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Executive Transactions - April 22, 2024

Daily - 04/22/2024
The Hawks named Warriors VP/Basketball Strategy & Team Counsel  ONSI SALEH  Assistant GM. Saleh will work under GM LANDRY FIELDS , while Assistant GM  KYLE KORVER  will remain in his role ( ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 4/19 ). Prior to working with...

Jordan sees 23XI win at Talladega in person

Morning Buzz - 04/22/2024
Michael Jordan witnessed his NASCAR team take the checkered flag with him in attendance for the first time with yesterday’s Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, a resounding win by his Jordan Brand-sponsored No. 45 Toyota. 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick beat Brad Keselowski...

On The Move

Journal - 04/22/2024
Action The X Games promoted RICH BIGGE to vice president of live events . Baseball Little League International hired ...

CAA World Congress of Sports: Faces and Places

Journal - 04/22/2024
More than a thousand sports business executives from around the globe gathered at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live for the CAA World Congress of Sports, April 15-17, as leaders discussed industry issues ranging from the continued rise of women’s sports to fan engagement patterns worth watching, among...

Names in the News

Daily - 04/22/2024
DAVID BECKHAM is suing MARK WAHLBERG for "alleged losses after a brand deal went south with F45 Training," which Wahlberg has a 36% interest in and is the chief branding officer. Beckham claims he lost $10M out of pocket when stocks that he was promised...

Golf Channel host Stephanie Sparks passes away

Weekend Rap - 04/21/2024
Stephanie Sparks , who co-hosted Golf Channel’s “Big Break” reality series for several seasons, died April 13 at 50. Sparks played on the LPGA in 2000, but "chronic back pain ... cut short her playing career." She "found a second career at Golf Channel, where she hosted multiple shows"...

Longtime ESPN producer Schwab passes away

Weekend Rap - 04/21/2024
Longtime ESPN producer and star of the ESPN trivia show “Stump the Schwab”  Howie Schwab died Saturday at 63. Schwab joined ESPN in 1987 and worked on “multiple ESPN shows,” but he was best known as the “final challenge” on “Stump the Schwab” which ran from 2004 to...
Quote Of the day

I think our fans would like more, and we're probably in that same boat, but we're working with the powers that be with the league and all that stuff to get to where we could get.

-- Texans owner Cal McNair, on the team wanting to use more "H-Town Blue" in their new uniforms but being limited by the NFL and the Titans. HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 4/23.
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