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We are excited to share the schedule for the 2024 USC SBA SUMMIT! Don’t miss this chance to hear from all these insightful panels! Get your tickets @ https://lnkd.in/gEX6iivv!

Join us in welcoming our amazing lineup of panelists at the 2024 USC SBA SUMMIT tomorrow, starting at 9:00AM! Don't miss out on your chance to dive into the sports world. RSVP through https://lnkd.in/gEX6iivv

Join us in welcoming our amazing lineup of panelists at the 2024 USC SBA SUMMIT tomorrow, starting at 9:00AM! Don't miss out on your chance to dive into the sports world. RSVP through https://lnkd.in/gEX6iivv

We are thrilled to announce Kristina Pink as the moderator for the Beyond the Contract: Navigating Sports Talent Management panel! Kristina Pink joined the FOX Sports family in 2012 as an National Football League (NFL) reporter and quickly established herself as a trusted, well-informed interviewer among players, coaches, general managers and personnel across the league. She also served as a reporter for FOX Sports’ college football coverage during the 2013 season. Pink contributes to the broadcast team of play-by-play Adam Amin and analyst Mark Schlereth with in-game and post-game interviews, along with news, notes and stories for both FOX NFL pregame shows FOX NFL SUNDAY and FOX NFL KICKOFF when called upon. Pink was the AFC reporter for FOX Sports during the playoffs in 2017-2019 and 2021, covering Wild Card, Divisional and the AFC Championship Games. For the 2020 NFL season, Pink worked the Divisional Playoff Game for FOX featuring the Rams at the Packers. She worked with play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert and analyst Ronde’ Barber for the 2017 season. During the 2016 NFL season, Pink worked primarily with the on-air team of play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton and analyst Chris Spielman. From 2018 to 2021, Pink was one of two in-game NFL reporters on Thursday Night Football alongside Erin Andrews, play-by-play announcer Joe Buck and analyst Troy Aikman.?Her work was also showcased with during the TNF pregame shows and timely postgame interviews she was assigned. In addition to her experience as an NFL reporter, Pink has served as a courtside reporter for the Los Angeles Clippers since 2012, chronicling seasonal play for viewers on Bally Sports West. Prior to joining FOX Sports, Pink worked as a sports reporter for WTVJ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Miami, as well as WGNO-TV, the ABC affiliate in New Orleans. She began her professional career in 2008 as a sports anchor/reporter at WDBD-TV in Jackson, Miss. While at WDBD, Pink covered Super Bowl XLIV (Saints vs. Colts) in 2010, as well as the 2010 Pro Bowl in Miami. She also reported from the 2012 NBA Finals on behalf of WTVJ. Pink began her broadcasting career during her college years at the University of Florida, providing Florida athletics feature stories on campus. Additionally, she contributed as a sportscaster for the university’s television station, WUFT, as well as its radio station, WRUF-AM 850. Don’t miss this chance to hear from one of the leading voices in sports! Get your tickets @ https://lnkd.in/gEX6iivv for the USC SBA SUMMIT '24!

We are thrilled to announce Jason Kelly, as our moderator for our Keynote Conversation with Michael Rubin. Jason Kelly is the chief correspondent for Bloomberg Originals, as well as the creator, host and executive producer of the series “Power Players” and “The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly.” Over more than two decades at Bloomberg, Jason has served as New York bureau chief, executive editor of Bloomberg Television and host of the Bloomberg Businessweek radio and television shows, as well as the head of Bloomberg's live event division. He is the author of two books -- 2012's The New Tycoons, about the global private equity industry and 2016's Sweat Equity, on the booming business of fitness. Jason began his career in his hometown of Atlanta, covering the 1996 Olympics for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A graduate of Georgetown University, he lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Don't miss this chance to hear from this year's summit keynote speaker! Get your tickets @ https://lnkd.in/gEX6iivv for the USC SBA SUMMIT '24!

We are thrilled to announce Trevon Smith as one of our featured speakers for the Beyond the Contract: Navigating Sports Talent Management panel! Smith is an NFL agent for Athletes First. He played college football at Western Michigan University and received his law degree from The University of Georgia. Trey currently represents 20+ NFL players including Jaycee Horn, George Pickens, D’Andre Swift, Josh Downs, and yours truly, University of Southern California football alum, Calen Bullock. Trey resides in Atlanta, GA, and has 2 boys, Tatum and Trey, Jr. Don’t miss this chance to hear from one of the leading agents in sports! Get your tickets @ https://lnkd.in/gEX6iivv for the USC SBA SUMMIT '24!

We are thrilled to announce Mark Sweeney as the moderator for the Inside the Dugout: Baseball Fireside Chat! A veteran of 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), Mark Sweeney is an MLB analyst for FOX Sports1 performing pregame and postgame analyst duties for the network’s presentation of regular-season MLB contests. Sweeney was selected by the California Angels in the ninth round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. He played four seasons in the minor leagues before making his MLB debut in 1995 as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. Sweeney would go on to play 14 seasons in the majors, spending time with seven different clubs. He established himself as a competent role player with an exceptional knack for pinch hitting, finishing his career with the major-league record for pinch-hit RBI (#), in addition to ranking second all-time with 175 career pinch hits. He was a member of three playoff teams, including the 1998 San Diego Padres who won the National League pennant and earned a berth in the World Series. Sweeney retired following the 2008 season, having appeared in 1,218 career games, registering 464 hits, 42 home runs, 250 RBI and a lifetime .347 on-base percentage. In the immediate aftermath of his retirement, Sweeney joined the Los Angeles Dodgers organization as an assistant coach, spending a year in that role before joining the front office as a special assistant to general manager Ned Colletti. In 2012, he made his first foray into television, signing on with FOX Sports San Diego. For FSSD, Sweeney serves as both a pregame and postgame analyst, and also makes appearances in the broadcast booth as a color analyst during the season. Having gained valuable television experience with the regional sports network, he furthered his footprint within the FOX family in 2014, joining FS1 as a studio analyst. Don’t miss this chance to hear from one of the leading voices in the MLB! Get your tickets @ https://lnkd.in/gEX6iivv for the USC SBA SUMMIT '24!

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We are excited to announce Brett Knight as the moderator for The Playbook of Sports Finance panel! Brett Knight is a Los Angeles-based assistant managing editor for Forbes who reports on the business of sports and edits coverage in Forbes' SportsMoney section. He oversees Forbes' tentpole sports projects, including the most valuable sports teams, the world's highest-paid athletes, the most valuable sports agencies and the 30 Under 30 Sports list, and he has covered the off-field business endeavors of prominent athletes including Canelo álvarez, Devin Booker, Carli Lloyd and the Cavinder twins. He has also reported on industry trends such as the tech revolution in trading cards, Las Vegas' rise as a sports town and the American-led investments in Italian soccer. Knight joined Forbes in 2017 and previously served as the assistant managing editor for contributors—overseeing the website's network of nearly 3,000 freelance writers and the editors working with them—and as the deputy business editor. Before coming to Forbes, Knight worked in sports and business news as an editor at The New York Times. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with degrees in journalism and economics. Don’t miss this chance to hear from one of the leading minds in sports finance! Get your tickets @ https://lnkd.in/gEX6iivv for the USC SBA SUMMIT '24!

Yesterday, we had a wonderful panel with NASCAR’s Amy Lupo, Managing Director of Marketing Integration, and Philip Metz, Managing Director of Entertainment Marketing and Music. They shared their wealth of knowledge about marketing in the sports and entertainment industries, as well as some of their favorite projects that they've worked on, including the "Clash at the Coliseum." Thank you all for coming!