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Medallion Financial Corp. yesterday named NASCAR Managing Dir of Business Development SEAN DOWNES CEO of its new Medallion Sports Properties division (Medallion)....Under Armour named Alchemy Global President PETER RUPPE VP/Footwear. Ruppe previously "spent 25 years at Nike" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/27)....Fox Networks Group promoted Fox Cable Entertainment Exec VP/Advertising Sales BRUCE LEFKOWITZ to the same position (FNG)....The Cavaliers named Monroe Community College (N.Y.) Chief HR Administrator ALBERTA LEE VP/HR (Cavs)....The NFL Jets named Rams scout BRIAN HEIMERDINGER to the newly created position of Dir of Player Personnel. At 28, he is "younger than some of the players on the Jets' roster" (ESPNNY.com, 1/27)....The Univ. of Washington named LIBBY JOHNSON and MICHELLE MRKOTA Assistant Dirs of Ticket Sales (THE DAILY)....The Southwestern Athletic Conference named Prairie View A&M AD ASHLEY ROBINSON Chair of its AD Committee. The SWAC also named Alabama A&M Univ. Associate AD & Senior Woman Administrator RENAE MYLES Chair of the Senior Woman Administrators Committee (SWAC)....Charlotte-based law firm Hunton & Williams LLP added sports agent MATTHEW KELLY as an associate (THE DAILY)....USA Basketball named OHEMMA NYANIN Women's National Team Assistant Dir, effective Feb. 2 (USA Basketball).

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