Billie Jean and Boomer
Tennis icon Billie Jean King was the first guest on “Game Time With Boomer Esiason,” hosted by Boomer Esiason on Sept. 14. The syndicated interview show will air on 210 network television affiliates across the country.Game Time With Boomer Esiason
Fenway Bowl
Fenway Sports Management President Mark Lev; AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco; Clint Overby, ESPN Events vice president; Michael Strickland, ACC senior associate commissioner of football; and Red Sox President/CEO Sam Kennedy announce on Sept. 17 the Fenway Bowl, an annual college football bowl game to kickoff at Fenway Park beginning December 2020.Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images
Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award
The Miami Dolphins honored United Way of Miami-Dade President and CEO Maria Alonso as the recipient of the NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award Presented by Nationwide. Joining Alonso on the field at the Dolphins’ Sept. 15 game are Jason Jenkins, Dolphins SVP, communications and community relations, and Leslie Nixon, Dolphins senior director of community affairs.Miami Dolphins
Suite life at the U.S. Open
Chris Ripley, president and CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group; tennis hall of famer and Tennis Channel analyst Martina Navratilova; and Tennis Channel President Ken Solomon gather at the U.S. Open suite Sept. 6.Fred Mullane
Stephen Curry Charity Classic
PGA of America President Suzy Whaley; PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh; Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry; San Francisco Mayor London Breed; and Workday co-founder and CEO Aneel Bhusri gather for the the inaugural Stephen Curry Charity Classic presented by Workday on Sept. 16 at Harding Park in San Francisco. PGA Reach and Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation co-hosted the event with Workday.Noah Graham/Getty Images for PGA of America and Eat. Learn. Play.
‘George Talks Business’ series
Mark Lerner, managing principal owner and vice chairman of the Washington Nationals, was the featured speaker in the George Washington University “George Talks Business” series moderated by sport management professor Lisa Delpy Neirotti on Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C.Carrie Potter
On the diamond again
Baseball hall of famer and Baltimore Orioles legend Brooks Robinson cuts the ribbon on Brooks Robinson Field at Group1001 Park on Sept. 17 in West Baltimore. Joining him were baseball HOFer Eddie Murray; Group1001 CEO Dan Towriss, Bill Ripken, Cal Ripken Jr. and the Frederick Douglass High School baseball and softball players. The field was made possible as part of a $5 million donation to the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation from Towriss and Group1001.Rob Smith/Ripken Foundation
Guest lecture and Q&A at Rutgers
Broadcaster Kenny Albert (second from left) joined the Rutgers Global Sports Business MS Program for a guest lecture and question-and-answer session on Sept. 17. Joining Albert were Rutgers Global Sports Business faculty members Sammy Steinlight (far left) and Nancy Hogshead-Makar and Executive Director Mike Finkelstein.Rutgers Global Business
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