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Jack Morton Worldwide EVP, Managing Dir & U.S. Practice Lead  MATT PENSINGER  recently announced his departure from the company after serving for 13 years. Pensinger is a 2010 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree ( SBJ ). The Carolina Sports Consulting Group named PGA Tour VP/Gaming ...

National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics CEO PAT MANAK  announced several staff updates ahead of the upcoming academic year. The organization named College Sports Communicators Exec Dir ERIK CHRISTIANSON EVP; USF Senior Associate AD/External Affairs MEREDITH SCERBA SVP; promoted ...

On Tuesday, September 17, join SBJ’s ABE MADKOUR as he sits down with STEPHEN JONES , CHARLOTTE JONES and JERRY JONES JR. for a fun and informative session on the Jones' family formula for success. To see the full agenda and speaker...

Malibu businessmen JAMES KOHLBERG is alleging in a lawsuit that his neighbor, Brewers principal owner MARK ATTANASIO , is “using heavy machinery to help himself to large scoops of the public beach as part of a construction project.” Attanasio’s attorney KENNETH EHRLICH  in an emailed...

Red Sox owner John Henry and the team "said their final goodbyes" to former ownership partner and CEO Larry Lucchino at Fenway Park last night. On the first day of the 22nd WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, Lucchino -- who died April 2 --...

Columbia Univ. named MARY SCOTT Senior Associate Dir/Career Services/Sports Management. She will join the university’s Graduate Sports Management program’s leadership team on Aug. 19. Scott has held senior leadership positions at the NFL, Edelman Sports and Entertainment and United Entertainment Group, where she served as the first-ever...

Sunday’s incident with Red Sox CF Jarren Duran -- where he “hurled an anti-gay slur” in a heckler’s direction -- is an “unfortunate reminder” that the cause to which late MLB SVP/Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Special Assistant to the Commissioner Billy Bean “dedicated the...

L.A. Sparks F Dearica Hamby has "filed a lawsuit against the WNBA and her former team, the Aces," alleging "repeated acts of intimidation, discrimination and retaliation" leading up to and following Hamby's trade to the Sparks in January 2023 when she was pregnant with her second...

Several sports figures were listed among the Most Powerful People in Podcasting in 2024, according to Julian Sancton of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Highlighted entities included current and former athletes, media personalities and several media execs. Some of the figures who made the list were:  Chiefs TE...

NACDA VP KARA DITZEL  has decided to move on from the organization at the end of this month after serving for 13 years. NACDA CEO PAT MANAK will announce her replacement and Ditzel will be working with the individual during the transition process...