ATLANTA, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- W. James Host, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Host Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Bull Run Corporation (Nasdaq: BULL), and a member of Bull Run's board of
directors, is one of eight honorees who will be inducted into the Kentucky
Athletic Hall of Fame in Louisville on September 11.
As a member of the Class of 2000, Host will join other long-time Kentucky
sports greats who are already members, including Muhammad Ali, Harold "Pee
Wee" Reese, Jim Bunning, Eddie Arcaro, Adolph Rupp, Paul Hornung, Paul "Bear"
Bryant, Wallace Clayton "Wah Wah" Jones, Mary T. Meagher, Woody Stephens,
Valerie Still and Darrell Waltrip.
Host received the first baseball scholarship ever awarded by the
University of Kentucky, where he graduated in 1961. His company, which began
as Jim Host & Associates in 1972 in Lexington, Kentucky, was renamed Host
Communications, Inc. in 1982 and ranked this year as one of the world's top
five sports marketing companies by SportsBusiness Journal. Today, the company
remains headquartered in Lexington, with more than 500 employees located in 23
offices around the world.
"We congratulate Jim Host on this honor. He is a brilliant businessman
who truly brought-to-life the world of sports marketing," said Robert S.
Prather, Jr., President and CEO of Bull Run Corporation. "Jim Host developed
for the NCAA its Corporate Partner Program nearly 25 years ago, and has made
more contributions to collegiate sports marketing than anyone. His enthusiasm
for his work is contagious, and his vision of Host Communications' role as a
world leader in sports and affinity marketing excites all of us."
Additionally, Host recently was inducted into the Hall of Distinguished
Alumni, an honor presented by the University of Kentucky Alumni Association
once every five years.
Bull Run, through Host, is a sports and affinity marketing and management
company. Datasouth Computer Corporation, a manufacturer of computer printers,
also operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bull Run. In addition to Gray
Communications Systems, Inc., an owner and operator of 13 television stations
and four newspapers, Bull Run also has significant investments in Total Sports
Inc., a sports content Internet company; iHigh.com, a company developing a
network of web sites focused on high school sports and activities; Rawlings
Sporting Goods Company, Inc., a leading supplier of team sports equipment in
North America; and Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., an owner and operator of two
television stations and four radio stations.
SOURCE Bull Run Corporation
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CONTACT:
Robert S. Prather, Jr., President & CEO of
Bull Run Corporation, 404-266-8333, or W. James Host, President &
CEO of Host Communications, Inc., 606-226-4202
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