The Heat named NBA Kings CRO JEFF DAVID Exec VP & CRO (Heat)....Vivid Seats named former GrubHub VP/Digital Marketing & CRM RICH LESPERANCE CMO (Vivid Seats)....Turner Sports promoted VP/NCAA Digital HANIA POOLE to Senior VP/NCAA Digital and GM of Bleacher Report Live (Turner Sports)....Government relations and public affairs firm S-3 Principal TODD WOOTEN will take a "three-month leave of absence to manage temporarily the NFL's federal government relations division," as the group searches for a permanent replacement for JOCELYN MOORE (POLITICO.com, 7/9)....El Paso's USL expansion club named BECKY LEE Dir of Corporate Partnerships & Suites and BOB BIGNEY Dir of Soccer Operations. The new club also named SAM OLSON and MICHAEL FLORES Account Execs for the Sales and Service Department, while promoting SARAH NOLLNER to Dir of Marketing & Communications (El Paso USL)....The Southland Conference promoted THOMAS SAMUEL to Associate Commissioner/Compliance Services (Southland Conference)....Gator Bowl Sports President & CEO RICK CATLETT said that he "doubts" the Jacksonville Sports Council will replace former CEO ALAN VERLANDER. Verlander, who left the JSC last month after "four years on the job, is starting a sports and entertainment marketing business" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 7/9)....The L.A. Times promoted Business Editor KIMI YOSHINO to Deputy Managing Editor. He will be "overseeing sports, business, arts, entertainment and lifestyle coverage" (LATIMES.com, 7/9)....Baseball statistics website FanGraphs named ESPN MLB writer DAN SZYMBORSKI Senior Writer (TWITTER.com, 7/9).
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