UFC President Dana White, who held the first live sports events in the U.S. and in Las Vegas in the age of a coronavirus pandemic, has not been seen wearing a mask in public during the COVID-19 health crisis.
So, LVSportsBiz.com texted the candid-talking White after Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mask mandate Wednesday and asked him, “Will you be wearing a mask when in public or talking to the media?”
White texted back a photo with this quip, “I’m on vacation I know nothing about these things.”
A face emoji showing a tongue out with a closed right eye ended the text. And here’s the photo.
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Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle.
In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com.
After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent.
Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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