Remembering Dwight Clark
Joe Montana, Eddie DeBartolo Jr., Jerry Rice and Roger Craig attend a memorial service for San Francisco 49ers great Dwight Clark on Aug. 1 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Clark, who died of ALS on June 4, is known for “The Catch” in 1981 that sent the 49ers to Super Bowl XVI.AP Images
Celebration of Bay Area college football
United Airlines’ Aaron Pugh, Bay Area Host Committee Executive Director Patricia Ernstrom and College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock attend the Bay Area College Football Touchdown Tailgate presented by United Airlines at Levi’s Stadium on July 30. The event offered a behind-the-scenes look at Bay Area college football programs and the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship set for Levi’s Stadium on Jan. 7.San Francisco 49ers
All-Star for a day
Allegiant Air CEO Maury Gallagher accepts a customized jersey from former MLB All-Star Carlos Baerga at the second annual MiLB Partner Summit on July 11 in Columbus, held in conjunction with the Triple-A All-Star Game. Each attendee signed a one-day All-Star Player Contract with Minor League Baseball and received a jersey.Minor League Baseball
From one star to another
Former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant joined the most decorated Olympian of all time, swimmer Michael Phelps, in the VIP section at the Phillips 66 National Championships July 26 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center in Irvine, Calif. Melissa Lundie
Ready for some NEC football
The Northeast Conference held its fourth annual Football Media Day & Sponsor Summit at MetLife Stadium on July 24, bringing together coaches and student athletes from each of the NEC’s seven teams, as well as the league’s corporate partners, to ceremoniously kick off the season.Larry Levanti Photography
Standing tall in Atlanta
From the BB&T Atlanta Open on July 29: GF Sports EVP Josh Ripple, singles champion John Isner, BB&T Regional President Heath Campbell, singles finalist Ryan Harrison and Tournament Director Eddie Gonzalez.Alex Smith / BB&T Atlanta
World TeamTennis hits Chicago
XS Tennis founder Kamau Murray (center) and Philadelphia Freedoms owner and World TeamTennis co-founder Billie Jean King present Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel with a Freedoms jersey prior to the start of WTT Chicago presented by Magellan Corp. held July 27 at XS Tennis Village in Chicago. The one-night event featured a regular-season match between the Freedoms and the Washington Kastles. CameraworkUSA
Celebrating 20 years of victory
World and Olympic champion figure skater Scott Hamilton, “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts, Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann and Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski host the auction at the 20th annual V Foundation Wine Celebration in Napa Valley, Calif. The four-day event, from Aug. 2-5, raised $18 million for the foundation’s endowment and for breast cancer research.V Foundation
Youth Sports Day & Expo
The National Council of Youth Sports teamed up with members of Congress to celebrate National Youth Sports Day & Expo on July 17 at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. NCYS Executive Director Wayne B. Moss (rear left) and U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas, rear right) with Washington, D.C., youth sports participants.Active Policy Solutions
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