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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

League sources cited by Jeff McDonald said that Spurs VP/Basketball Operations BRENT BARRY has “agreed to join” the Suns as an assistant coach. The former NBAer was named to the Spurs exec role in 2018. He spent last season as G League...

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Wright State Univ. named JOYLYNN BROWN AD after serving in an interim role since April. Brown, who is the first woman to be named to the role, assumes the full-time role after serving a variety of roles on the athletics administration team since 2014. She...

Monday, July 22, 2024

The NFL has promoted MIKE MINNELLA  to Senior Dir of Business Development after serving as Dir of Business Development since January 2022. Minnella has been with the league for five years after holding sponsorship positions with Legends, BSE and the Devils ( Terry Lefton, SBJ ). All...

Friday, July 19, 2024

Commanders President JASON WRIGHT , the first Black person to be president of an NFL team, is out of that position and will leave the organization after the upcoming season. Wright will remain on as a senior adviser through the end of...

Thursday, July 18, 2024

NASCAR announced yesterday that a number of executives are being given elevated profiles and responsibilities. BRIAN HERBST has been promoted to EVP & Chief Media and Revenue Officer, BEN KENNEDY has been promoted to EVP & Chief Venue and Racing...

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Tepper Sports & Entertainment named  DAVID DICKERSON  CFO. He will oversee finances across the Tepper S&E portfolio, including the Panthers, Charlotte FC and Bank of America Stadium. Panthers President  KRISTI COLEMAN  had been handling CFO duties during the transition ( Ben Fischer, SBJ ). Kraft Heinz named Pepsi CMO...

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

TMRW Sports named longtime Intersport exec JASON LANGWELL CRO. Langwell will report to TMRW co-founder MIKE MCCARLEY and will oversee all partnerships, revenue and fan experience. His role officially started yesterday ( Josh Carpenter, SBJ ). TMRW also named LPGA...

Monday, July 15, 2024

The NCAA D-I Men's Basketball Committee named Sun Belt Commissioner KEITH GILL Vice Chair of the committee for the 2024-25 season. He will also serve as Chair for the 2025-26 season ( NCAA ). Klutch Sports Group named Rams Football Operations Manager ALEXANDRIA HILL...

Friday, July 12, 2024

The Hurricanes named Raleigh native BRIAN FORK  CEO of Hurricanes Holdings, LLC. He will “help supervise all business units” of Hurricanes Holdings, LLC, including the Hurricanes, PNC Arena, the mixed-use real estate development, planned sportsbook and “other business interests of the company.” Fork has served as chief of...

Thursday, July 11, 2024

The S.F. Giants named Pac-12 EVP/Sales  STEVE TSENG  SVP/Partnerships. He begins the new role tomorrow. Prior to the Pac-12, Tseng spent the majority of his career over two different stints with IMG ( Giants ). Professional Hockey Players’ Association Exec Dir LARRY LANDON ...
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Why would Penn State take private equity money? I've got 94,000 season ticket holders. We sell out hockey. We sell out wrestling. I've got the best fanbase in the country. Why do I need private equity? So someone can tell me I'm stupid? I have enough people around me to tell me I'm stupid.

-- Penn State AD Pat Kraft, on the future of PSU taking on private equity funding. CENTRE DAILY TIMES, 7/24
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