Your Call from Dodgertown
Peter O’Malley, chairman of Historic Dodgertown and former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, met with Your Call Football executives recently during a series of games at the fields in Vero Beach, Fla. From left: Lloyd Richards, Katie Driscoll, Sue Develin, David Paro, O’Malley, Your Call Football President Julie Meringer, Eric Galko, Rick Wilson and Collin Vataha.ruth ruiz
Everybody say, “Yeah!”
Patriots WR Julian Edelman and Selam Olson of Yale women’s basketball and Zack Cummings from Tufts football ham it up at Team IMPACT’s Game Day Gala May 9 at Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. The event raised $2.3 million for year-round programs that support children facing serious and chronic illnesses by connecting them with local college sports teams.David Silverman / Team IMPACT
Ready to play ball in Boston
The Red Sox Foundation, MLB and Scotts unveiled a refurbished softball field at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston’s Yawkey Club of Roxbury on May 9. At the ribbon cutting were Red Sox Foundation’s Bekah Salwasser, Yawkey Club’s Andrea Swain, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston’s Josh Kraft, ESPN’s Jessica Mendoza, Boys & Girls Club members Autumn Mendoca and Kayden Mills, Scotts’ Kelly Coughlin, Boys & Girls Clubs’ Rich Ward and MLB’s Melanie LeGrande.Matthew Thomas / Boston Red Sox
Words of wisdom
Steve LaCroix, Minnesota Vikings EVP and CMO, delivers the commencement speech at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business on May 12, where his daughter Katie was graduating. university of iowa
Warrior Open victors
Winners of the 2018 Bush Institute Warrior Open presented by AT&T pose with President George W. Bush on May 21 at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. From left, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Billy Paul (retired), USMC Cpl. Andrew Gitto and PGA Tour pro Rickie Fowler.Grant Miller / Bush Center
‘Morning’ at Times Square
The “Good Morning Football” crew meets with new NFL Experience Times Square President Michael Williams (second from right) on set at the show’s first taping from the NFL Experience Times Square on May 14.nfl experience
Bay Area leaders
From the Presidents Panel at the 49ers Innovation & Business Strategy Conference on May 10 at Levi’s Stadium: Rick Welts, Golden State Warriors; Larry Baer, San Francisco Giants; Al Guido, San Francisco 49ers; Tom Fox, San Jose Earthquakes; Jonathan Becher, San Jose Sharks; George Foster, Stanford sports business professor and panel moderator.49ers.com
Fueling up for Indy
Motorsports broadcasters Paul Page, Allen Bestwick, Eddie Cheever, Vince Welch, Dr. Jerry Punch, Marty Reid and Scott Goodyear share a meal at Convivio in Carmel, Ind., on May 21 ahead of the Indianapolis 500.COURTESY OF VINCE WELCH
Brand ambassador discussion
Executives participated in discussion on “The Integration of Brand Ambassadors into a Company’s Marketing Strategy” at the Business Summit last month at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. JP Sports + Entertainment’s Pete Falcone, CDW’s Matthew Troka, American Family Insurance’s Telisa Yancy, Turn 2 Foundation founder and Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter, “SportsCenter” anchor Jay Harris and Excel Sports Management’s Casey Close.Guillermo Martinez / The Players’ Tribune
Gala raises research funds
The 13th annual Dick Vitale Gala raised more than $3.7 million for pediatric cancer research through the V Foundation. With Vitale (second from right) at the gala were the V Foundation’s Susan Braun; Leonard Hamilton, Florida State men’s basketball head coach; ESPN’s Mike Greenberg, and Jim Harbaugh, Michigan football head coach.kit carlson photography
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