Baseball
MLB named Frank Robinson senior adviser to the commissioner and honorary president of the American League. Robinson was MLB executive vice president of baseball development.
The Arizona Diamondbacks named Joe Carter a special assistant to the general manager.
The Atlanta Braves hired Brad Meriwether as director of consumer marketing. Meriwether was director of account services for Leader Enterprises.
The Class A South Atlantic League’s Augusta (Ga.) GreenJackets named Brandon Greene assistant general manager, Caitlyn Smith promotions and marketing coordinator and Derek Herron a group sales executive.
The Class A New York-Penn League’s Lowell (Mass.) Spinners hired Seth Distler as a senior sales executive. Distler was a sales executive for the Potomac Nationals.
The Class A Carolina League’s Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Pelicans promoted Andy Milovich to president and general manager, Zach Brockman to assistant general manager of sales and Nathan Barnett to full-time media relations manager and broadcaster. The team hired Ryan Moore as vice president of business development.
Basketball
The Philadelphia 76ers hired Chad Biggs as senior vice president of corporate development and activation. Biggs was vice president of global marketing partnerships for the NBA.
Football
The Houston Texans promoted Brian Gaine to director of player personnel and Jon Carr to director of college scouting, and hired Matt Jansen as college scouting coordinator.
The New York Jets hired Brian Heimerdinger as director of player personnel. Heimerdinger was a player personnel analyst for the St. Louis Rams.
The Green Bay Packers hired Chad Watson as director of sales and business development. Watson was director of sales and marketing partnerships for the St. Louis Rams.
The Philadelphia Eagles promoted Ed Marynowitz to vice president of player personnel.
The San Francisco 49ers hired Tom Gamble as a senior personnel executive. Gamble was vice president of player personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Golf
The First Tee of Greater Chicago named Lisa Quinn executive director.
Hockey
The Los Angeles Kings hired Scott Sangrey as controller.
The Columbus Blue Jackets promoted Malinda Smith, Matthew Kill, Maxwell Cohen and Zoey Osman to season sales account executives.
Tampa Bay Sports & Entertainment, parent company of the Tampa Bay Lightning, hired Jarrod Dillon as executive vice president of sales and marketing. Dillon was vice president of corporate partnerships for the San Diego Padres.
College Hockey Inc. named Andrew Thomas director of education and recruitment. Thomas was director of hockey operations at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
St. Louis Blues goaltender Martin Brodeur retired and was named senior adviser to the general manager.
The ECHL hired Natalie Bernstein as an executive/marketing assistant.
Horse Racing
The Breeders’ Cup hired Bryan Pettigrew as senior vice president of marketing and sponsorship. Pettigrew was senior vice president for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s NTRA Advantage.
Churchill Downs Inc. hired Mike Ziegler as executive director of racing. Ziegler was executive director of safety and integrity alliance for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
The New York Racing Association hired Sean Perl as assistant racing secretary for Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course. Perl was stakes coordinator and assistant racing secretary for Calder Race Course.
Woodbine Entertainment Group’s president and chief executive officer, Nick Eaves, will step down March 31.
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Law
Hunton & Williams LLP hired
Matthew Kelly as an associate in the firm’s Charlotte office.
Marketing
Repucom hired Philip Grieco as senior director of marketing and commercial solutions and Simon Long as head of sales for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Grieco was director of global consulting for projects and business development for Wasserman Media Group, and Long was chief commercial officer for the Lawn Tennis Association.
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Learfield Sports promoted
Brendan Jobin to account executive and named
Steve Tucker general manager for Army Sports Properties. Tucker was manager of business development for Learfield’s Penn State Sports Properties.
ECAL hired John Lambrides as vice president of ECAL Americas. Lambrides was director of business development for RealDecoy.
Media
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Fox Sports 1 and
Fox Sports 2 established a talent relations and development group, and named
George Greenberg executive vice president of content integration and presentation;
Roy Hamilton senior vice president of talent and development;
Jacob Ullman vice president of production and talent development;
Laura Marcus vice president of talent relations; and
Heather Munson senior manager.
Premiere Networks hired Scott Shapiro as vice president of sports programming. Shapiro was program director for ESPN Radio.
Uproxx Sports hired Chris Mottram as managing editor. Mottram was an executive producer for SBNation.com.
Westwood One promoted Jim Daunais to executive vice president for the Southeast region and Tim Walker to executive vice president for the Southwest region.
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Fox Networks Group promoted
Bruce Lefkowitz to executive vice president of advertising sales.
NBC Sports Group promoted Nathan Suh and Samita Mannapperuma to senior directors of business development and Troy Ewanchyna to vice president of digital for NBCSports.com.
Root Sports hired Dave Belmonte as general sales manager for the Rocky Mountain region. Belmonte was vice president of advertising sales for Home Team Sports.
Olympics
USA Basketball hired Ohemaa Nyanin as women’s national team assistant director.
Soccer
New York City FC hired Tom Glick as president. Glick was chief commercial and operating officer for Manchester City Football Club.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Nathan Sports hired Greg Brantner as marketing manager, Alex Feldman as Eastern region tech representative and Daniel Suher as specialty sales coordinator.
Sunice named Jean Cloutier chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Cloutier was vice president of operation and finance for Outdoor Gear Canada.
Sports Authority hired Ron Stoupa as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Stoupa was chief marketing officer for Pep Boys.
Under Armour hired Peter Ruppe as senior vice president of footwear. Ruppe was president of Alchemy Global.
Other
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The
International Equestrian Federation, or
FEI, named
Sabrina Zeender secretary general.
WWE promoted Lisa Fox Lee to executive vice president of content.
The Orange Bowl Committee named Lee Stapleton, a litigation partner at Baker & McKenzie, president and chair for 2015.
AEG Live named Gary Gersh president of global talent. Gersh was chief executive officer for The Artists Organization.
The Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame named Dan Dolby executive director.
Awards and Boards
The Topps Co. named Steven Chiang, a former Zynga and Electronic Arts executive, to its board of directors.
USA Table Tennis named Peter Scudner, Janney Montgomery Scott senior vice president of wealth management, chairman of the board of directors.
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