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Churchill Downs Inc. named JAMES "TED" GAY President of Churchill Downs Interactive, which will consist of the company's online initiatives, including TwinSpires.com, Luckity.com and Bluff Media. Gay will relocate from Louisville to Mountain View, Calif. in early '13. He assumes his new duties immediately and will report to President & COO WILLIAM CARSTANJEN (CDI).

EXECS: Stats LLC named ANDREW OPATKIEWICZ Dir of Int'l Football within its Sports Solutions Group. Opatkiewicz was formerly with soccer analytics outfit ProZone (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal)....Nike appointed former Northern Europe Marketing Dir NICOLE HUBBARD to lead its brand building activity in the U.K. "with a brief to increase the company's focus on sports categories" (MARKETINGWEEK.co.uk, 10/9)....Barclays Center Security Dir BOB SENA has left his position (THE DAILY)....Front Row Marketing Services named veteran marketer SERGIO DEL PRADO Regional VP (Comcast-Spectacor)....CONCACAF named MLS Red Bulls VP/Communications & Community Relations JURGEN MAINKA Dir of Communications & Marketing (THE DAILY).

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