Sports Represented at the White House
Athletes and figures in sports business were among the guests invited to the White House state dinner in honor of visiting Queen Elizabeth II.
According to the guest list provided by Office of the First Lady and printed in the New York Times, Super Bowl XLI champion Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning was among them. Also on the list, golfer Arnold Palmer, 2007 Kentucky Derby winning jockey Calvin Borel, New York Giants quarterback Timothy Hasselbeck, CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz and Joseph O’Donnell, chief executive of Boston Culinary Group, which operates the concessions at Dolphin Stadium.
CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
