Nets Assistant GM BOBBY MARKS yesterday announced on Twitter that he is "leaving the Nets." Marks, the "longest tenured member" of the club's basketball operations staff, "did not have his contract option picked up by the Nets" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 5/27)....Richard Childress Racing named South Carolina State Treasurer's Office General Counsel ROBIN JOHNSON VP/Business Development to oversee sales and partnership expansion, effective immediately (RCR). Johnson, who formerly held positions with Front Row Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, "replaces RICK PENN, who now heads sports marketing" for Dow Chemical (TWITTER.com, 5/27)....Atlanta-based payment technology company First Data named JEFFREY MANDEL VP/Sports & Entertainment. He was the ECHL Trenton Titans COO from '02-05 (THE DAILY)....The Revolution promoted Soccer Operations Manager JASON GOVE to Dir of Soccer Operations (THE DAILY)....UMass named Leffler Agency Senior VP/Sports THOMAS MCELROY Senior Associate AD/External Relations (UMass)....Dickinson College named Temple Univ. Senior Associate AD/Sports Administration JOE GIUNTA AD (Dickinson).
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