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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tony Wyllie Becomes Redskins' Senior Vice President.
Wyllie has served as Vice President of Communications with Houston Texans since the team’s inception in 2000 and brings more than 17 years of NFL PR experience with six different teams to Washington.“We’re thrilled to get someone of this caliber,” said Redskins owner Dan Snyder. “As the digital media world evolves, it is critical to have someone like Tony who understands new media. He is the consummate professional and understands the media’s needs and requirements as well as the fan’s passion for information.”
Wyllie, 42, was responsible for shaping and molding the image of the Houston Texans in the public and the community. He served as the liaison between the local and national media and the Texans’ front office, coaches and players. Wyllie generated publicity for the club while serving as the team spokesman.
“I’m excited to join the Redskins organization and would like to thank Dan Snyder for the opportunity,” said Wyllie. “I look forward to hitting the ground running.”
The Brooklyn native began his NFL career as a game day intern with the Houston Oilers in 1991 before working as a summer intern with the San Diego Chargers PR department in 1992. He spent 1993 as an intern in the PR department with the Dallas Cowboys, earning a Super Bowl ring before heading west to Los Angeles to work with the Rams as the assistant director of public relations. Wyllie moved with the team to St. Louis in 1995 and became the youngest PR director in the NFL three years later when the Tennessee Oilers hired him in 1998. He picked up an AFC championship ring with the Titans in 1999 before joining the Texans staff in the summer of 2000.
Wyllie and his staff have earned the Pete Rozelle award, which is presented annually by Pro Football Writers of America to the best NFL public relations staff, four times. The Rams’ PR department won the award in 1997, the Titans in 2000, and the Texans in 2004 and 2007. He is the only executive in the NFL to win it with three different teams.
He was chosen by the NFL to work the 1996 and 1997 NFC Championship games, the 1999 Pro Bowl in Hawaii, and eight Super Bowls. He participated in the NFL’s management program at Stanford University in 2004, and the first NFL Football Operations Personnel Symposium in 2007. He also served as a sub-committee chairman on Houston’s Super Bowl XXXVIII host committee
Wyllie worked three years in the sports information department of Texas Southern University, where he received his degree in journalism. In 2004, Wyllie received TSU’s “Distinguished Alumnus” award. He also earned an MBA from the Jones School of Business at Rice University.
In Houston, Wyllie served on numerous Boards of Directors including the Ensemble Theatre in Houston, the March of Dimes, and the Management Leadership for Tomorrow-Houston, John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, the Houston Texans YMCA and the Touchdown Club of Houston.
He and his wife Natasha are parents of son James Anthony and daughter Toni Simone.
Earlier in the week PR Officer Karl Swanson resigned (citing family reasons). Swanson had been with the Redskins since Dan Snyder purchased the team in 1999.
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Next Up: Redskins to host second voluntary mini-camp this weekend. The camp is not open to the public.
HU Receives 2010 Award of Excellence
The Howard University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) received the spring 2010 National SAAC Award of Excellence, as announced on Tuesday by the NCAA and the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
The Award of Excellence honors special and unique community-service work completed by student-athletes at Division I schools.
Howard’s SAAC Committee was cited for its participation in The Grassroots Project, a program that educates children ages 10 to 14 about the dangers of HIV and AIDS. Bison student-athletes, along with student-athletes from Georgetown and George Washington universities, helped form The Grassroot Project and all three schools were honored as a joint submission from the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
National SAAC Chair Nick Fulton, a former swimming student-athlete at Wisconsin, said the group that selected the winners was impressed with the three SAACs’ ability to work together.
At HU, the project’s participants are known as Grassroot Bison. 26 Howard student-athletes from nine sports participated in the program this semester including DeAndre Henderson, a junior on the Howard men’s track & field team.
“This semester, we mentored students from Garnet-Patterson Middle School (formerly Shaw Middle School),” Henderson said. “I truly enjoy being involved with such a positive program.”
The project’s beginnings can be traced back to Tyler Spencer, a rower at Georgetown. Spencer started Grassroot Hoyas with 40 athletes from his school and began the program in three schools. The project grew to GW and Howard universities and now reaches out to young people in 18 schools.
The program hopes to expand to the five other NCAA Division I institutions in the D.C. metropolitan area.
“I am extremely proud of the work our student-athletes have done to establish the Grassroot Project at Howard University this semester,” said Alexiss Robinson, Howard’s SAAC Advisor. “Our student-athletes rave about the excitement of Grassroot Bison and the rewarding experience it brings in serving the community. We are very excited about the outcome of our program’s first year experiences and are looking forward to expanding Grassroot Bison next year.”
The Grassroot Project held a graduation for its 100 program participants on May 3. For Henderson, the program has been very beneficial.
“We are hoping that sports can be used to influence social change,” Henderson elaborated. “It is our wish that the students will use the curriculum to combat the high rate of HIV/AIDS in D.C.”
Sacred Heart University also received the spring 2010 National SAAC Award of Excellence for its work with the Dunbar School, a K-8 school in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The Division I SAAC created the Award of Excellence in 2009 to honor local affiliates for their work in several categories: progress and growth, community service/outreach, sportsmanship initiatives, teamwork, originality and leadership. The award, given twice annually, is intended to bring attention to the good work of student-athletes and also raise the profile of the national committee.
For more information on The Grassroot Project, visit www.grassrootproject.org.
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Kevin Nickelberry Becomes HU Men's Basketball Coach.
Nickelberry resigned from his position with rival Hampton University earlier this month. During his tenure he helped guide his teams to 20 non-conference wins. He collected 49 Division I wins during his tenure, which ranks second among MEAC schools. Nickelberry, a native of Washington, D.C. and no stranger to Howard, spent the last year as the head coach of the Libya National Basketball Team.
"This is an opportunity of a lifetime for me to be able to return to the sidelines at Howard because of its rich tradition, heritage and a strong academic dimension,” Nickelberry said. “I look forward to getting to know each of the players, building a staff and making sure that we put things in motion for the upcoming academic year", said Nickelberry.
Nickelberry hosted a basketball fundamentals camp in Hampton, VA for kids earlier this year with proceeds going to Haiti relief efforts.
He replaces former men's basketball coach Gil Jackson.
The Award of Excellence honors special and unique community-service work completed by student-athletes at Division I schools.
Howard’s SAAC Committee was cited for its participation in The Grassroots Project, a program that educates children ages 10 to 14 about the dangers of HIV and AIDS. Bison student-athletes, along with student-athletes from Georgetown and George Washington universities, helped form The Grassroot Project and all three schools were honored as a joint submission from the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
National SAAC Chair Nick Fulton, a former swimming student-athlete at Wisconsin, said the group that selected the winners was impressed with the three SAACs’ ability to work together.
At HU, the project’s participants are known as Grassroot Bison. 26 Howard student-athletes from nine sports participated in the program this semester including DeAndre Henderson, a junior on the Howard men’s track & field team.
“This semester, we mentored students from Garnet-Patterson Middle School (formerly Shaw Middle School),” Henderson said. “I truly enjoy being involved with such a positive program.”
The project’s beginnings can be traced back to Tyler Spencer, a rower at Georgetown. Spencer started Grassroot Hoyas with 40 athletes from his school and began the program in three schools. The project grew to GW and Howard universities and now reaches out to young people in 18 schools.
The program hopes to expand to the five other NCAA Division I institutions in the D.C. metropolitan area.
“I am extremely proud of the work our student-athletes have done to establish the Grassroot Project at Howard University this semester,” said Alexiss Robinson, Howard’s SAAC Advisor. “Our student-athletes rave about the excitement of Grassroot Bison and the rewarding experience it brings in serving the community. We are very excited about the outcome of our program’s first year experiences and are looking forward to expanding Grassroot Bison next year.”
The Grassroot Project held a graduation for its 100 program participants on May 3. For Henderson, the program has been very beneficial.
“We are hoping that sports can be used to influence social change,” Henderson elaborated. “It is our wish that the students will use the curriculum to combat the high rate of HIV/AIDS in D.C.”
Sacred Heart University also received the spring 2010 National SAAC Award of Excellence for its work with the Dunbar School, a K-8 school in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The Division I SAAC created the Award of Excellence in 2009 to honor local affiliates for their work in several categories: progress and growth, community service/outreach, sportsmanship initiatives, teamwork, originality and leadership. The award, given twice annually, is intended to bring attention to the good work of student-athletes and also raise the profile of the national committee.
For more information on The Grassroot Project, visit www.grassrootproject.org.
Related
Kevin Nickelberry Becomes HU Men's Basketball Coach.
Nickelberry resigned from his position with rival Hampton University earlier this month. During his tenure he helped guide his teams to 20 non-conference wins. He collected 49 Division I wins during his tenure, which ranks second among MEAC schools. Nickelberry, a native of Washington, D.C. and no stranger to Howard, spent the last year as the head coach of the Libya National Basketball Team. "This is an opportunity of a lifetime for me to be able to return to the sidelines at Howard because of its rich tradition, heritage and a strong academic dimension,” Nickelberry said. “I look forward to getting to know each of the players, building a staff and making sure that we put things in motion for the upcoming academic year", said Nickelberry.
Nickelberry hosted a basketball fundamentals camp in Hampton, VA for kids earlier this year with proceeds going to Haiti relief efforts.
He replaces former men's basketball coach Gil Jackson.
Nothing But Nets
The Nothing But Nets Buzz Tour stops in DC for tonight's DC United soccer game tonight to bring awareness to end malaria deaths in Africa.
Just $10 buys a mosquito repellant bet net to help ward off mosquito bites that cause malaria. A small purchase for such a great cause.
Bed nets work by creating a protective barrier against deadly-malaria carrying mosquitoes that bite at night. A family of four can sleep under an insecticide-treated bed net, safe from malaria, for four to five years. The benefits of bed nets extend even further than protecting those sleeping underneath them. The insecticide woven into each net makes entire communities safer – killing and repelling mosquitoes so that they can’t go on to bite others who may not be protected by a net.
This cause was worthy of then First Lady Laura Bush. To her credit, her involvement helped bring mass awareness to this issue.
Just $10 buys a mosquito repellant bet net to help ward off mosquito bites that cause malaria. A small purchase for such a great cause.
Bed nets work by creating a protective barrier against deadly-malaria carrying mosquitoes that bite at night. A family of four can sleep under an insecticide-treated bed net, safe from malaria, for four to five years. The benefits of bed nets extend even further than protecting those sleeping underneath them. The insecticide woven into each net makes entire communities safer – killing and repelling mosquitoes so that they can’t go on to bite others who may not be protected by a net.This cause was worthy of then First Lady Laura Bush. To her credit, her involvement helped bring mass awareness to this issue.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Michael Oher Does The Red Carpet
Red Carpet Favorite At White House Correspondents Dinner
Quinton Aaron played Michael Oher in the movie The Blind Side. Photo/ CD Brown.
Okay, so it's not the real Michael Oher, but you can add Quinton Aaron to the list of celebs (and more) who came out at this past Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner.
Aaron was the media's darling, as each outlet eagerly tried to grab the actor who played the real life of Ravens rookie offensive tackle Michael Oher.
Aaron worked the media circuit for about 25 minutes giving interviews and posing for photos. Our picture shows him giving an interview with Inside Edition.
(Some think he's the real Michael Oher).
Oher shared his story of being a homeless kid to making it to the NFL in the 2009 biograhical movie The Blind Side.
Oher is expected to complete his first memoir, due out later this year.
More of our WHCD red carpet photos here.
Quinton Aaron played Michael Oher in the movie The Blind Side. Photo/ CD Brown.
Okay, so it's not the real Michael Oher, but you can add Quinton Aaron to the list of celebs (and more) who came out at this past Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner.
Aaron was the media's darling, as each outlet eagerly tried to grab the actor who played the real life of Ravens rookie offensive tackle Michael Oher.
Aaron worked the media circuit for about 25 minutes giving interviews and posing for photos. Our picture shows him giving an interview with Inside Edition.
(Some think he's the real Michael Oher).
Oher shared his story of being a homeless kid to making it to the NFL in the 2009 biograhical movie The Blind Side.
Oher is expected to complete his first memoir, due out later this year.
More of our WHCD red carpet photos here.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Donovan McNabb To Attend White House Correspondents Dinner
The Washington Redskins will represent in full force for this evening's annual White House Correspondents dinner at the Washington Hilton.
Dan Snyder, Donovan McNabb, Mike Shanahan, and Bruce Allen are expected to attend.
The association holds the annual dinner to raise money for WHCA scholarships and honor the professional recipients of the WHCA's journalism awards.
Red Carpet starts at 6:00 pm with the dinner starting at 8:00 pm.
The President and Mrs. Obama are expected to keynote and attend the event.
Learn more at www.whca.net.
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Redskins News
Redskins release Anthony Alridge and P.J. Hill, wide receivers Marko Mitchell (Not Marko. Why would they do that? Ridiculous.) and James Robinson, and defensive lineman Anthony Montgomery.
Dan Snyder, Donovan McNabb, Mike Shanahan, and Bruce Allen are expected to attend.
The association holds the annual dinner to raise money for WHCA scholarships and honor the professional recipients of the WHCA's journalism awards.
Red Carpet starts at 6:00 pm with the dinner starting at 8:00 pm.
The President and Mrs. Obama are expected to keynote and attend the event.
Learn more at www.whca.net.
Related
Follow our political website here.
Redskins News
Redskins release Anthony Alridge and P.J. Hill, wide receivers Marko Mitchell (Not Marko. Why would they do that? Ridiculous.) and James Robinson, and defensive lineman Anthony Montgomery.
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