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The Chiefs named BILL CHAPIN Senior VP/Business Operations. Chapin most recently held the same position for the MLS Sounders (Chiefs)….Palace Sports & Entertainment named MSG Exec VP & General Counsel LUCINDA KINAU TREAT Exec VP/Business Operations (Palace Sports & Entertainment)….The Indians promoted Assistant Dir of Baseball Operations DEREK FALVEY to Dir of Baseball Operations/Player Personnel & Acquisitions. The club also named MLB Manager/Labor Relations DAVID STEARNS Dir of Baseball Operations/Contracts, Strategy & Analysis (Indians)….Learfield Sports has added three Account Execs: JOSH OSTERMANN for the Univ. of Wyoming; HUNTER BOERNER for Mississippi State Univ.; and KATIE DILLON for Xavier Univ. (Learfield Sports)….Lucas Oil Off Road Racing named ALEX STRILER Dir of Sales & Marketing (Lucas Oil)….EPL club Sunderland’s BOD named GARY HUTCHINSON Commercial Dir (Sunderland).

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