The National Basketball Players Association appointed Shaun Livingston, a 14-year NBA veteran and three-time champion, as executive vice president of player relations and head of elite youth.
Eddy Curry and Wilson Chandler, 11-year and 13-year NBA veterans respectively, will join the NBPA's Player Operations team effective in January after completing the Player Rotational Program. Malcolm Brogdon, a nine-year NBA veteran and former NBPA executive committee vice president, will serve as senior advisor and consultant.
USA Volleyball named April Ross, a three-time Olympic medalist and International Volleyball Hall of Famer, as head coach of the Women's Beach National Teams—the first female head coach in the program's history. Ross reports to Carolina Gabi Garbato, general manager for USA Beach Volleyball, and will oversee high-performance leadership, strategy and technical alignment for the Women's Beach Senior National Team.
The Professional Softball League named Michele Smith, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and National Softball Hall of Famer, as commissioner ahead of the women's professional fastpitch league's inaugural 2027 season. Smith, a longtime ESPN analyst, will unify the league's six independently owned teams and work with owners on shared standards, operations and player support.
The PGA Tour hired Megan Moore as senior vice president of government relations, effective Dec. 1. Moore will establish the Tour's first dedicated presence in Washington, D.C. She comes from FGS Global and has more than 20 years of experience on Capitol Hill, in the Obama administration, the U.S. House of Representatives, the Department of Treasury and government affairs consulting across sports, housing, financial services, technology and telecommunications.
