MSG formally named CAA Managing Partner DAVID "DOC" O'CONNOR President & CEO, replacing TAD SMITH, who "resigned in March after about a year in the position" to take the same role at auction house Sotheby's (N.Y. TIMES, 7/1)....The Hawks formally promoted coach MIKE BUDENHOLZER to President of Basketball Operations in addition to his head coaching duties, while Assistant GM WES WILCOX was promoted to GM (Hawks)....FanDuel named Yahoo Senior Dir of Fantasy Sports CLIFTON MA GM/New Products. He will be based in L.A. and report to FanDuel CFO MATT KING. Ma, who serves on the Fantasy Sports Trade Association BOD, had been at Yahoo since '07 (Terry Lefton, Editor-At-Large)....Temple Univ. named FIU Senior Associate AD/Revenue Enhancement CRAIG ANGELOS Deputy AD. Angelos had a previous stint as FAU AD from '03-12 (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 7/1)....St. John's Univ. appointed General Counsel JOSEPH OLIVA interim AD. Oliva over the past two years "had oversight responsibility" for the athletic department (NEWSDAY.com, 6/30)....The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference promoted Dir of Women's Basketball Operations JORDAN CONFESSORE to Assistant Commissioner/Women's Basketball (MAAC)....The NHL Jets named ZACH PETERS Communications Coordinator (THE DAILY)....Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment named home security firm Vivint VP/Brand Management & Marketing NATE RANDLE Senior VP/Marketing and Fanzz VP/Marketing & Buying BART SHARP VP/Marketing Services. LHMSE's properties include the Jazz, the Triple-A PCL Salt Lake Bees and EnergySolutions Arena (LHMSE).
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