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SI Publisher BRENDAN RIPP has expanded his scope at the veteran sports media brand, as he will now also oversee the business operators of Golf, SI Golf Plus and Golf.com in addition to SI, SI Kids and serving as Time Inc.’s BOD rep in 120 Sports. Ripp, now Group Publisher at Time Inc. for sports, will look to merge the Golf Group and SI business operators into a single unit, mirroring a similar editorial integration nearly two years ago. Ripp in the expanded role replaces DICK RASKOPF, who is leaving after 32 years with Time Inc. Raskopf’s next step is unknown, and a company memo referred to his “embarking on a new professional journey" (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer).

EXECS: Padres Senior VP/Baseball Operations OMAR MINAYA "is leaving" his position to serve as a special adviser under MLBPA Exec Dir TONY CLARK (AP, 1/29)....The Eagles promoted Assistant Dir of Player Personnel ED MARYNOWITZ to VP/Player Personnel (Eagles)....The 49ers on Thursday named former Eagles VP/Player Personnel TOM GAMBLE Senior Personnel Exec. Gamble "spent the past two seasons in Philadelphia but was abruptly dismissed last month" (SACBEE.com, 1/29)....The D-Backs named former MLBer JOE CARTER Special Assistant to the GM (AZCENTRAL.com, 1/28)....The Blues named former NHLer MARTIN BRODEUR Senior Advisor to the GM (Blues)....USA Table Tennis elected PETER SCUDNER Chair of its BOD. Scudner held the position from '08-12 and replaced MICHAEL BAUBIN (USA Table Tennis)....College Hockey Inc. named Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dir of Hockey Operations ANDREW THOMAS Education & Recruitment Dir (CHI)....James Madison Univ. named Bucknell Univ. Athletics Development Manager MEREDITH COX Assistant Dir of Development. JMU also named Univ. of Cincinnati Athletics Development Dir BRYAN ALLEN Assistant AD/Major Gifts (THE DAILY)....Olympics publication Around The Rings named ED HULA III to the newly created position of Dir of Business Development (Around The Rings).

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