ESPN today announced that ESPN The Magazine Senior Deputy Editor Chad Millman will become the new Editor-in-Chief, effective June 15. Millman's promotion coincides with the impending relocation of the magazine's editorial operations from N.Y. to Bristol, Conn. Current Editor-in-Chief Gary Belsky will remain with the publication as Editor-at-Large through January, assisting Millman during the transition period. Millman began with the magazine during its inaugural year in '98 (ESPN).

The Univ. of Miami this afternoon announced that it has hired Univ. of Wisconsin Deputy AD and Chief Administrative Officer Shawn Eichorst as its new AD, effective today (Univ. of Miami). Eichorst was "interviewed in Miami earlier this week." He replaces Kirby Hocutt, who left in February to become AD at Texas Tech Univ. Before working at UW, Eichorst served as Univ. of South Carolina Senior Associate AD (MIAMIHERALD.com, 4/12). 

NFL Senior VP/PR Greg Aiello today “denied a report alleging that league employees are attempting to sabotage” the NFLPA’s planned event in N.Y. around the draft later this month. A CBSSports.com report alleged that NFL team officials are telling agents to “stay away from the NFLPA event.” Aiello noted that the report “likely is referring to Gil Brandt, who has assisted the NFL since 1995 in inviting the top prospects” to the draft. Aiello spoke to Brandt today and is confident Brandt “never told any of the players they would not be allowed to attend the draft,” as the report claims (NFL.com, 4/12).

EPL club Chelsea and adidas today unveiled a new home jersey for the '11-12 season. The new shirts have design features originating from past uniforms used in the early '80s, including a shadow striped design on the front panel. The new kit will be worn for the first time in the final home game of the current season against Newcastle on May 14. The shirt will be available for purchase on May 12 but can be pre-ordered online at ChelseaMegastore.com (Chelsea). 

PBS' "Frontline" looks into high school football tonight at 10:00pm ET with "Football High." The show goes behind the scenes of Shiloh Christian, a small school in northwest Arkansas that saw one of its players succumb to a heat-stroke injury during a summer practice last season. The show asks, "Has the amped-up culture of high-school football outrun necessary protections for the boys who play the game?"