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LaCrosse Footwear named Nike finance exec ROBERT SASAKI President (OREGONLIVE.com, 5/20)....Towson Univ. AD MIKE WADDELL will leave the school to take the position of Univ. of Arkansas Senior Associate AD. Waddell will "oversee marketing, licensing, ticket operations and media and public relations." He also will "serve as the liaison with the new SEC Network" (Baltimore SUN, 5/21)....UNLV named Alumni Association Sponsorships & Development Dir TINA KUNZER-MURPHY Interim AD, effective July 1 (LASVEGASSUN.com, 5/20)....The Pelicans named New Orleans Times-Picayune Sports Editor DOUG TATUM Exec Dir of Digital Media (Pelicans)....The College Football Playoff named Dolce Sports Media Owner GINA CHAPPIN Senior Dir of Communications and Brand Management (CFP)....The USTA named National Junior Tennis League of Trenton Exec Dir DAN FABER Exec Dir of USTA Serves, the national charitable foundation of the organization (USTA)....Learfield Sports named Drake Univ. IMG College Sports Marketing GM BRIAN GABEL Northern Iowa Univ. Panther Sports Properties GM (Learfield).

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