Annie Award winner
Basketball Hall of Famer Earl “The Pearl” Monroe (center) received the Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award (the Annie) for his role in helping to change perceptions while he starred at Winston-Salem (N.C.) State Teachers College (now Winston-Salem State University) in the mid-1960s. Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Elwood Robinson (left) and National Sports Media Association Executive Director Dave Goren presented the award on April 26 at Forsyth Country Club in Winston-Salem.robert crawford
View from the C-Suite
From the Derek Jeter Celebrity Invitational Business Summit on “The Changing Landscape of the C-Suite Level Executive” on April 25 at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas: Tony Cordasco, basketball announcer, UNLV; Michael Dominguez, SVP/chief sales officer, MGM Resorts; Kathy Ireland, CEO and chief designer, Kathy Ireland Worldwide; Derek Jeter, founder, Turn 2 Foundation, and Miami Marlins CEO and part owner; Tom Bartholomew, EVP, media and fulfillment, ICON International Inc.; Colin Kinsella, CEO, Havas Media Group North America.Guillermo Martinez / Turn 2 Foundation Inc
National Golf Day
World Golf Foundation CEO Greg McLaughlin addresses National Golf Day attendees, including members of Congress and golf industry personnel, on May 1 on Capitol Hill. More than 300 golf industry leaders met with members of Congress, the executive branch and other governmental agencies to advocate on behalf of the golf industry.kevin dietch
NYC March for Babies
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley, with Rob Kindler, Morgan Stanley vice chairman and global head of mergers and acquisitions and chairman of NYC March for Babies, helped kick off the March of Dimes annual March for Babies event on April 28 in Manhattan.benjamin lin photography
Spring Gala
From the Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program Spring Gala at Gotham Hall in New York City on April 29. From left: HJTEP Chairman James Kelly III; former Women’s Sports Foundation CEO Deborah Slaner Larkin, recipient of the HJTEP Chairman’s Award; three-time Olympic gold-medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee; and Katrina Adams, HJTEP executive director and past president of the U.S. Tennis Association.fred/susan mullane
Go to Bermuda
Bermuda Tourism Authority and the U.S. Tennis Association announced Bermuda as the exclusive tourism partner of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships on April 30. From left: U.S. Consul General Constance Dierman, Bermuda; Zane DeSilva, Bermuda’s minister of tourism and transport; USTA Executive Director/CEO Gordon Smith; Lovitta Foggo, Bermuda’s minister of labour, community affairs and sports; Bermuda Tourism Authority CEO Kevin Dallas.bermuda tourism authority
Run for the Roses
From the Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. San Francisco 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo caught up with former teammate and New England Patriots QB Tom Brady.getty images
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers greeted Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay at the Derby.getty images
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