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Former SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer dies at 96
Roy Kramer, who served as the SEC’s sixth commissioner and was a former Vanderbilt Univ. AD, passed away Thursday. He was 96. During his time as SEC commissioner, the conference expanded from 10 to 12 teams, adding South Carolina and Arkansas, and he created the SEC’s football championship game, the...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 5, 2025
Creator Sports Network named JOSH KAUFMAN as Head of Brand Partnerships, a newly-created position. He most recently served as EVP/Brand Partnerships at Roc Nation. Prior to that, he spent eight years with Digital Trends as SVP/Sales (Creator Sports Network).
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Cavaliers owner DAN GILBERT was profiled by CNBC’s Becky Quick as part of the network’s look at the revitalization of Detroit. Gilbert, who also runs Detroit-based Rocket Companies, suffered a massive stroke in May 2019 and he said, “For 6 ½ years I’ve been in a wheelchair and in rehab. It’s been a ...
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Moody Center is looking for a VP/Marketing & Public Relations. The Austin-based position is responsible for driving and elevating the arena’s success, reputation and market position through a comprehensive local and national marketing strategy (Moody Center).
Last night’s ‘Final Jeopardy’ category was ‘The Supreme Court in the 19th Century’
“Citing the ‘language of the people whether sellers or consumers,’ in 1893 the S.C. ruled on the botanical designation of this.”
Ohanian’s investment in women’s sports proving fruitful
Sports investor ALEXIS OHANIAN’s “championing of women’s sports has helped grow audiences, elevate franchise values” and “set up several enterprises for future success” over the past five years, according to Sean Gregory of TIME. In 2020, Ohanian served as the lead investor for NWSL expansion club A...
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ESPN Creative Dir/Music KEVIN WILSON has been there for nearly 32 years, and other than the “SPORTSCENTER” theme song, “virtually any music you hear on ESPN begins with Wilson and his small creative team.” As he sees it, his job is not “just picking songs but eliciting emotion; helping the network s...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 4, 2025
Daktronics named RAMESH JAYARAMAN as its new president & CEO, a role he will start officially on Feb. 1, 2026. Jayaraman will be based in Brookings, S.D., where Daktronics is headquartered. BRAD WIEMANN, a longtime Daktronics employee who has served in the interim, will remain in those positions...
TMRW Sports makes Peter Jung new CMO
TMRW Sports has tapped former NASCAR executive Peter Jung as its new CMO. Jung, who departed NASCAR in May after five years as its CMO in Charlotte, will relocate to TMRW’s headquarters in Winter Park, Fla.
Last night’s ‘Final Jeopardy’ category was ‘Monuments & Memorials’
“In NYC’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine, an alcove with memorials to Hart Crane, Sylvia Plath & 54 others is the ‘American’ this.”
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We've been pointing to this moment this weekend for as long as I've been involved, and certainly prior to that. So to have it be here and to have some certainty around at least the teams that will play here is a huge moment, and I think it’s a point where we can start getting excited about soccer.KC2026 CEO Pam Cramer, on the importance of the World Cup draw for local organizers.
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