The Chicago Sky may have lost a Wade after Head coach James Wade resigned mid-season to accept an NBA assistant job, but the WNBA franchise gained another Wade in the form of a three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade.The Chicago native announced Friday that he was joining the Sky ownership group.“It’s an incredible feeling to be on this side of history,” said Dwyane Wade, a 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee, said in an Instagram post. “Seeing growth, on the business side, for something I’ve been passionate about my whole life is an incredible feeling. Amazing things are happening in the…
Author: Kevin Smyth
Outgoing Carolinas GCSA President Chuck Connolly (left) poses for a photo with his successor, Pete Gerdon, the association’s 50th president. (Photo: Courtesy of GCSA of the Carolinas) The directory Caroline’s GCSA Conference and Trade Show capped what association president Chuck Connolly called a banner year for golf in the region. “We have the largest membership we’ve ever had, with over 1,800 members,” he says. “It’s been a banner year and I think that reflects what golf is today. We are starting to see more participation and more job opportunities. The event raised more than $830,000, an increase of more than…
There’s a new queen of the WNBA 3-point contest.Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty won the title Friday at All-Star Weekend 2023 in Las Vegas after putting on “the greatest performance we’ve ever seen in this contest,” exclaimed ESPN play-by-play announcer Ryan Ruocco. Ionescu was nearly perfect in her final drive, hitting 25 of 27 three-pointers. This is an absolute record for the NBA or WNBA.”I was just focused on making one at a time. I didn’t know how many I missed, but I knew it wasn’t a lot,” said Ionescu, who won the WNBA All- Star Skills Challenge…
As the PGA Show (January 23-26) approaches, major brands are gearing up to show the industry what they’re made of. And for everyone who works in the off-course sector (which is growing rapidly and now accounts for the highest percentage of all players in the game, according to the NGF), it will be a great spectacle. One of the revolutionary brands in this space – Inrange® Golf – will be on the ground showcasing its “business-optimized” software and dividing its visitor experience into 3 distinct segments. Practical. Entertainment. And Multi-Bay (a world first and the only system in the world…
Trials to stop players surrounding referees during heated moments could get the green light at a meeting of football’s governing body in London on Tuesday. Tackling participant bad behavior is a top priority for the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and it will be the dominant topic at the organisation’s annual business meeting at a Heathrow hotel. Players surrounding referees and assistants after controversial incidents have become commonplace in modern football, but the IFAB is determined to limit contact in such situations to respectful dialogue between the referee and team captain . It remains to be seen how this will…
The 9th KSRM Golf Tournament was held in colorful arrangements at Bhatiari Golf and Country Club on Friday. On the occasion of the tournament, the Golf Club was decorated spectacularly and full of greenery. A total of 196 golfers participated in this tournament including women and the senior category, we read in a press release. The chief guests at the ceremony on Friday morning were Chairman Bhatiari Golf and Country Club and Commanding Officer (GOC) 24th Infantry Division Major General ShahenulHaque who inaugurated the tournament while KSRM Director ( Sales & Marketing) Md Jasim Uddin, Director (Business) ShamsulHaque, CEO Mehrul…
Earlier this year, we wrote about the growing popularity of women’s soccer in the United States and how the sport’s growth promised to open up exciting new investment opportunities in markets across the country. The Women’s World Cup, which took place in July and August, attracted record numbers of spectators and television audiences around the world, including in the United States, where fans watched watch American team matches despite kickoff times that often took place in the middle of the night for most American viewers. (And also, as we hoped, the NWSL officially announced that a new expansion team will…
The WNBA’s viewership on its national television partners – ABC, CBS, ESPN and ESPN2 – this season increased 21% from 2022, while social media views jumped 96% to 373 million , according to the association. Beauty brands have an eye on gamers’ hyper-engaged online communities and aim to capitalize on the buzz around the sport. “This partnership allows us to reach more members of our Gen Z community, in an area that we now know our consumers are passionate about. Athletes are the kind of people they look up to,” says Diana Valdez, consumer engagement manager at Nyx Professional Makeup…
Maureen Dodson, longtime facilitator of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Blair County program, speaks with program participants at a recent training event. Courtesy photo Maureen Dodson always wanted to be a sports journalist. “I love sports. I went out and played basketball. I was never big enough to play,” Dodson said. She has made her mark as an educator, creating and facilitating customized management and leadership development programs. Dodson is the longtime facilitator of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Blair County program, a position she has held for 17 years. Shari Routch,…
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