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K-SWISS ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH PICKLEBALL COACH TO THE STARS MATT MANASSE

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- K-Swiss , the iconic American heritage Tennis brand, is thrilled to announce its new partnership with professional Pickleball player Matt Manasse.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- K-Swiss , the iconic American heritage Tennis brand, is thrilled to announce its new partnership with professional Pickleball player Matt Manasse.
  • Their partnership with Manasse fits into this important lane the brand is emphasizing now.
  • Matt Manasse is a professional pickleball player, commentator and Coach to the Stars.
  • Manasse was also featured in the most recent Pickleball Slam with Andy Roddick, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, and Michael Chang.

LG COLLABORATES WITH NCAA BASKETBALL PLAYERS TO RAISE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AMONG STUDENT-ATHLETES

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA announced today the launch of its "Game 4 Good" campaign that brings together some of the biggest names in college basketball during the 2023 NCAA March Madness tournaments to highlight the importance of mental health and wellness among student-athletes. This new initiative builds on LG's three-year partnership with the NCAA as an official corporate partner.

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  • As part of the initiative, LG will donate $10,000 to each athlete partner's mental health charity of choice.
  • Haley Jones has chosen Katie's Save , an initiative that supports students and sports teams of all age levels by spreading mental health awareness.
  • Jarace Walker selected the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) , the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization focused on mental health advocacy, education, support, and public awareness for mental illness.
  • New episodes will be taped during the NCAA tournament featuring student athletes, mental health experts, faculty administrators and more.

Santa Clara University Continues Partnership with Sleepme® to Provide Its Student Athletes With Highest Quality Sleep Possible

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Sleepme, Inc., the parent company of sleep technology brand ChiliSleep, announced today its partnership extension with Santa Clara University.

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  • Sleepme, Inc., the parent company of sleep technology brand ChiliSleep, announced today its partnership extension with Santa Clara University.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221101005926/en/
    Sleepme provided cooling sleep systems to the Broncos womens soccer team last year to help student athletes sleep and perform better.
  • I am excited for the partnership extension between sleepme and Santa Clara University's innovative sports performance as it further enables the optimization of collegiate athletes' sleep and performance."
  • ChiliSleep Sleep Systems can cool as low as 55F and provide users with the ability to find the right temperature to receive quality sleep.

Oak View Group Acquires Houston-Based Spectrum Catering, Concessions & Event Services

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Oak View Group has acquired Spectrum Catering, Concessions & Event Services the leading food service and hospitality company that specializes in major sporting events, music festivals, and artist and tour catering to grow its OVG Hospitality division.

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  • Oak View Group has acquired Spectrum Catering, Concessions & Event Services the leading food service and hospitality company that specializes in major sporting events, music festivals, and artist and tour catering to grow its OVG Hospitality division.
  • Tim Leiweke, CEO of Oak View Group, said: Dave and his team have been positively disrupting the food and hospitality space for three decades now, which is a concept Oak View Group can relate to.
  • Oak View Group (OVG) is a global sports and entertainment company founded by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff in 2015.
  • Spectrum Catering, Concessions & Event Services is an event-based food service company founded in 1992 by Dave Smalley.

Colleges That Reach NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four Often See Application Bump

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The popular online student debt education platform, Student Loan Hero, a LendingTree company, today announced the findings of its latest report around increases in college applications at NCAA Final Four schools.

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  • Colleges that reach the NCAA men's basketball Final Four often see a combined increase in applications that outpaces the national rate.
  • Nearly every school that made the Final Four from 2004 to 2019 has seen an increase in applications the following year.
  • These are the year-over-year changes in applications for colleges and universities the year after reaching the men's basketball Final Four.
  • The former year is when the college reached the Final Four, while the latter helps show how applications changed.

FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE SWIMMING TEAMS HEAD TO NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The Mocs have competed well at the NCAA National Championships since their first NCAA appearance in the 2009-10 season, with back-to-back Runner-Up finishes in the 2013 and 2014 championships.

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  • The Mocs have competed well at the NCAA National Championships since their first NCAA appearance in the 2009-10 season, with back-to-back Runner-Up finishes in the 2013 and 2014 championships.
  • Florida Southern has placed in the top-10 the NCAA 9-of-11 years, with no NCAA Championships the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state.
  • Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio; is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning; and boasts 30 NCAA Division II national championships.

ChiliSleep Kicks Off Sleep Tech Collaboration With Santa Clara University’s National Champion Women’s Soccer Team

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

The Broncos -- the reigning NCAA Division I women's soccer champions -- will be able to use the Cube to find their ideal temperature to encourage the restorative sleep that comes from deeper sleep.

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  • Sleep is the foundation of any good conditioning program, and sleep temperature regulation can make or break an athletes performance.
  • We've long focused on on-field performance tech, but with ChiliSleep, we are now incorporating off-field tech to boost player recovery, said Holleman.
  • ChiliSleep is a sleep technology brand that optimizes health and wellness through clinically researched and drug-free sleep therapies to improve sleep quality.
  • The Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer team won national championships in 2001 and 2020.