Technologies’ Chris Gunnarson, Shaun White Enterprises’ Keith Yokomoto, Air & Style’s Andrew Hourmont, event majority owner and snowboarder Shaun White, the Rose Bowl Operating Co.’s Victor Gordo, snowboarder Mark McMorris and freestyle skiers Bobby Brown and Joss Christensen.
Photo by: MICHAEL ZITO / BZA
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Selig, Bratches, Lazarus inducted into hall
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A new class was welcomed at the 24th annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Gala on Oct. 20 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Above: Bill McGorry, Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame chairman; Bob Costas, NBC and MLB Network anchor and co-host for the evening; Bud Selig, MLB commissioner and Lifetime Achievement Award winner; and group publisher Louis Hillelson, VP of NewBay Media. Below: Inductees Sean Bratches (left), ESPN EVP of sales and marketing, and Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBC Sports Group.
Photos by: ERIK EKROTH
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espnW Summit
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At the espnW Summit on Oct. 9 in Dana Point, Calif.: ESPN’s John Skipper and Christine Driessen, espnW’s Laura Gentile, Toyota’s Dionne Colvin-Lovely, and ESPN’s Sage Steele and Ed Erhardt.
Photo by: KOHJIRO KINNO / ESPN IMAGES
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WME-IMG gives back
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Patrick Whitesell, co-CEO of WME-IMG, and Mark Ervin, VP and managing director of action sports at IMG, participate in Walk the Walk, the company’s annual day of service, on Oct. 16 at Foster Elementary School in Compton, Calif.
Photo by: WME FOUNDATION
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Sports talk in Charlotte
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At a Charlotte Sports+Business event Oct. 14 (from left): Jonathan Norman of Bespoke Sports and Entertainment, Kyle Caddell of the Charlotte Hornets, Crystal Dunham of Novant Health and Rick Coffee of Lowe’s.
Photo by: JON SHOW
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Milestone for new Delaware North headquarters
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Signing the final beam for Delaware North’s new global headquarters in Buffalo on Oct. 10 (from left): Dan Zimmer and Charles Moran Jr. of Delaware North; Michael Montante of Uniland Development Co.; Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz; Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown; U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins; and Uniland’s Carl Montante and Carl Montante Jr.
Photo by: JOE CASCIO / DELAWARE NORTH
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A ring for a King
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Los Angeles Kings TV broadcaster Bob Miller received the box with his Tiffany & Co. Stanley Cup Championship ring from club executives (from left) Dan Beckerman, Kelly Cheeseman and Luc Robitaille on Oct. 8 at L.A. Live.
Photo by: JUAN OCAMPO / LOS ANGELES KINGS
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Blackhawks join Magnificent Mile
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The Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 8 cut the ribbon on their new 5,000-square-foot, two-story retail store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping strip. The store opened to the public Oct. 10. From left: the Blackhawks’ John McDonough, Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly, and the Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews and Rocky Wirtz.
Photo by: CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
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