Million meal pack
Atlanta Hawks owners Tony Ressler and Jami Gertz and State Farm SVP Dan Krause joined 5,000 volunteers to pack over 1 million meals on Oct. 6 at State Farm Arena. Every meal packed will be distributed by six local organizations serving various constituencies throughout metro Atlanta. The nonprofit Feeding Children Everywhere served as the logistics lead of the meal pack event.Kat Goduco Photo Crew
Fear the Deer
Milwaukee Bucks and Fiserv Forum President Peter Feigin; Michael Belot, SVP of Bucks Ventures and Development and Fiserv Forum Senior Executive Chef Kenneth Hardiman celebrated the opening of Fear District, the new Halloween experience that includes three 3,600-square-foot haunted houses on the plaza at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Sept. 26. The Fear District will be open through Nov. 3.CJ Bown / Milwaukee Bucks
Michigan Sports HOF marks 65th year
The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame celebrated its 65th anniversary on Oct. 5, with the induction of the 2019 class: Mike O’Hara, member of the Detroit media; Tom Wilson, president/CEO of Olympia Sports and Entertainment; Charles Woodson, former University of Michigan and NFL player; Morris Peterson, former Michigan State University and Toronto Raptors player; Diane Dietz, former University of Michigan basketball player and current deputy commissioner of the Big Ten Conference; Harry Atkins, Associated Press sports writer; Allison Schmitt, four-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer; Dan Fife, former University of Michigan basketball and baseball player and longtime Clarkston High School basketball coach; Vladimir Konstantinov (in wheelchair), former Detroit Red Wings player.Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
PGA Tour will return to Boston
Julie Tyson, executive director of The Northern Trust; Tim Wakefield, Red Sox hall of famer and honorary chairman of the Red Sox Foundation; Lidia Zayas, former Red Sox Scholar and now a program specialist for the Red Sox Foundation; Henry Johnson, president, Northern Trust Wealth Management — East Region; Sam Kennedy, president/CEO of the Boston Red Sox; and Mark Lev, president of Fenway Sports Management, celebrate the partnership between FSM and the PGA Tour to bring The Northern Trust tournament to TPC Boston in August 2020.PGA Tour
The Warriors’ bell ringers
Golden State Warriors President and COO Rick Welts and former player Zaza Pachulia visited the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 7 to ring the Opening Bell in celebration of the opening of Chase Center, the new sports and entertainment home of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.NYSE
Hispanic Heritage Awards
Mexican boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez joined Los Tigres del Norte on stage during a performance at the 32nd annual Hispanic Heritage Awards on Oct. 1 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Alvarez received the Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s award for sports.Eric Kayne / AP Images / Hispanic Heritage Foundation
On the books
From the Oct. 3 announcement of a partnership between William Hill and Monumental Sports & Entertainment that will include the creation of the first sports book at a U.S. professional sports venue, with the development of a William Hill Sports Book at Capital One Arena: WTOP sports director Dave Johnson; Ted Leonsis, Monumental chairman, CEO and founder; and William Hill U.S. CEO Joe Asher.Getty Images
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