Executive Transactions
Boston Globe columnist JACKIE MACMULLAN and Assistant Sport Editor KEN FRATUS are "taking the latest buyout offer from the paper." BOB RYAN and DAN SHAUGHNESSY are now the "only two general sports columnists" remaining at the Globe (BOSTONSPORTSMEDIA.com, 4/1)....WBZ-TV's BOB LOBEL will accept a buyout following a "stunning budget cutback that will bring his three-decade dominance to a close" (BOSTON HERALD, 4/2)....GREG GOUGH, Rivals.com's chief technical officer, has left the company. A founding member of the operation, Gough's departure had been planned since last year's acquisition of Rivals.com by Yahoo (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal).
FRANCHISES: The Rams announced they have formed a ticket sales department, naming MICHAEL O’KEEFE VP/Sales, JAKE BYE Dir of Ticket Sales & Premium Seating and BARBARA HELMAN, MEGAN KNAPP, JON KRUSE, DAVID KINSEY and NATHAN SCHANDL as staff members. The team also named EVAN ARDOIN Community Outreach Assistant (Rams)....The NHL Kings named RYAN NORYS Account Exec/Ticket Sales (Game Face).
EXECS: AST Dew Tour VP/Partnerships CASEY MORTON is leaving to join PGA of America where he will serve as a Dir of Broadcasting & Hospitality. AST Dew Tour Dir of Partner Relations CHARLIE SEVERN “will fill in for Morton in corporate partnerships in the immediate future,” and VP/Business Operations & Development ATUL KHOSLA “will fill in on relations with media partners” (THE DAILY)....The USTA Tennis & Education Foundation appointed the following to its board: LUCY GARVIN, JONATHAN VEGOSEN, CAROL KIMMELMAN, TERRY MARCH and PAUL PALANDJIAN (USTA)....During the ’08 Tennis Europe Annual General Meeting, PETER BRETHERTON was elected to the Board of Management for its next three-year term (Lawn Tennis Association)....Getty Images promoted HOWIE BURKE to Senior Manager of Sports Sales and CHRIS JANKA to Market Development Exec for Sports (Getty)....USA Triathlon named JAYME RAMSON Communications & Web Content Coordinator (USA Triathlon).
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