Yahoo Sports has hired NHL.com VP & Editor-in-Chief BOB CONDOR as its new Exec Editor for Sports. Condor had worked for NHL.com since '08 and is a 30-year industry veteran with prior stints at the Chicago Tribune and N.Y. Daily News. Condor will lead all editorial efforts for Yahoo Sports. "I respect the journalism done every day and firmly believe that sort of tenacious reporting is what sports fans want," Condor said in a statement (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal).
EXECS: Golf Channel named Golf World Editor-in-Chief GEOFF RUSSELL Senior VP & Exec Editor. He will report to President MIKE MCCARLEY (Golf Channel). Golf Digest and Golf World senior writer JAIME DIAZ was named Russell's successor (JACKSONVILLE.com, 3/5)....Oregon State Univ. named Wild Senior VP/Ticket Sales & Service JOHN RIZZARDINI CMO (OREGONLIVE.com, 3/5)....RSR Partners named JOE BAILEY Managing Dir and Head of the firm's sports industry practice. He previously held positions with the Dolphins, Cowboys and the NTRA (RSR Partners)....Learfield Sports named BRIAN MCKINNELL GM of Texas A&M Sports Properties, KYLE DROPPERS GM of Bowling Green State Univ.'s Falcon Sports Properties and JOE DRUTEN GM of the Univ. of Tulsa's Golden Hurricane Sports Properties (Learfield)....Hendrix College promoted softball coach AMY WEAVER to AD (Hendrix).
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