Sports Business Guru Rick Horrow Joins SportsManias As Advisory Board Member
"The Sports Professor" Will Also Moderate the SportsManias' Social Media and Sports Summit in Miami, August 21st, 2015.
MIAMI, Feb. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SportsManias, the diehard sports fan's go-to source for team news, announced today the appointment of leading sports business expert Rick Horrow to the company's advisory board. Mr. Horrow's business, Horrow Sports Ventures, has orchestrated more than $13 billion worth of development deals involving sports teams, as well as, performing arts groups and other urban infrastructure projects.
Mr. Horrow is a noted sports business analyst, hosting a show on Universal Sports Network entitled "Beyond the Medals: The Business of Sport." He also analyzes news for Bloomberg, CNBC, and hosts weekly TV segments on Comcast SportsNet and a weekly show for Yahoo! Sports Radio. He is known as "The Sports Professor" due to his expertise on sports law and his Harvard Law School degree. Mr. Horrow has advised clients including all of the major sports leagues, dozens of individual teams, and various large companies.
In addition to joining the SportsManias board, Mr. Horrow will also moderate the 2015 SportsManias' Social Media and Sports Summit on August 21st in Miami. Part of his role will involve organizing and moderating various SportsManias City Summits across the country, which will bring together local newspaper publishers, team owners, city commissioners, and universities to discuss the hottest issues facing a city's local teams.
"We're thrilled to welcome Rick to the advisory board and will leverage his vast experience in sports business to help us continue our aggressive growth path," said Aymara Del Aguila, CEO and Co-Founder of SportsManias. "Rick has worked intimately with every major sports league and various teams, and he will be an integral part of our efforts to attract top talent to SportsManias, both our partner writers and internal staff. He's also the ideal moderator for our upcoming summit and will help us to engage with top local newspaper publishers whose beat writers are providing our users with unparalleled content."
"When I first heard about SportsManias, I knew it was a company I wanted to be involved with," said Mr. Horrow. "Social media has changed the way sports fans get news on their favorite teams and players. While many media outlets and companies have used social media to replace traditional sports journalism, SportsManias has found a way to combine the two for the ideal experience. I'm looking forward to being a part of SportsManias' growth as it continues to revolutionize the way fans consume news."
For more information about the 2015 SportsManias' Social Media and Sports Summit, visit www.SportsManias.com.
About SportsManias
The diehard sports fan's go-to source for team and player news, SportsManias displays 24/7 professional news as personalized feeds and "Head-to-Head" beat writer feeds during gametime. Fans are delivered news, tweets, videos and rumors about the teams and players they love by the beat writers that cover them. The team continually refines the sports news experience from offices in Miami and New York. Straight from the guys who get it. SportsManias gets it to you. For more information, visit SportsManias.com.
About Horrow Sports Ventures
For more information on Rick Horrow and Horrow Sports Ventures, please visit www.horrowsports.com and Twitter via @RickHorrow.
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