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Who is Athlon?


Athlon Sports Communications, Inc., is a 41 year-old Nashville-based publishing company with two major areas of interest: Publishing and Sports Marketing. Athlon Sports publishes 15 preseason sports annuals covering professional and college athletics. These premier publications are sold at newsstands throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe. Each publication is cover-customized to highlight regional professional teams and college sports conferences. Athlon is the No. 1 ranked sports annual on retail sales dollars and magazines sold and has developed a unique trade-based sports marketing program designed to assist companies in:

>> Creating Awareness for their Products
>> Communicating Sales and Marketing Initiatives
>> Selling More Goods and Services

With each of Athlon's products we bring the enormously powerful medium of sports to businesses and their customers. It is through this medium that we partner with our clients to communicate with the hard-to-reach male demographic. The strength of business rests in its people. At Athlon we assist you in solidifying and maintaining relationships within your company, with your clients and your prospective clients. We will design a communications and promotion campaign for you. Additionally we will provide media support in magazines, television, radio, billboards, direct mail and on the Internet.

Athlon's 15 magazines include: Pro Football, Fantasy Football, National College Football, Southeastern Football, Atlantic Coast Football, Big Ten Football, Big Twelve Football, Eastern Football, Pac Ten Football, Baseball, College Basketball, Professional Basketball, Racing and Golf.

In each issue, we challenge our writers and editors to strive to present the dignity of sports, the drama of the games and the souls of the people. With our bold and interesting feature stories and complete statistics, we reach the spectrum of sports fans as well as people fans.



Athlon's College Fantasy Sports operations are based out of Georgia (3020 Roswell Rd. NE, Suite 200, Marietta, GA 30062) and can be contacted at (770) 509-2317.

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Editorial
Editorial Director Charlie Miller
Senior Editor Robert T. Doster III
Senior Editor Mitch Light
Online Editor Jake Veyhl
Photo Editor Tim Clark
Deputy Editor Mike Nahrstedt
Fantasy Managing Editor Dan Grogan
Fantasy Managing Editor Kelly Grogan
Assistant Editors Kevin Daniels
Brian Hampton
Nathan Rush
Production
Production Manager Mark Malone
Senior Production Designer
Editor Athlon Racing
Matt Taliaferro
National Advertising Sales & Marketing
Corporate Office (615) 327-0747
President, National Sales Scott Garrett
Regional Vice-President
Northeast Region
Anthony R. Hagelgans
Regional Vice-President
Northeast Region
Stephen Goode
Regional Vice-President
Mid-Central/Southern Region
Tom Burr
National Account Directors Eddie Gonzalez (Mid-Central/South)
Ken Burns (West)
Alan Hankins (Texas)
Chris McNally (Illinois/Wisc)
John Ferraro (New York)
Mike Struss (New York)
Tony Kountz (Ohio)
Golf Category Manager Bill Settle
Director of Events Marketing Shawna Jones
National Sales Assistant Kelly Urbanek
State Sales Division
President, State Sales Bill Gaglione
Atlanta Office (770) 578-5129
Wes Greer
Indianapolis Office (765) 483-1526
Mark Miles
International / Direct Response / Fantasy Richard Beck
Business Services
Designer Rachael Patrick
Account Services
Director Kim Wilson
Account Coordinators Jessica Anderson
Courtney Corlew
Kristy Eckel
Account Services Administrator Susan Malone
Circulation
Director of Circulation Troy Childers
Midwest Regional Newsstand Manager Joe Luca
Great Lakes Regional Newsstand Manager Joe Berger
Circulation Accounting Manager Christina Collins
Administration
CEO Charles W. Allen
Executive Assistant Doris Kyle
Chief Financial Officer Mary Lee Dunn
Senior Financial Analyst Gregg Troxel
Accounts Receivable Manager LuAnn Williams
Accounts Payable / Payroll Manager Jen Barnes
Athlon Fulfillment Center - (615) 242-7986
Manager Ken McWhorter
Athlon Sports Collectibles - (615) 255-8636
Division President Richard Beck
Manager, Mail Order Jeff Duello
GM Wholesale / Auctions Matt Moore
Retail Manager Brian Tharp
Nashville Retail Location: 8113 Moores Lane
Suite 2200
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615) 507-2195
Athlon College Fantasy Sports Operations - (770) 509-2317
Director of College Fantasy Sports Operations Nathan Karp
Athlon Interactive - (615) 327-0747
Director of Product Development Brian Hochman
Development Team Leader Michael McCracken
Web Developer Daniel Swinney
Web Developer Eric Olson
Associate Web Producer Doug Word
Interactive Art Director Corey Snyder
Interactive Brand Manager Brett Marlin
New Media Content Producer Braden Gall
Associate Web Producer Steven Lassan
Network Administrator Josh West



220 25th Avenue North, Suite 200
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Main (615) 327-0747 - Fax (615) 327-1149
info@athlonsports.com
http://www.athlonsports.com


 

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