Big times at the big game
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ESPN’s Dan Margulis, Ilan Ben-Hanan, Burke Magnus and Kurt Dargis at the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship Game presented by AT&T at AT&T Stadium on Jan. 12.
Photo by: PHIL ELLSWORTH / ESPN IMAGES
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IMG was on both sides of the ball for college football’s title game: IMG College Chairman and President Ben Sutton Jr.; Ray DeWeese, GM for Ohio State IMG Sports Marketing; WME-IMG co-CEO Patrick Whitesell; Brian Movalson, GM for Oregon IMG Sports Marketing; and WME-IMG COO Jason Lublin.
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At AT&T Stadium for the game: Mary Morikawa and Steve Morikawa, AVP of corporate affairs for American Honda Motor Co.; Darryl Dunn, CEO and GM of the Rose Bowl Operating Co.; and Paul Engl, GM for IMG College in Los Angeles.
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NACDA’s inaugural FBS Leadership Summit
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The inaugural NACDA FBS Leadership Summit presented by Learfield Sports drew 85 FBS athletic directors, sponsors and invited guests. At a reception Jan. 13 at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of SMU: Bob Vecchione, NACDA executive director; Earl Fenner Jr., USG director of global marketing strategy; Renee Metcalf and Jim Metcalf, USG chairman, president and CEO; Chris Green, NACDA associate executive director for external relations and communications; and Greg Brown, Learfield president and CEO.
Photo by: IAN HALPERIN
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Harvard vs. Yale at MSG
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Former New York Gov. George Pataki, former New York Ranger Mike Richter, Olympic figure skating medalist Sarah Hughes, Leverage Agency CEO Ben Sturner and former New York Ranger Mark Messier at the Rivalry on Ice Harvard vs. Yale hockey game Jan. 10 at Madison Square Garden.
Photo by: AP IMAGES FOR RIVALRY ON ICE
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Youth hockey night at Wells Fargo Center
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Youth Hockey Night at Wells Fargo Center, hosted by AAA Mid-Atlantic, USA Hockey and Philadelphia Flyers on Jan. 9: Berni Koch, AAA Mid-Atlantic president and CEO; Paul Holmgren, Philadelphia Flyers president; Matt Herr, USA Hockey regional manager; and Matthew Haas, AAA Mid-Atlantic director of marketing and advertising.
Photo by: AAA MID-ATLANTIC
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Hot Stove rocks out
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Music and baseball collided at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston as the Chicago Cubs’ Theo Epstein and baseball writer Peter Gammons joined a musical lineup to raise nearly $200,000 for charity at The Foundation To Be Named Later’s annual Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert on Jan. 13. From left: Peter Gammons, Paul and Theo Epstein and musician Bill Janovitz.
Photo by: ALYSSA GREENBERG
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Nets’ Gewirtz is honored
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Jeff Gewirtz, Barclays Center and Brooklyn Nets EVP of business affairs and chief legal officer, received the Sports Counsel of the Year Award at the 10th annual Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel Gala at House of Blues in Los Angeles on Jan. 9. Gewirtz received his award from presenter Andrea Brazel of Milstein Adelman.
Photo by: GENE VIRTU IMAGERY
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