Lagardere Unlimited named former Fox Sports Digital Exec VP & GM JEFF HUSVAR President of its media group. He was replaced at Fox by PETE VLASTELICA in '13, and had been working with Lagardere as a media consultant since August (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer).
LAWYER UP: S.F.-based Gordon & Rees sports attorney DAVID CORNWELL has joined Atlanta-based Barnes & Thornburg (Barnes & Thornburg). Cornwell: “I will be doing everything I have been doing over the past 20-plus years, but Barnes & Thornburg gives us the opportunity to do more and offer more services to our clients” (Liz Mullen, Staff Writer)
EXECS: Sources said that former NFL Jets GM JOHN IDZIK "has been hired as a consultant to manage the salary cap" for the Jaguars (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/26)....The Sugar Bowl named attorney T. CAREY WICKER President, replacing DENNIS WALDRON. Former President JAY BATT was elected as Exec Committee Chair (Baton Rouge ADVOCATE, 2/26)....The Saints named Dolphins Communications Dir FITZ OLLISON to the same position. Ollison replaces DOUG MILLER, who left to take the same position with the Greenbrier resort (NOLA.com, 2/25)....Pacers Sports & Entertainment named former Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee VP/Event Operations MEL RAINES Senior VP/Facilities Operations (IBJ.com, 2/24)....The 49ers named Palace Sports & Entertainment Corporate Sales Manager CRAIG MARTIN Partnership Sales Manager for the team and Levi's Stadium (THE DAILY)....The NHL Kings named ANNMARIE FRANCIS HR Assistant (THE DAILY).
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