From the National Sports Forum, Feb. 10-12, Las Vegas
ADchievement Overall Award of Excellence winner: Chicago Bears’ Laura Condella and Elaine Delos Reyes.christy seaver
Case Cup Competition winners from Ohio University: Grant Hall, Nicole Galli, Lisanne Manders and Jahangir Khan.christy seaver
OM Foundation Award: 2014 recipient Danny Heinsohn, 2019 winner Olympia Entertainment’s Keri Gallagher; and Molly Wurdack Folt.christy seaver
SAMMY (Sales Advertising Marketing Management Idea of the Year) Award: Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s Aalum Jaffer and Jessica Pearlman.christy seaver
Face time
Five-time Olympic swimming gold-medalist and former Stanford standout Katie Ledecky was surprised to find a giant cutout of her face while attending the Stanford men’s basketball game against UCLA on Feb. 16 at Maples Pavilion. ben fischer
Jersey reveal
At FC Cincinnati’s inaugural jersey launch event on Feb. 11 at Music Hall in Cincinnati: Players Fanendo Adi, Kendall Waston, Leo Bertone; Mercy Health COO Brian Smith; FC Cincinnati managing owner and CEO Carl Lindner; Mercy Health CMO Sandra Mackey; FC Cincinnati President/GM Jeff Berding; and players Greg Garza, Nick Hagglund and Mathieu Deplagne. In addition to being the jersey sponsor, Mercy Health is the club’s naming partner for its $30 million training center in Milford, Ohio, and official health care provider.fc cincinnati
GolfPass preview
Rory McIlroy (second from right) joined (from left) Will McIntosh, EVP, strategy and golf, NBC Sports; Mike McCarley, president, golf, NBC Sports; and Pete Bevacqua, president, NBC Sports Group, for a Feb. 4 media preview in New York City for GolfPass, a new digital membership delivering comprehensive benefits tailored to the modern golfer’s lifestyle. golf channel
Elevating the Genesis Open
From the news conference Feb. 13 ahead of the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.: Hyundai Motor Group Executive Vice Chairman Euisun Chung; PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan; tournament host Tiger Woods; and Manfred Fitzgerald, EVP and global head of Genesis.j.d. cuban
Let it rip
The name and logo of the National Lacrosse League’s New York franchise — New York Riptide — was announced prior to the finals for the New York Open on Feb. 19 at NYCB Live. From left: NLL’s Kevin Morgan; NYCB Live’s Nick Vaerewyck; Riptide Assistant GM Lance Basler and GM/coach Regy Thorpe; Gary Fuhrman, managing partner, GF Capital, and board member, GF Sports; Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahams; former Olympian and soccer player Shep Messing; former New York Islander Butch Goring; and GF Sports’ EVP Josh Ripple.corey sipkin
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