Big East’s fresh(man) faces
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Big East Associate Commissioner Stu Jackson talks with Xavier freshmen Quentin Goodin (center) and Tyrique Jones at the conference’s second annual Freshmen Fundamentals program Sept. 24-25 in New York City. The program is designed to assist men’s basketball student athletes in the transition from high school to college.
Photo by: PORTER BINKS / BIG EAST CONFERENCE
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Sports Business Week in NYC
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From Sports Business Week in NYC, one of 50 cities hosting networking events the week of Sept. 12: Fox Sports VP Matt Synakowski, Reuters news product manager Joshua Duboff, NBC Sports producer Tess Quinlan, KORE Software VP Russell Scibetti, Ascendent Sports Group VP Peter Honig and comScore senior sales director Tom Sommer.
Photo by: GRAND LENS PHOTOGRAPHY
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NFLPA Hall of Fame
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NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith (front left) with representatives of the inaugural NFLPA Hall of Fame during the football union’s 60th anniversary Diamond Celebration in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1. From left: Sylvia Mackey, widow of former NFLPA President John Mackey; former NFLPA Assistant Executive Director Clark Gaines; former NFLPA President and Atlanta Falcon Mike Kenn; Terri Upshaw, widow of former NFLPA Executive Director Gene Upshaw; Brig Owens, former Washington Redskins player and NFLPA Executive Committee member; Richard Berthelsen, former NFLPA general counsel.
Photo by: KEVIN KOSKI
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Congressional College Football Caucus meets
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The National Football Foundation launched the bipartisan Congressional College Football Caucus last month at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. College Football Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer (left) joined several foundation board members, including Republican Rep. Roger Williams of Texas, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
Photo by: MELISSA MACATEE
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ADs highlight Olin Sports Business Summit
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At the Olin Sports Business Summit on Sep. 30 at Washington University in St. Louis: Patrick Rishe, director of sports business program at Washington University’s Olin School of Business; Joe Castiglione, University of Oklahoma AD; Ross Bjork, University of Mississippi AD; Janet Oberle, senior associate AD and senior woman administrator, Saint Louis University; and America East Conference Commissioner Amy Huchthausen.
Photo by: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
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Leaders Summit from Stamford Bridge
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Leaders held its annual Sport Business Summit at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium in London on Oct. 5-6. Victor Montagliani, president of CONCACAF and vice president of FIFA, speaks on “A New Chapter for CONCACAF: Positive Leadership And Strong Governance.”
Photos by: EAMONN MCCORMACK / GETTY IMAGES FOR LEADERS
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Maverick Carter, CEO of Uninterrupted and SpringHill Entertainment, on “Athletes Are the New Media Businesses.”
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Scott O’Neil (background), CEO of the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia 76ers and Prudential Center, and Matt O’Neil, Dallas Cowboys senior director of brand and media, rolled out the intriguingly titled “Two Brothers, Six Months, Five Teams and One Specially Prepared Talk: Avant Garde Thinking in Sports.”
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