The Big Ten promoted the following: TONY BUYNISKI to Assistant Commissioner/Officiating Services; BRANDON WINBUSH to Senior Dir of IT; CHRIS ALTHOFF to Associate Dir of Branding; SATVIK PATEL to Associate Dir of Business Operations; and SHANNON MALONE to Assistant Dir of Communications. The conference also named LAURA ANDERSON Controller and GRACE BONOMA Assistant Dir of Sports Administration ( Big Ten ).
HOOPS HYPE : The Mavericks promoted Assistant VP/Basketball Operations MICHAEL FINLEY to VP/Basketball Operations ( TWITTER.com, 7/5 )....The Pistons named Nets Dir of Player Personnel GREGG POLINSKY to the same position. Polinsky will "oversee the scouting department" and report to Senior Adviser ED STEFANSKI . The two "worked together previously" with the Nets ( DETROITNEWS.com, 7/5 ).
EXECS : UnitedHealth Group named Cubs Managing Dir of Corporate Sponsorships ALLEN HERMELING Senior VP/Sponsorships & Growth ( THE DAILY )....Streaming service FuboTV named GEIR MAGNUSSON JR . CTO. FuboTV had "enlisted Magusson as a technology consultant earlier this year" and now "officially brought him on board" ( VARIETY.com, 7/5 )....UC-Irvine promoted Deputy AD PAULA SMITH to interim AD following the departure of MICHAEL IZZI to Cal State-Northridge. Smith also acted as interim AD from August '07 to February '08 ( UCI )....The Miami Super Bowl Host Committee brought on the following execs: BASIL BINNS as VP/Business Connect & Community Outreach; JOE FERNANDEZ as Partnership Coordinator; RANDI FREEDMAN as VP/Producer, Events & Logistics; ELLE KEHOE as VP/Volunteers; WILLIAM PENELAS as Finance Manager; and MELINA SAJOUS as Office Manager ( Miami Super Bowl Host Committee ).
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