Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - January 9, 2026
ESPN and Disney Entertainment promoted JIMMY ZASOWSKI to President/Platform Distribution. Zasowski, who joined the company in 2009, was previously EVP/Platform Distribution Strategy. He will report to ESPN Chair JIMMY PITARO and Disney Entertainment co-chairs ALAN BERGMAN and DANA WALDEN. Meanwhile,...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - January 8, 2026
ANDY STINCHFIELD has joined sales and marketing agency Team Playmaker as VP/Sales. He will be based in N.Y. The move reunites him with Team Playmaker principals MATT GRANDIS and ROSS MELTZER, who worked with Stinchfield at the former SJX Partners/CSM Sport & Entertainment (since acquired by Wass...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - January 7, 2026
Fox Sports President & COO MARK SILVERMAN announced that he will be stepping away from his current role in the coming months and will move into a consulting role with the company. Silverman -- a multiple-time SBJ Most Influential honoree -- joined Fox Sports in 2018 from the Big Ten Network, whe...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - January 6, 2026
Commissioner STEVE PHELPS is leaving NASCAR ahead of the 2026 season, according to an official announcement from the sanctioning body this morning. Phelps -- an SBJ Most Influential 125 honoree -- had been at NASCAR since 2005 and was promoted from president to commissioner last year. No successor h...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - January 5, 2026
Tennis player NOVAK DJOKOVIC yesterday announced he is stepping away from the Professional Tennis Players Association, the athlete advocacy group he co-founded with VASEK POSPISIL in 2020. In a string of posts on X, Djokovic said the decision, “comes after ongoing concerns regarding transparency, go...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 30, 2025
The Univ. of Colorado Boulder has named FERNANDO LOVO as its AD. Lovo had previously been AD at New Mexico since December 2024. He also had two stints at the Univ. of Texas. Lovo will start Jan. 1. Lovo succeeds RICK GEORGE, who will transition to an AD Emeritus role (Univ. of Colorado).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 29, 2025
Tennis Channel named JILL DORTHEIMER VP/Communications. Dortheimer spent six years with Netflix as Dir/Original Series Publicity. She also spent 10 years with AMC, including as VP/Public Relations (SBJ).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 23, 2025
ESPN named TALAYA GAINES VP/Talent Relations & Development. Gaines returns to ESPN after serving as VP/Content Strategy & Original Programming for MSG Networks. She had previously spent 14 years at ESPN, most recently as Managing Producer, ESPN+ and Original Content. She begins her new role ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 22, 2025
The SEC promoted Assistant Commissioner for Compliance MATT BOYER to Associate Commissioner for Governance & Policy. Boyer spent the last 10 years in his previous role with the conference. Boyer joined the SEC in January 2016 from The Summit League (SEC).
On the Move: Dec. 22, 2025
Little League International hired BRIAN J. BLUTH as deputy general counsel, effective Dec. 29.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 19, 2025
Klutch Sports promoted NFLPA certified agent CORAL SILVERBERG, Client Services Manager CORRIE HEMRY, Football Marketing Manager RILEY PARKER and Baseball Operations Coordinator LEORA WENGER. Silverberg will report to Klutch’s President of Football, NICOLE LYNN; Hemry will report to Head of Women’s B...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 18, 2025
Wasserman is acquiring Spanish-based women’s soccer agency Unik Sports Management. Licensed FIFA agent CARLOTA PLANAS, Unik’s founder and CEO, will join Wasserman as VP of global women’s football and report to RICHARD MOTZKIN, Wasserman EVP and managing executive of global soccer. She will continue ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 17, 2025
MLB Chief Operations & Strategy Officer CHRIS MARINAK is leaving after 17 years in the league office to pursue new opportunities. Marinak, an SBJ Forty Under 40 HOFer in the Class of 2018, joined MLB in 2008 in the labor department, rising to EVP/League Economics & Strategy and playing an in...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 16, 2025
JAY HOWARD, EVP & Managing Dir of Wasserman Live and founder of JHE Production Group, celebrated his last day at the company yesterday. Howard founded the event/experiential agency JHE Production Group in 1987 and developed a well-respected name for event production. His business was acquired by...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 15, 2025
The NBA has named MELISSA MISIAK as SVP, Head of Event Management. She will be based in the league’s N.Y. headquarters and oversee the NBA’s global events business. She will report to KELLY FLATOW, EVP and Head of Events Group. Misiak spent much of the previous 17 years at Momentum Worldwide, most r...
On the Move: Dec. 15, 2025
The Dallas Mavericks hired CURT WAUGH as senior vice president of ticket sales and service. Waugh was senior vice president of ticket sales and membership services for the San Diego Padres.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 12, 2025
Formula E named MICHAELLA SNOECK Chief Media Officer, effective January 2026. Snoeck joins after a more than an eight-year tenure at Formula 1, six of which as Head of Media Rights. Prior to that, Snoeck held roles at World Rugby and ESPN. Leaving the business in January is JONATHAN SALT, who curren...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 11, 2025
Former NWSL exec TATJANA HAENNI will become the first woman to be CEO of a Bundesliga club after “being appointed by RB Leipzig.” Haenni, who left her position as Chief Sporting Dir at the NWSL in May, will officially take up the role on Jan. 1. Haenni will head the club’s management board alongside...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - December 10, 2025
TGI Sport named JAMES RUSHTON CEO. He succeeds MARTIN JOLLY, who will move into the role of Exec Chair. Rushton founded DAZN in 2015 and later served as DAZN Group’s Acting CEO and co-CEO (TGI Sport).
Golden Knights president Penhollow begins organizational evolution with key hires
The Golden Knights are undergoing their most significant transformation on the business side since joining the NHL as a wildly successful expansion franchise in 2017. Despite consistently ranking comfortably within the top 10 NHL clubs in hockey-related revenue while playing in one of the league’s s...
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