Sporting Life Sept19

Amy Yakola is helping oversee big changes this year at the collegiate athletic conference, which partnered with ESPN to launch the ACC network, which plans to televise 1,300 events a year.

Mark Zarthar, who has an MBA from Northwestern University, helped develop the $40 million 5,252-seat Segra Stadium in downtown Fayetteville.

Fred Whitfield, who joined the Hornets as president in 2006 and remains in charge of business operations, has his work cut out for him after the NBA team’s superstar, Kemba Walker, left to join [...]

Last year, Don Waddell was named general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes after five years as president following the departure of franchise icon Ron Francis.

In 2015, the Rockingham County native, Que Tucker, became the second African American woman to lead a state high school athletics association.

Ben Sutton Jr. became a leader in college athletics media licensing at ISP Sports, which he started in 1992 and sold to entertainment giant IMG College in 2014.

Meredith Starkey came home to the Carolinas in March to serve as the first chief marketing officer for the Panthers. Starkey started her role as owner David Tepper looks to boost the [...]

The Kansas MBA, Gary Sobba, runs day-to-day operations of the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship, a post he’s held since 2017.

Speedway Motorsports CEO, Marcus Smith, faces challenges with NASCAR’s declining attendance in the face of the company’s bid to take it private.

In the initial five years of BB&T Ballpark’s existence, the minor league baseball team’s attendance ranked first nationally four times and achieved annual revenue of $18 million. Dan Rajkowski, [...]