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Mo'ne Davis is one of the great stories of the Little League World Series, a breakout star in 2014 who became the first girl to win and pitch a shutout in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Now 22 years old, she's an intern for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Los Angeles Times recently profiled the former pitching standout who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated at 13 years old and has stayed close to the game since her star turn.
Davis played softball at Hampton University. She has worked with MLB on broadcast and social media projects. She interned in 2021 for the D.C. Grays, a college summer baseball team in the nation's capital. There, she called games for the team's online streams.
Now she's working with the Dodgers on their video production team. While her focus remains on broadcast, her aspirations are shifting. Her goal now is to work in the front office of a baseball team.
“Since eighth grade, I wanted to go into broadcasting,” Davis told the Times. “But over time, just learning more about the sport, I wanted to learn about the business side of the sport, to go in that direction. ...
“Hopefully, I can work my way up to a front-office position. Maybe a GM. We’ll see where it takes me.”
Davis recently graduated from Hampton with a degree in communications. She's one of 20 interns for the Dodgers from a group of roughly 5,000 applicants, according to the Times. Director of Dodgers Productions Erick Vazquez told the Times that Davis aced the interview process.
“I think we would have hired her whether or not she was who she was,” Vazquez said. “That’s how impressive she was in her interview.”
Davis' duties include working on production for the Dodgers' video board, editing highlight packages and producing content for the team's social media. For the most part, she remains behind the scenes, a departure from her previous work with MLB that saw her frequently in front of the camera.
Like many other aspiring young professionals, Davis is gaining exposure and skills wherever she can. There's plenty of time for her to home in on a precise career path. For now, she's sure of one thing.
“Making sure I’m not making Little League the peak of my life,” she said. “I have so much more to go.”
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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