Sporting KC promoted President JAKE REID to CEO, succeeding ROBB HEINEMAN, who held the position for the past 14 years. Reid said that the change is "something the ownership group has been working toward for a while now." Reid will start taking "more of a visible role than in the past." Reid has been with the team since '10, starting as VP/Sales and becoming CRO in '12 before being named President in '16 (BIZJOURNALS.com, 4/5)....Digital media startup Overtime named Barstool Sports Head of Programming & Strategy MARC KOHN Chief Content Officer, former Snap Dir of Sales ALEX GRANT Head of Sales & Brand Partnerships, WME Ventures Principal ANIS RASHID Chief Strategy Officer and DAVE ZIGERELLI Head of Production (VARIETY.com, 4/4)....AEG Facilities named Chesapeake Energy Arena & Cox Convention Center GM HUGH LOMBARDI Target Center GM in Minneapolis. Meanwhile, Ironman named Feld Entertainment VP/Global Partnerships VINCE CICERO Head of Sales & Global Partnerships (THE DAILY). FIFA VP DAVID CHUNG has "resigned" as Oceania Football Confederation President after seven years (AP, 4/6). Populous named HOK VP DOUGLAS BARRAZA Senior Architect & Principal ("D-I Ticker," 4/6)....The ECHL Reading Royals named JOE BAHLING Dir of Corporate Sales & Sponsorships. Meanwhile, SMG named MARK WALLACE GM of the Sanatander Arena (Royals).
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