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Thursday, May 25, 2023

bluemedia promoted CFO  GINA PATEL  to President & CFO. Patel will lead day-to-day operations and financial management of the company. She joined bluemedia in late 2020 as VP/Finance before being promoted to CFO in May 2021. Patel has previous experience in such positions as Paragon Vision Sciences/Head of Finance...

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Indiana Univ. named Pacers assistant coach CALBERT CHEANEY Dir of Player Development. Cheaney, a former NBAer and Big Ten career scoring leader for the school under former men's basketball coach BOBBY KNIGHT , is returning after spending 2011-13 as "director of operations and player development during...

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Religion of Sports named Gunpowder & Sky CFO  PIETRO MORO  CFO & COO. Moro will oversee a range of teams including development, production and post-production, finance, human resources and operations teams. Meanwhile, ROS promoted  MEG CIRILLO  to co-Exec Producer & Showrunner and  PAM DANIELS  to VP/Production. They also named ...

Monday, May 22, 2023

Longtime sports exec  STEVE LACROIX  has quietly exited his role as President of Twin Cities-based esports production company Wisdom Gaming. He joined Wisdom in June 2022 and helped the organization craft initiatives such as creating a spot within the Mall of America for production and events (LaCroix in December...

Friday, May 19, 2023

Longtime administrator and current Univ. of Florida Associate AD/External Affairs JAY JACOBS is "formally retiring following nearly four decades in college athletics." The 62-year-old, who spent 13 years as Auburn’s AD, will "step down at the end of June" from his position with Florida. Jacobs "plans to...

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Scripps Sports promoted E.W. Scripps Company VP & GM  QUINN PACINI  to VP/Broadcast Operations. He will be responsible for Scripps' live sports and sports-related content presentation, serving as the primary lead with the company's internal production team, local affiliates, talent and production partners. Pacini joined Scripps Sports as a...

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

The Buccaneers named former Austin FC CMO JAMES RUTH to the same position. Reporting to Chief Commercial Officer ATUL KHOSLA , Ruth will oversee the following divisions: business and revenue intelligence, digital/social, video, creative, brand, in-stadium experience and events. After six years in marketing properties at...

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

The NBPA named Univ. of Michigan Dir of Michigan Center for Human Athletic Medicine & Performance  DR. ASHEESH BEDI Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Bedi, who currently serves as the Head Orthopedic Consultant for the NBPA, will work with NBPA leadership to set the strategic direction for player health...

Monday, May 15, 2023

Utah State promoted Assistant AD/Compliance TONY HEARRELL to Associate AD/Compliance. Hearrell has been with the school for over five years, starting out as Assistant Dir for Compliance ( Utah State ). These career changes are recorded every day i n the  SBJ Atlas Executive Directory ....

Friday, May 12, 2023

The Flyers officially named NBC Sports Philadelphia Flyers color analyst  KEITH JONES  President of Hockey Operations and promoted interim GM  DANIEL BRIERE  to GM. Jones will lead the "strategic direction for all areas of hockey operations," while Briere will oversee "signings, trades, player development and more." Briere, who previously...