Pair of Enfield Hall of Famers to Be Honored at Cynopsis Sports Business Summit

Cynopsis Sports, the leading daily publication for sports media executives, is proud to induct four distinguished executives into the 2016 Hall of Fame at the fifth annual Cynopsis Sports Business Summit on Wednesday, June 22 at the New York Athletic Club in New York City.

The honorees from MLB, International Speedway Corporation, ESPN and Sports Illustrated have each transformed how sports and pop culture intersect.

Amazingly, two of the four honorees are members of the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame.

Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King, a 1975 graduate of Enfield High School, is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year and considered one of the most authoritative and respected football writers in America. The author of six books, the 1997 Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame inductee has covered the NFL for nearly three decades. His role in launching dedicated vertical TheMMQB.com set the pace for the future of sports platforms, drawing on his access to players, coaches, league officials and others around the game. In addition, King serves as NFL Insider for NBC’s Football Night in America.

Bill Rasmussen’s legacy in sports has resonated not only throughout the country, but around the world as he gave the world its first 24-hour television network for sports. As the founder of ESPN, he broke the advertising barrier to cable television by signing Anheuser Busch to the largest cable TV advertising contract ever. As a lifelong entrepreneur and sports fan, Rasmussen’s innovations in advertising, sports and broadcasting are tremendous and include the creation of “Sports Center,” wall-to-wall coverage of NCAA regular-season and “March Madness” college basketball, and coverage of the College World Series.

Formerly a resident of Armstrong Road in Enfield, Rasmussen was inducted into the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, nearly 20 years to the day after the launch of ESPN. Ironically, King was that year's master of ceremonies.

Other inductees are Billy Bean, MLB’s Vice President of Social Responsibility & Inclusion and the only openly gay Major League Baseball player (current or former) alive today, and Lesa France Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors for International Speedway Corporation and Vice Chairperson of NASCAR.

“We are honored to welcome four of the industry’s true trailblazers, who have each left an impact on the business and have opened doors for the public to view sports as never before,” said Chris Pursell, Director of Sports Content and Editor of Cynopsis Sports.

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