Though her internship with the Arizona Cardinals ended after the preseason, pioneer coach Jen Welter has stayed busy. Most recently, she was booked to be the keynote speaker at the 2016 Equal Pay Summit. The summit is May 2-3 at Montana State University under the title "Women in... Read More
Recognition by the College Baseball Hall of Fame has been a long-time coming for former Major League Baseball outfielder J.D. Drew. He got the news this week that he will be apart of the Hall's 2016 induction class. The class will be inducted the weekend of July 1st as part of the Night... Read More
Colin Cowherd and Kristine Leahy talk daily about the best athletes on the nationally syndicated radio show, The Herd. Later this month, they will be spotlighting a whole different kind of sports star as co-hosts at Sports Business Daily's Forty Under 40 Awards. Cowherd and Leahy... Read More
There is no place that one-time Pro Bowl quarterback Kordell Stewart could kick off his book tour than Pittsburgh. The former Steelers quarterback is traveling around to promote his autobiography, "Truth: The Kordell Stewart Story". On Saturday, he attended a pair of book s... Read More
There is certainly no shortage of ties between the University of Maryland and Under Armour Founder Kevin Plank. Plank will share his passion for the school as their spring commencement speaker. He will address the Class of 2016 on May 18th at the XFINITY Center. Plank played football... Read More
Last weekend, the Cleveland Cavaliers trip to New York gave J.R. Smith the perfect opportunity to give back. He hosted the first annual casino night for the J.R. Smith Youth Foundation at Stage 48. Sports stars like his Cavs teammate Iman Shumpert and New York Giants wide receiver Vict... Read More
It is not often that someone off the field or court of play steals headlines in sports. With looming collective bargaining discussions coming in the NBA, National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts will become as important a figure as anyone. As a pione... Read More
In his first year as commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred has earned rave reviews. He will surely share some of his tips about leadership as commencement speaker at Colgate University. Manfred will address the Class of 2016 graduates on May 15th. The commence... Read More
Norm Nixon has been a Los Angeles institution as a basketball player and broadcaster for many years. He got to share his insights from those worlds and how they apply to business pursuits on March 10th at The Los Angeles Times' Multicultural Business Forum. Nixon discussed how many... Read More