Article: “Beyond the Glory: Sports Professionals Firm helps athletes move on after their professional careers”
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April, 2004, Business First, The Central Ohio Business Authority, Cover Story, Executive Education Section B1- B5

Article: “Sports Professionals Golf Networking Challenge will be held on January 29 th.”
January, 2004, East Montgomery Observer, front page sports - Section 1c

Article: “Play Golf with an NFL Player in the Sports Professionals Golf Challenge”
January, 2004, The Houston Chronicle, Super Bowl XXXVIII Special Report Section

Article: “Sports Professionals Celebrity Golf Challenge set for January 29 th, 2003”
January, 2004, Humble Observer, front page sports - Section 1c

Article: “Oliver Luck Named Honorary Chairman for Sports Professionals Golf Event”
January, 2004, Humble Observer, front page sports - Section 1c

Article: “Play Golf with a Current or Retired NFL Pro at the Tour 18 Club in Humble”
January, 2004, Kingwood Observer, front page sports - Section 1c

Article: “Meet and Compete with NFL players at Tour 18 Super Bowl Week”
January/February edition, 2004, Houston Golf Magazine, page 10, and 14

Article: “Sports Professionals Celebrity Golf Challenge set for January 29 th, 2003”
December, 2003, Kingwood Observer, front page sports - Section 1c

Article: “Sports Professionals Networking Golf Challenge will be held on January 29 th.”
December, 2003, Atascocito Observer, front page sports - Section 1c

Article: “Play Golf with a Current or Retired NFL Pro at Tour 18”
December, 2003, Spring Observer, front page sports - Section 1c

Article: "Fewer opt for business startups in current economic economy"
December 27th issue, 2002, Business First, pages B1-B3

Acknowledgment: “Houston Texans Launch New Network: Corporate Combine Event Helps Players Make Contacts with Sponsors”
November 11-17th issue, 2002, Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal

Panel Presenter: “NFL Internships: Contributing to your Business Success”
November, 2002, Corporate Networking Combine Meeting, The Houston Texans and National Football League Houston, TX.

Panel Expert: “Current Approaches to Leadership Development”
February, 2001, New Jersey Chapter, American Society for Training and Development, (ASTD) & SHRM, New Brunswick, NJ.

Blue Ribbon Presenter: “NFL Career Internships: A Pathway to High Performance Work Teams”
May, 1999, International Conference, American Society for Training and Development, Atlanta, GA.

Panel Presenter: “Creative Approaches to Training in the Sports Industry”
April, 1999, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Regional Conference, Fairfax, VA.

Keynote Presenter: “Building Organizational Capability through Competency Development”
August, 1998, The Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS), Boston, MA.

Panel Presenter: “Cutting Edge Approaches to Career Development”
March, 1998, Northeastern Human Resources Association (NEHRA), Stoughton, MA.

Keynote Speaker: “Brand Building Your Training Department”
October, 1997, New Jersey Chapter, American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), New Brunswick, NJ.

Acknowledgment: “Getting Ready to Tackle Life after Football”
August, 1997, Inside Sports Magazine, pages 8-10.

Best Practices Presenter: “High Impact Training and Organizational Development”
June, 1997, International Conference, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), San Diego, CA.

Cover Story: “Revolutionizing Sports and Fitness through World Class Training”
May, 1997, The Corporate University Review Magazine, McLean, VA. , pages 27-40.

Presenter:(A Best in Class Presentation) “Management Listens to Us, We’ll Tell You Why, We’ll Show You How”
May, 1997, International Conference, American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Washington, DC.


Panel Expert, Forum at Four: “Marketing Your Business Strategy Internally with Employees”
May, 1997, International Conference, American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), Washington, DC. .

Acknowledgment: “NFL’s Career Internship Program Paves the Way for Players Transitions”
January, 1996, Super Bowl XXXI Game Day Program, page 213.


Presenter:(A Best Practices Presentation) “Training: An Innovation Workout at Reebok”
June, 1996, International Conference, American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), Orlando, FL.

Keynote Speaker: “Implementing Radical Change in Your Company”
April, 1996, Midwest Organizational Development (MOD) Best Practices in OD and Change Conference, Bowling Green, OH.

Award: “Selecting People -- An Interviewing Course for Managers”
September, 1995, Blue Ribbon for Leading Edge Design, National Chapter, American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), Dallas, TX.

Presenter: “How Technology is Impacting the Sales Call”
April, 1994, National Cable Advertisers Sales Conference, New York, New York.

Presenter & S&MM Marketing Achievement Award: “Excellence Through Professional Development”
October, 1993, Power Selling Conference, Sales and Marketing Mgt. Association, Chicago, IL. (The Winners Circle Award Presentation)

SPI CLIENT LIST

SPI career coaches and consultants have supported hundreds of active and former professional athletes to make the move from sports - to new and exciting "off the field" careers. Players that SPI has coached or trained have transitioned “out of - or into” the following organizations with our career or alumni network support:

Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons
Academy Sports and Outdoors
Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Orioles
Buffalo Bills
Boston College Athletics
Bath & Body Works
Cincinatti Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Carolina Panthers
Columbus Crew
Creative Training Resources
Chicago Bears
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Cubs
Champs Sports
Cincinatti Reds
Cleveland Indians
Corporate Express
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Bronco's
Detroit Lions
Dallas Stars
The Eaton Corporation
Florida State University Athletics
FootAction
Footlocker
Green Bay Packers
Grambling State Athletics
Greg Norman Collection
Houston Texans
University of Houston Athletics
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Royals
KLD Properties
LSU Athletics
Major League Soccer (MLS)
University of Michigan Athletics
Michigan State Uiversity Athletics
Missouri (Mizzou) Athletics
Montreal Expos
Montreal Canadians
Minnesota Vikings
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Jets
New York Mets
New York Yankees
New York Giants
New Orlean Saints
University of Nebraska Athletics
North Carolina Athletics
New England Revolution
The National Football League
Nabisco Foods Company
Nabisco Biscuit Company
National Hockey League Players Association
Notre Dame Athletics
Oakland Raiders
Ohio State University Athletics
The Ohio State Diamond Club
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers
Planters Lifesaver Company
Pier One Imports
Reebok International, Ltd.
Ralph Lauren Footwear
The Rockport Company
Sarah Lee
Sprint
St. Louis Rams
San Fransisco 49er's
Seattle Mariners
Seattle Seahawks
Syracuse Athletics
Tampa Bay Bucs
Toronto Blue Jays
Victoria Secrets
Victoria Secrets Catalogue
The Washington Redskins
University of Southern California Athletics
UCLA Athletics