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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_HostJim Host - Wikipedia

    Host in 2005. Jim Host (born November 23, 1937, in Kane, Pennsylvania) is an American businessman best known for founding Host Communications, a pioneering collegiate sports-marketing and production services company that was acquired by IMG in 2007 for $74.3 million.

  2. This project contains multiple interviews with Jim Host. Host talks about his family, childhood memories, including how he became interested in baseball and sports statistics, and his experience playing baseball for UK during the late 1950s.

  3. Jim Host discusses his baseball career during college at the University of Kentucky. He talks about receiving a scholarship, his relationships with coaches Abe Shannon and Harry Lancaster, playing at Stoll Field, and details of various games throughout his career.

  4. Segment Synopsis: Jim Host is introduced and talks about how he became involved in Kentucky politics through his work on Marlow Cook's primary campaign for governor in Fayette County in 1967. Keywords: Baseball; Campaign chairman; Democratic Party; Fayette County (Ky.); Happy Chandler; John Sherman Cooper; Primary campaigns; Republican Party

  5. Host tells the story of the creation of the Kentucky Horse Park and how it became the first North American location of the World Equestrian Games. He explains the need for a horse park because of the closing of the horse farms to the public.

  6. Forming a sports marketing and association management firm in 1972, Jim Host is now president and chief executive officer of Universal Sports America and Host Communications Inc., nationally renowned for its expertise in marketing services to universities, conferences and national associations.

  7. If you want to read about someone who had to overcome disappointment, betrayal, changing economic times, and worse, and yet created an extraordinary career, meet W. James Host. Mention the name Jim Host to anyone in Lexington, Kentucky, and they know who you’re talking about.