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Executive Transactions05 / 23 / 12Veteran digital media exec JIM DELORENZO has been named VP & GM of SI.com, the first exec to have the title since the site regained control of its business operations following a split with Turner Sports. DeLorenzo, who had previous stints with Octagon Digital, CBS Local Media and AOL, will re... Tags: People and Pop Culture |
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In Portland, Matthew Kish noted Nike Chair PHIL KNIGHT and Columbia Sportswear President & CEO TIM BOYLE are “among the first donors to a new political action committee focused on higher education reform.” Knight contributed $65,000 and Boyle’s donated $62,500 to the Oregon ...
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Pac-12 Enterprises Adds Sam Silverstein
Pac-12 Enterprises has hired veteran online media exec SAM SILVERSTEIN to be its Head of Digital Content, building on to its exec team for the forthcoming suite of TV networks and websites. Silverstein was Senior Dir of tentpole events at Yahoo Sports and was a 10-year veteran of the company, play ...
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The Blue Jackets late last week informed Senior Adviser CRAIG PATRICK that the club was "exercising the one-year club option in his contract, keeping the veteran NHL executive in place" as GM SCOTT HOWSON ’s right-hand man for at least another season ( BLUEJACKETSXTRA.com, 5/20 )….ML ...
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In Indianapolis, Jeff Swiatek notes Pacers Owner HERB SIMON has teamed with Emmis Communications Chair, President & CEO JEFF SMULYAN "to buy common stock" in Emmis. Smulyan, a former Mariners co-Owner, said that he and Simon are "buying the publicly traded stock because it's a good buy." Sim ...
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Godfrey Named iHoops CEO
The NBA-and NCAA-owned iHoops has “hired DERRICK GODFREY as its chief executive officer,” according to John Lombardo of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. Godfrey, who was previously MLBAM VP/Int’l Development, replaces former iHoops CEO LEN ELMORE , “who left the organization in Feb ...
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ESPN promoted Senior Dir of Marketing SCOTT PARKER to VP/Consumer Marketing. He will now report to ESPN Senior VP/Marketing CAROL KRUSE ( ESPN )….Comcast SportsNet named CASEY PRATT the net’s A’s beat reporter. Pratt joined Comcast in ’09 as a producer working on the n ...
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In Boston, Gary Washburn noted former NBAer LAMOND MURRAY wants to "educate current players on handling their money, making for a smoother transition to life without an NBA salary." Murray said, "I look back at, how can I help these guys save and retain as much of their hard-earned money as they h ...
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NFL Has Eight Of Top 10 Highest Paid Coaches
With eight of the top ten spots, the NFL “dominates the list [of] highest-paid coaches in the land,” according to Tom Van Riper of FORBES. Topping the list is Patriots coach BILL BELICHICK who “makes more than any coach in America," at $7.5M. The list is “without the Saint ...
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Tennessee's Jennings Steps Down After 35 Years
Univ. of Tennessee Associate AD/Media Relations DEBBY JENNINGS announced her retirement Wednesday, according to John Adams of the Knoxville NEWS-SENTINEL. As the primary media contact for UT women's basketball for 35 years. Jennings will be replaced by Associate Media Relations Dir ERIC TRAINER , ...
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What's Nancy Lopez Up To This Weekend?
Golf HOFer NANCY LOPEZ this week became the first woman to receive the Byron Nelson Prize from the HP Byron Nelson Championship, given annually to a person who exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship, integrity and philanthropy that Byron Nelson personified. This weekend she will be at the tournam ...
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