Executive Transactions

Saints GM MICKEY LOOMIS signed a five-year contract extension in August (NOLA.com, 1/28)....The Lions named former Broncos GM BRIAN XANDERS Senior Personnel Exec (DENVERPOST.com, 1/28)....The Browns promoted General Counsel FRED NANCE to Senior Adviser & Special Counsel (OHIO.com, 1/28)....The N.Y. Times promoted Deputy Sports Editor JASON STALLMAN to Sports Editor. He replaces JOE SEXTON, who announced last week he was moving to ProPublica (N.Y. TIMES, 1/29)....Utah Valley Univ. AD MIKE JACOBSEN will retire after 29 years at the school (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 1/29)....Golf Canada 1st VP MIKE CARROLL will begin a one-year term as President on Feb. 9 (VANCOUVER SUN, 1/29)....The Univ. of Oklahoma's Sooner Sports TV yesterday named FS K.C. Producer T.J. MCGINNIS Senior Producer (OU).

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