MLB Network promoted the following: BRENT FISHER to Senior VP/Distribution, Affiliate Sales & Marketing; ERICK VANTUYL to Senior VP/Business & Legal Affairs and JOE RIBANDO to Senior Dir of Distribution, Affiliate Sales & Marketing (THE DAILY). IOC Evaluation Commission Chair FRANK FREDERICKS yesterday "stepped down" from his role overseeing the process for the '24 Games following an IOC ethics probe into "claims he received money from a disgraced marketing consultant" (REUTERS, 3/7)....The U.S. Soccer Federation named Big East Commissioner VAL ACKERMAN to its BOD (USSF)....Columbia Sportswear named North Face Global VP/Product & Operations JOE VERNACHIO President of the Mountain Hardwear brand (Columbia)....The Double-A Eastern League Akron RubberDucks named JODY SELLERS Dir of Ticket Sales, ZACH AARON Coordinator of Creative Services and JAMES PARSONS Assistant Dir of Ballpark Operations (RubberDucks)....FanSided Founder & CEO ADAM BEST last week parted ways with the outlet (TWITTER.com, 3/2).
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