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Christine Brennan
USA Today sports columnist and commentator on ABC News

CHRISTINE BRENNAN is an award-winning national sports columnist for USA Today, a commentator for CNN, ABC News, PBS NewsHour and NPR, a best-selling author and a nationally-known speaker. She has been named one of the country’s top 10 sports columnists three times by the Associated Press Sports Editors, she has covered the last 18 Olympic Games, summer and winter. Brennan was the first woman sports writer at The Miami Herald in 1981 and the first woman to cover Washington’s NFL team as a staff writer at The Washington Post in 1985. She was the first president of the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM) and started a scholarship-internship program that has supported more than 175 female students over the past two decades. She is a leading voice on some of the most controversial and important issues in sports. In August 2012, Brennan broke the news that Augusta National was admitting its first two women members. She also broke the story of the pairs figure skating scandal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the Russian judging scandal at the 2014 Sochi Games. Among Brennan’s honors, she was named the 1993 Capital Press Women’s “Woman of Achievement;” named the University of North Carolina’s 2002 Reed Sarratt Distinguished Lecturer; won the U.S. Sports Academy’s Ronald Reagan Award in 2002; won the Jake Wade Award from the College Sports Information Directors of America in 2003; won AWSM’s Pioneer Award in 2004 and Service Award in 2016; was named Woman of the Year by WISE (Women in Sports and Events) in 2005; received the inaugural Women’s Sports Foundation Billie Award for journalism in 2006; won Chi Omega’s 2006 Woman of Achievement Award; won the 2006 Northwestern University Alumnae Award; won Northwestern University’s Alumni Service Award in 2007; received Yale University’s Kiphuth Medal in 2013 and was named the 2013 Ralph McGill Lecturer at the University of Georgia. Both the NCAA and the Women’s Sports Foundation honored her in celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Title IX in 2012.

Tommy Greene
Former MLB Pitcher of the Philadelphia Phillies & Current Baseball Analyst for NBC Philadelphia

TOMMY GREENE, is a former Major League Baseball player. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1 st round of the 1985 MLB draft and played in the Major Leagues for the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Houston Astros from 1989 – 1997 with the majority of his MLB career being with the Phillies during the years of 1991-1995. He pitched a No- Hitter on May 23, 1991 against the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals) and was a starting pitcher for the 1993 National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies when he won 16 games against only 4 losses. In his post playing career, he coached in the Northern League of the Independent Baseball League in 2000 and 2001. Starting in 2003, he has been a Legend/Coach for the Phillies Phantasy Camp in Clearwater, Florida every January and also was the spokesman for The Endoscopy Center at St. Mary’s Hospital from 2014-2018. He has been a Co-Host for the Baseball Insiders Show on WBCB AM 1490 since 2014 and a NBC Pre/Post Phillies Game Analyst since 2015. Upon being involved with different Charities, he takes pride in being one of the Ambassadors for The Darren Daulton Foundation which is committed to providing financial assistance to those who suffer from malignant primary brain tumors.

George Veras
COO and Executive Producer of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

GEORGE VERAS is Chief Operating Officer & Executive Producer of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (PFHOF), a 10-time National Sports Emmy Award winner as writer, producer and director of national television live events and documentaries since 2016. Veras came to the Hall of Fame in 2009 as President of PFHOF Enterprises, the for- profit arm of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He created the Hometown Hall of Famer program, celebrating the community’s support of the Gold Jackets, the US Army Award for Excellence and the Fan Vote, along with five one-hour television specials for NFL Network. He launched the HOF Channel OTT, signed and negotiated national television programing for HOFV/HOF on CBSSN and NFL Network, and led the social media campaign for the Hall to be voted the number one sports attraction in the nation. As COO, he aligned and supported departments that led revenue increases each of the last five years in this position. Prior to joining the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009, his production company Veras Communications Inc (VCI) produced and manager world-renowned musician Yanni. He produced for NBC Sports 2 Winter Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, awarded two National Sports Emmys. VCI produced and marketed over 100 hours of entertainment, sports and documentary programming for seven networks. Prior to Veras Communications,  he spent 13 years as Senior Producer, Coordinating Producer, Producer and Director at CBS Sports. He produced the NFL Today, the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, the anthology show “CBS Sports Saturday Sunday”, NBA at the Half, the 1992-93 World Series studio shows and  the NCAA Basketball Tournamment. While at CBS, he was the recipient of eight National Sports Emmys. He has a number of honors within the Greek American community, including: the Hellenic Spirit Foundation, 1994, the Elios Society, 1999, the American Hellenic Institute, 2005 and Leadership 100, 2018.

He is married to Kimberly (Gallas) and have four sons and a daughter-in-law, Dr. Dimitri Veras, Gregory (Jennifer) , Alexander, Christopher, and granddaughter, Savannah Noelle.

Larry Michael   
Chief Content Officer, Sr. Vice President, and voice of the Washington Redskins

LARRY MICHAEL is the "Voice of the Washington Redskins." He also hosts Redskins Nation on a daily basis on NBC Sports Washington as well as The Redskins Coach's Show with Jay Gruden on NBC-4. He is an 12-time Emmy Award Winner who currently serves as the team's Chief Content Officer. His responsibilities also include production of all video content for Redskins.com TV, as well as production of all Redskins Broadcast Network television shows and broadcasts. Michael's recent hosting duties have also included WRC's Inside the Redskins and WTTG's Redskins Game Time. His resume includes eight Olympic Games, 21 U.S. Open Golf Championships, 12 Masters Tournaments and 12 Super Bowls. Michael has also showcased his vocal talent away from football, working as a part of HBO's Boxing Beat (1997-2003), Comcast SportsNet's Ballroom Boxing (1996-2006), as well as serving as the voice of the George Washington Colonials. Michael's background also includes his tenure with Westwood One, the nation's leader in radio program syndication, as Executive Producer and Senior Vice President, for whom his duties included rights negotiations, programming and production with the NFL, USGA, Masters, NCAA, NHL, Notre Dame and NBC Olympics.

Michael graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Radio, Television and Film. He is active in area charities, including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Joe Gibbs Youth for Tomorrow Youth Home.