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Forty Under 40: Samita Mannapperuma

Weekly / Monday, June 26, 2023
From an early age, Samita Mannapperuma knew that she wanted to work at the intersection of sports and business, so sure that she wrote her Harvard college admissions essay about it. That passion, along with her intellectual curiosity, has taken Mannapperuma from an analyst role at Goldman...

KPMG increases purse size to $10M for Women's PGA Championship

Daily / Thursday, June 22, 2023
KPMG is upping the total prize purse for this week's KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club to $10M. Previously the purse was announced to be $9M, which was the same as last year’s total. Along with the increased purse size, each player competing this week...

Agent: Rose Zhang to be selective in branding process

Weekly / Monday, June 12, 2023
Rose Zhang took the LPGA and sports world by storm this month when she claimed her first professional victory in the shadow of the Manhattan skyline. The win in her pro debut at the Mizuho Americas Open provided a monumental...

BIS: Schofield jumped at the opportunity to invest in women's sports

Daily / Friday, June 9, 2023
For the first time, EA Sports NHL 23 video game is featuring women’s hockey teams and players and U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey C Kendall Coyne Schofield said the opportunity has been tremendous to highlight women’s commitment to hockey. Schofield: “It’s not every four years, it’s everyday,...

Ganne inks NIL deals with Delta, Liberty National

Closing Bell / Wednesday, May 31, 2023
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Stanford women’s golfer Megha Ganne was seen today repping two new NIL partnerships at the LPGA Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National Golf Club. Ganne was spotted repping Delta’s logo on her left sleeve and Liberty National's logo on her TaylorMade...

Rose Zhang debuting as golf pro with five sponsors

Closing Bell / Tuesday, May 30, 2023
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Rose Zhang , the former top-ranked women’s amateur golfer and two-time NCAA champion, will make her pro debut this week at the LPGA Mizuho Americas Open with five sponsors: Callaway, Adidas, Delta, East West Bank and USwing Eyewear. Callaway will appear on...

LIV sees highest-attended U.S. event in D.C.

Morning Buzz / Tuesday, May 30, 2023
STERLING, Va. -- LIV Golf last weekend came to Trump National Golf Club D.C. for the league's seventh event of the 2023 season, and it brought a different crowd than what the DMV saw last year when the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship came to TPC Potomac...