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Faces and Places

LA84 Foundation anniversary

A halftime ceremony commemorated the 30th anniversary of the LA84 Foundation on July 30 at the Special Olympics World Games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. On hand were World Games basketball teams from Hungary and Taiwan; Olympians Cobi Jones, Sherri Howard, Danny Harris and Connie Paraskevin; LA84 board member John Chavez; LA84 VP of partnerships and business development Bob Wagner; and staff.
Photo: COURTESY OF LA84 FOUNDATION
Isner on set

Top-ranked American player John Isner (center) joins Tennis Channel Chairman and CEO Ken Solomon (left) and network analyst Justin Gimelstob on the set during Tennis Channel’s exclusive coverage of the 2015 Citi Open recently.
Photo by: MIKE HASTIN
Time to celebrate …

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning enjoyed enshrinement weekend activities with Genesco Sports Enterprises’ Frank Mahar and John Tatum.
Photo by: JOHN BREEN
… and time to dig in at Enshrinement Festival

Breaking ground, ceremonially, for the new Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium during the Enshrinement Festival at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio: Stuart Lichter of Industrial Realty Group, Canton Mayor William Healy II, Adrian Allison of the Canton City Schools, state Sen. Scott Oelslager, Hall of Fame board of trustees Chairman Randall Hunt, ceremony emcee Chris Berman of ESPN, the New Orleans Saints’ Tom and Gayle Benson, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Hall of Fame President David Baker.
Photo by: PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
One year to Rio with NBC Sports

NBC Sports Group executives at an event marking one year out from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio: Rick Cordella, John Miller, Mark Levy, Jim Bell, Linda Yaccarino, Gary Zenkel, Mark Lazarus, Seth Winter, Jimmy Roberts, Joe Gesue and Joe Uva.
Photo by: STEPHEN LOVEKIN / NBC SPORTS GROUP
Eagles, American mark renewal

Marking the renewal of a long-term partnership between the Philadelphia Eagles and American Airlines on Aug. 5 at Philadelphia International Airport: tight end Zach Ertz; team President Don Smolenski; Cedric Rockamore, American Airlines VP of hub operations for Philadelphia; and running back DeMarco Murray.
Photo by: KATIE TANG / PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Beyond the Green gathering

During the Beyond the Green event Aug. 11 at the 97th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Sheboygan, Wis.: Joni Lockridge, PGA of America; Jill Close, Harley-Davidson; Van Adams, VanAdams Sports Group; Donna Orender, Orender Unlimited; Sandy Cross, PGA of America; J. Kelly Hoey, speaker and strategist; Laura Kohler, the Kohler Co.; and Suzy Whaley, PGA of America.
Photo by: MONTANA PRITCHARD / PGA OF AMERICA

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