A rising high school senior who friends said had a way of bringing “everyone together” was killed in a jet ski accident on a Michigan lake on Sunday. Lexi Simon, 17, was driving a personal watercraft on Lake Fenton with her boyfriend, who was riding his own watercraft behind her, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson told MLive. Just before 4 p.m., Simon slowed down or stopped on her jet ski, but her boyfriend, also 17, did not, and his jet ski struck hers from behind, Swanson said. Read More...
At documentary festival IDFA this week, National Geographic’s exec VP of marketing and communications Chris Albert – whose slate includes IDFA entry “The Mission,” about the death of American evangelical missionary John Chau on the remote Indian island of North Sentinel – was asked during an onstage interview with the festival’s artistic director Orwa Nyrabia: “How would you market a film with a budget of $20,000? Read More...
More and more people are putting more and more money into women's sports. Need proof? League One Volleyball just brought in $35 million in its second round of fundraising — more than doubling the money invested in the startup league.
Investors comprise a roster of bold-face names, such as Amy Schumer — who played high school volleyball — and Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum. The league's earlier series A funding round, which included tennis legend Billie Jean King, raised some $16. Read More...
