Collegiate cooperation
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Bob Vecchione, executive director at NACDA; Jim Phillips, athletic director at Northwestern University; and Tom McMillen, president of the Division 1A Athletic Directors Association, attended the D1A Institute at Northwestern University, July 18-20. This marked the first year that NACDA and D1A have worked together on the institute.
Photo by: CHRIS GREEN / NACDA
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Cutting the ribbon in Sparta
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Kentucky Speedway held its AAA Garage ribbon cutting last month. From left: AAA’s Terry Rubritz, Tony Newman, Thomas Vaughan, and Craig Sumerel; Kentucky Speedway GM Mark Simendinger; Tom Wiedemann, AAA COO; and NASCAR drivers Austin Dillon and Brandon Jones.
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Triple digits for Boeing
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Boeing marked 100 years in business with a weekend celebration in Seattle last month. Seattle Seahawks COO Chuck Arnold and linebacker KJ Wright presented a Seahawks centennial jersey to Ray Conner (right), CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Photo by: DEBORAH FELDMAN
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Big-league media
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The Paley Center for Media held a Paley Dialogues Luncheon in New York on July 20 that included “Gary Bettman and Robert Manfred in Conversation,” a discussion between the NHL and MLB commissioners. From left: Bettman, Manfred, Maureen Reidy, president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media; and moderator Abraham Madkour, executive editor of SBJ/SBD.
Photo by: PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA
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Harvard and Rio
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At Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science conference last month, speakers discussed the Summer Olympics on a panel titled “Who Will Win in Rio.” From left: Lab for Sports Analytics founder Mark Glickman; Danyel Reiche, visiting scholar at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science; Smith College’s Andrew Zimbalist; and Harvard doctoral candidate Stephen Pettigrew.
Photo: COURTESY OF ANDREW ZIMBALIST
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Cincinnati: Tennis anyone?
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John Barrett, chairman, president and CEO of the Western & Southern Financial Group, and ESPN’s Chris Fowler participate in the July 14 announcement of the player field for the 2016 Western & Southern Open at the Anderson Pavilion in Cincinnati. The event, to be held Aug. 13-21, is one of the last stops on the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series before the U.S. Open in New York.
Photo by: BEN RIVET / WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN
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Ohio trio at Muirfield Village
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The 30th annual Joe Mortellaro Golf Classic was held July 11 at several golf courses in Dublin, Ohio. From left: Chris Previte, Columbus Crew SC vice president of corporate partnerships; Craig Smith, director of development for the Columbus Blue Jackets; and Chad Schroeder, GM for IMG College/Ohio State University, pose at The Country Club at Muirfield Village.
Photo by: COLUMBUS CREW
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