Menu
People and Pop Culture

Executive Transactions

Rugby League World Cup CEO ANDREW HILL is the new CEO of National Rugby League side Canterbury Bulldogs. In a "massive coup" for the club, Hill will replace outgoing CEO RAELENE CASTLE, who announced earlier this year she "would be moving on at the end of the season." Hill "only emerged as a potential candidate in recent days." Others linked to the "much-sought after role" included Gold Coast Titans COO TONY MESTROV, Sharks CEO LYALL GORMAN and NSW Rugby League execs STUART CLARK and DAVID TRODDEN (STUFF, 8/10). ... Ladies European Tour CEO IVAN KHODABAKHSH "is out." The L.E.T. website posted Khodabakhsh "is leaving his position" and that the board asked Chair MARK LICHTENHEIN to take over day-to-day duties. Khodabakhsh had been "under fire" with the L.E.T. "struggling to hold on to tour events" (GOLF CHANNEL, 8/9). 

COACHES/MANAGERS: Brasileiro side Flamengo named REINALDO RUEDA its head coach. His contract "is expected to run through '18" (MARCA, 8/9). ... Chilean first division side O'Higgins named GABRIEL MILITO its new coach. He signed a two-year deal with the club. Milito's previous job was with Argentine first division side Independiente (MARCA, 8/10). ... The Slovak Ice Hockey Federation hired CRAIG RAMSAY as head coach of the Slovak men's national team on a two-year deal. The contract will include the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and the 2018 and 2019 Int'l Ice Hockey Federation World Championship (IIHF).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2017/08/11/People-and-Pop-Culture/ET.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2017/08/11/People-and-Pop-Culture/ET.aspx

CLOSE