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Pegula Sports & Entertainment today named two execs to its senior leadership team. JASON SINNARAJAH joins the Bills as Senior VP/Business Administration, while MIKE MCFARLANE has been named PSE Senior VP/Finance & Administration. Sinnarajah, who will now oversee the NFL team’s day-to-day business operations, comes onboard after serving most recently as Senior VP/Strategy & Growth at digital media company Ziff Davis. McFarlane will oversee the Sabres' day-to-day business ops, along with the financial operations of PSE entities. No outside search firm was used on the hires (PSE).

EXECS: 2K Sports Senior VP/Operations JASON ARGENT is stepping down from his position, but will remain in a consulting capacity for the video game franchise. His last day was Monday (THE DAILY).....NICKI JHABVALA is joining the Washington Post to cover the Redskins after stints writing for The Athletic, Denver Post and N.Y. Times. AVA WALLACE is taking over WaPo’s Wizards beat, replacing CANDACE BUCKNER. Wallace previously covered DC-area colleges for the paper (John Ourand, SBJ Media).

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