Robert Briner

Robert (Bob) Briner (28 August 1935 - 1999) was a leading figure in professional sports management, an Emmy Award-winning television producer, and president of ProServ Television.

Briner was the first Western sports executive to enter China after the Cultural Revolution and introduced National Basketball Association games to Chinese television [Litsky, Frank. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E5D6123BF933A15755C0A96F958260&sec=&spon= Bob Briner, 63, Innovator in Tennis and Television] , The New York Times, June 20, 1999] . He developed major tennis tournaments in several countries including Israel, Cuba, South Africa and the Soviet Union.

Bob Briner was also a prolific writer, regularly contributing to the New York Times and Sports Illustrated. His books include "Roaring Lambs", "Lambs Among Wolves", and "The Management Methods of Jesus". Briner finished his final book, "The Final Roar", shortly before dying of abdominal cancer in 1999.

Briner earned a bachelor's degree in business and English from Greenville College.

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* [http://www.roaringlambsministries.org/ Roaring Lambs Ministries]