Former Marquee Sports Network GM MICHAEL MCCARTHY has joined Chicago Sports Network as its new COO. McCarthy took the role with Marquee ahead of the network’s February 2020 launch. McCarthy previously served as MSG Network President, and had been a consultant for the Cubs in forming a Marquee Sports Network launch strategy. He also consulted with CHSN in the lead-up to that network’s launch in October 2024. He will report to CHSN President JASON COYLE (SBJ).
New Zealand Rugby CEO MARK ROBINSON has “stepped down from his role.” Robinson, who has been in the position since January 2020, will leave NZR “at the end of this year” (NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 6/8).
The Bears promoted Business Strategist MELISSA MCDERMOTT to VP/Business Strategy. McDermott first joined the Bears in 2007 as a client services coordinator. Since then, she assumed partnership activation roles before taking the business strategist position in 2022 (SBJ).
Memphis women’s basketball named former Florida A&M coach SHALON PILLOW as chief of staff. For the past two seasons, she has been the varsity girls basketball coach and assistant AD at Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, Fla. Pillow played for the late PAT SUMMITT at Tennessee (MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 6/7).
Little League International named ARI FEINSTEIN Communications Coordinator. Feinstein returns to the Little League team after being a part of the Little League World Series Residency Program in 2024. While at Syracuse, Feinstein served as an on-air anchor and social media team member for the ACC’s live broadcasts and hosted a weekly, one-hour talk show discussing Syracuse Athletics and New York sports on ESPN Radio Syracuse and CuseSportsTalk.com (Little League International).
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