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Champions 2019: ‘Some gutsy broad out of Cleveland’

With an irrepressible drive and a laugh like no other, Buffy Filippell has spent a lifetime shattering stereotypes and helping seed the executive ranks of the sports industry.

Though more than three decades ago, Buffy Filippell vividly remembers her first encounter with former NBA Commissioner David Stern. Early in her recruiting career, she convinced Don Stirling to leave NBA Properties for a job with the LPGA. In thanks, Stirling (not to be confused with the deposed...

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