Indianapolis insiders
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Executives and family members from Turner, CBS and the NCAA — including Turner’s Lenny Daniels and David Levy, CBS’s Sean McManus and the NCAA’s Mark Emmert — gather backstage with Journey, who performed at the Indy After Dark party at the Final Four.
Photo by: TURNER BROADCASTING
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At Learfield Sports’ Final Four event at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis: Learfield President and CEO Greg Brown, College Sports Solutions’ Jeff Schemmel, Learfield Chief Legal Officer John Raleigh, University of Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta and his son Luke Barta.
Photo by: ERIC LEARNED
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Brad Paisley, who played a special concert at the Final Four, is joined by IMG College Chairman and President Ben Sutton and SVP Andrew Judelson.
Photo: COURTESY OF WME-IMG
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Pouring a new deal in the NBA
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi pose for a photo during a press conference to announce a landmark new marketing partnership between the NBA and PepsiCo on April 13 at Terminal 23 in New York City.
Photo by: JENNIFER POTTHEISER / NBAE / GETTY IMAGES
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Snider awarded
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Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider accepts the Philanthropist of the Year award from Philadelphia Business Journal Editor-in-Chief Craig Ey during breakfast at Union League in Philadelphia on April 9. The Philadelphia Business Journal highlighted Snider’s work with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation as the basis for this year’s presentation.
Photo by: PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL
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A new Ally on tour
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The PGA Tour and the Kansas City Crusaders, the host organization of the Web.com Tour’s Kansas City-area event, announced a five-year agreement making Digital Ally the tournament’s new title sponsor. At the announcement in Kansas City on April 3: Matt Henderson, Kansas City Crusaders president; Stan Ross, Digital Ally chairman and CEO; and Bill Calfee, Web.com Tour president. The 2015 Digital Ally Open will be played Aug. 6-9.
Photo by: MARKLINE PHOTOGRAPHY
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Fenway Park 2015 Frozen Four
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At the official welcome at Fenway Park for the 2015 Frozen Four teams: the NCAA’s Kristin Fasbender; TD Garden President Amy Latimer; Travis Roy, former Boston University player, motivational speaker, author and founder of the Travis Roy Foundation; emcee Sean McDonough of ESPN; and the NCAA’s Tom McGinnis.
Photo by: STEVE BABINEAU / TD GARDEN
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Revs launch scholars program
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New England Revolution star forward Charlie Davies (center) surprised more than 70 elementary and middle school students with a visit to the West End House Boys & Girls on April 7 to celebrate the launch of Santander Bank and the New England Revolution’s 2015 Santander Soccer Scholars program. Joining Davies were Santander’s Mike Bruno, the Revolution’s Brian Bilello, West End House Boys & Girls Club’s Andrea Howard and Santander’s Manny Rodriguez.
Photo: COURTESY OF SANTANDER
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Red Bulls welcome Yanmar
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The New York Red Bulls reached the largest marketing partnership in club history, naming Yanmar as the team’s official agricultural machinery, marine and diesel engine partner. At the March 22 announcement at Red Bull Arena: Red Bulls player Mike Grella; the Red Bulls’ Melissa Brennan; Yanmar’s Tim Fernandez and Ken Araki; the Red Bulls’ Marc de Grandpre and Ali Curtis; and Red Bulls player Roy Miller.
Photo by: NEW YORK RED BULLS
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Dallas dignitaries
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The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas held an event March 20 in advance of the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum’s newest special exhibit: Baseball: America’s Presidents, America’s Pastime. From left: John Tatum, Genesco Sports Enterprises CEO; former President George W. Bush; and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.
Photo by: GRANT MILLE
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Cancer center tees up with PGA Tour
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the PGA Tour, Shell Oil Co. and the Shell Houston Open held a press conference March 31 announcing a wide-ranging collaboration. The signature element, MD Anderson’s Strike Through Cancer Wall, will be featured at tournaments, empowering people to show support by signing their names and messages of hope. From left: Tom Buchholz, MD Anderson physician-in-chief; Jarrod Lyle, PGA Tour player who has battled leukemia; Faiyaz Bhojani, global lead of health and human performance for Shell Oil Co.; Norb Gambuzza, SVP of the PGA Tour; and Steve Timms, Shell Houston Open tournament director.
Photo by: TERRY HALSEY
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Syracuse spring breakers tour AEG
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While on an Immersion trip to Los Angeles over spring break, Syracuse University students enrolled in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics got a surprise visit from Dan Beckerman, chief executive and president of AEG, as they toured the facilities and met with executives from throughout the company.
Photo by: NADIA KIM
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Distinguished alumni honored
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McCormack Department of Sport Management at the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst presented its VanderZwaag Distinguished Alumnus award at its Awards Banquet on March 30. The recipients, from left: Peter John-Baptiste, VP of communications, Cleveland Browns; Ted Dalton, SVP, corporate partnerships and business development, Boston Celtics; and Steve Cohen, GM, Brooklyn Cyclones. Not pictured: Heidi Pellerano, SVP, multicultural marketing, Wasserman Media Group.
Photo by: BEN BARNHART / BBIMAGES
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MP & Silva at The Palace
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MP & Silva held a launch party earlier this month at The New York Palace. From left: the NBA’s Matthew Brabants; Lara Pirazzini, head of operations, Americas, for MP & Silva; YES Network’s Woody Freiman; and Jeroen Oerlemans, vice president of global acquisitions for MP & Silva.
Photo by: MP & SILVA
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Brice headlines D-backs ‘Evening’
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The 9th annual Arizona Diamondbacks’ Evening on the Diamond on April 2 featured country music singer Lee Brice. The event raised more than $1.6 million benefiting nonprofit organizations and communities throughout Arizona. From left: Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall, Brice and Select Artists Associates President Charles Johnston. SAA booked and produced the entertainment.
Photo by: SELECT ARTISTS ASSOCIATES
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“SVP & Russillo” huddle with Horizon
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ESPN Radio’s Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo, hosts of “SVP & Russillo,” spent time with Horizon executives at the ESPN Who event in New York earlier this month. From left: Adam Sands, vice president of multimedia sales at ESPN; Wes Morse, media supervisor at Horizon; Bryan Burney, ESPN account executive; Van Pelt; Adam Schwartz, Horizon media director; and Russillo.
Photo by: LORENZO BEVILAQUA / ESPN IMAGES
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