The Hawks announced Spurs VP/Basketball Operations DANNY FERRY has been named President of Basketball Operations & GM (Hawks)....The Big Ten Network named Fox Networks Sales Account Exec JIM REEDER VP/Ad Sales, reporting to BTN President MARK SILVERMAN (BTN)....Learfield Sports hired the following as New Account Execs for its collegiate properties: JEFF ZIEGENHORN at the Univ. of Miami, KEVIN TIEMANN at Boise State, TYLER KEYS at Univ. of Alabama, MIKE PHILLIP at the Univ. of Wyoming and ROB MILLER at Univ. of Northern Iowa (Learfield Sports)....Icebreaker Clothing appointed Air New Zealand CEO ROB FYFE Board Dir effective July 1 (Icebreaker).....Comcast SportsNet named DAN HAYES its White Sox “Insider,” effective immediately. Hayes joins CSN after six seasons as a Padres beat reporter for the North County Times (Comcast SportsNet)....In his first moves as Magic GM, ROB HENNIGAN "fired" Assistant GM DAVE TWARDZIK, Regional Scout TOM CONRAD, Int’l Scout RUDY D’AMICO, Int’l Scouting Coordinator SAM FOGGIN, Pro Scout BOB STAAK, Regional Scout GREG STRATTON and NBA Advance Scout AL WALKER (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 6/25).
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