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The NBA named Marsh Managing Dir & Chief HR Officer for the U.S. and Canada ERIC HUTCHERSON Senior VP/Human Resources. He will report to NBA President of Administration BOB CRIQUI (NBA)....Under Armour named former Baltimore Police Department Commissioner FREDERICK BEALEFELD III its first Chief Security Officer. He will "take a 'macro-level' approach to security at the firm, which is moving aggressively to expand its presence abroad." Bealefeld will report to UA COO & President of Product KIP FULKS, and his responsibilities will "focus on the safety of Under Armour's employees, worldwide distribution centers and a growing number of stores" (BALTIMORE SUN, 7/15)....Florida Citrus Sports named Grizzlies VP/Finance SCOTT HERRING CFO (FCS).

EXECS: Back9Network hired former LiveClips COO BRIAN KALINOWSKI to fill the newly created position of Exec VP/Digital Media (Back9)....Eastern Illinois Univ. named Univ. of Illinois Senior Associate AD TOM MICHAEL AD (EIU)....Yahoo Sports Radio named Fox Sports Radio & Premiere Networks VP/Sports Sales JEFFREY SCHWARTZ to the newly created position of Exec VP/Corporate Strategy. He will report to Yahoo Sports Radio CEO DAVID GOW. Yahoo Sports Radio also named AMANDA DEATCHMAN Dir of Marketing & Business Development (YSR)....The Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, which sponsors the AT&T Cotton Bowl, named Greenberg Traurig LLP Dallas office Shareholder DANIEL NOVAKOV Chair (BIZJOURNALS.com, 7/14).

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