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People: Executive transactions05 / 20 / 13Basketball The Boston Celtics named sports attorney Vered Yakovee associate counsel. Charlotte Bobcats vice president of communications B.J. Evans stepped down from the position. Additionally, the Bobcats named Dave Beck vice president of marketing partnerships. Beck was vice presi... Tags: People and Pop Culture |
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Woods visits China NIKE (2) PGA Tour golfer Tiger Woods (top, center) drew a crowd (above) when he visited Beijing Sports University last month as part of the Nike ...
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What I Like: Charlie Besser
PROFESSIONAL What I Like … ■ AN INSIGHT: The world revolves around relationships. ■ AN INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN MY CAREER: Too many to list or rank. ■ AN OUT-OF-THE BOX IDEA: To serve is to win. ■ A TIMELESS IDE ...
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Spotlight: Jeffrey Orridge
Jeffrey Orridge has just started his job as executive director of CBC Sports Properties. Orridge has been surrounded by sports his entire life, from keeping score in summer league basketball as a child to becoming the head of business and legal affairs for the first U.S. Olympic basketball “Dream ...
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Silva Colleges York College in Pennsylvania hired Paul Saikia as assistant dean for athletics and recreation. Finance Park Lane hired Carlos Silva as managing director/entrepreneur-in-residence. Silva ...
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Checking out Nets' future home ERROL ANDERSON New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yormark on April 4 gave player Kris Humphries a tour of the Barclays Center, where the Nets will begin play in the 2012-13 NBA season. From left: Forest City Ratner Cos. deputy ...
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What I Like: David Grant
PROFESSIONAL What I Like … TINA SLIE Longtime marketer David Grant continues to be haunted by the Tyree helmet catch. ■ An insight : A thriving agency culture is good not only for emplo ...
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VanDerSnick heads to IMG College
Former NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. executive Roger VanDerSnick is joining IMG College in a high-ranking role to be determined. GORT PRODUCTIONS Roger VanDerSnick joins some fellow NASCAR alums. VanDerSnick will report to Ben Sutton, president of IMG College, ...
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Baseball The Cincinnati Reds hired Adam Lane as director of entertainment and productions. Lane was game operations senior producer for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Colleges Cleveland State University named John Parry athletic director. Parry had served as interim athletic directo ...
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Steeg will steer title game for Pac-12
Jim Steeg, the former NFL executive best known for running the Super Bowl during its enormous growth in the 1980s and ’90s, is going to work for the Pac-10 Conference as the director of its inaugural football championship game. The Pac-10, which will be renamed the Pac-12 on July 1, plays its first ...
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Dowley exiting position at Under Armour
Under Armour announced that Mark Dowley is stepping aside as president of its international business, just two months after he joined the company. Dowley will become an adviser to the Baltimore sportswear company and report to CEO Kevin Plank, effective May 1. An exact reason for the transition was ...
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