Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment named CHRISTY NICOLAY Exec Producer of its worldwide events group. Nicolay's 30-plus years of experience covers multiple Olympic Games, the X Games, Pan American Games and other international events....TLA Worldwide named former Lagardere Tennis President JOHN TOBIAS Senior VP/Talent Marketing. Tobias is "bringing with him several of his former clients." Meanwhile, TLA Worldwide Partner PETER RASKIN has left the agency to launch Rubicon Talent. TLA Senior VP/Talent Marketing BRANDON SWIBEL is leaving as well to join Rubicon as a partner (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 1/16 issue).
NEXT CHAPTER: Legendary Entertainment Chair & CEO and Steelers investor THOMAS TULL is "leaving his post" with the entertainment firm to become Founding Chair of Wanda Group. Tull also "sits on the boards" of the Baseball HOF and Museum and National Football Foundation (DEADLINE.com, 1/17).
EXECS: Under Armour named VF Corp. VP/Investor Relations & Strategic Accounts LANCE ALLEGA VP/Investor Relations. He will start Monday and has had stints with Nike, Oakley, Sony and Accenture (UA)....The USTA named MLBAM VP/Partner Solutions KEVIN MAHONEY to the newly created position of Managing Dir of Digital. Mahoney has also managed digital media for Sprint Nextel (USTA)....FC Dallas promoted Dir of Business Development MELISSA JANNETTA to Senior Dir of Business Development (THE DAILY)....Law firm Berg & Androphy named Weil, Gotshal & Manges Partner JAMES QUINN Of Counsel in its N.Y. office. Quinn served as lead trial counsel for NFL players in a dispute concerning the players' challenge to the NFL's antitrust restrictions. He also worked on Modi Enterprises v. ESPN and EchoStar v. ESPN (Berg & Androphy)....MLB has hired ELIZA CRAWFORD as the softball coordinator for its MLB Youth Academy in New Orleans, part of an ongoing effort by the league to also aid the development of softball. Crawford is the sister of top Phillies prospect J.P. CRAWFORD (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer)....Brooks Running promoted Exec VP & GM of North America DAN SHERIDAN to Exec VP & GM of Global Sales (TWITTER.com, 1/17)....Iona College promoted AD RICK COLE JR. to VP/Athletics Administration (Iona)....The Double-A Texas League Frisco RoughRiders named former Legends VP/Sales & Marketing JOHN ALPER Chief Sales Officer (RoughRiders)....Miami Univ. (Ohio) promoted Senior Dir of Development & Associate AD COLEMAN BARNES to Exec Associate AD & Senior Dir of Development (MU)....Chip Ganassi Racing named MARK MCARDLE Competition Dir. He will report to Managing Dir MAX JONES (MOTORSPORT.com, 1/17).
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