When Bob Myers stepped away as the Golden State Warriors’ head of basketball operations, he said he might get back in the game someday, but he was looking for a new, different challenge, something maybe bigger than running a basketball team. For a couple of seasons, that was working at ESPN as an NBA analyst.

This is more what Myers was thinking: He is leaving ESPN to become the president of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment. That’s the organization that owns the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, NHL’s New Jersey Devils, Crystal Palace of the Premier League, and NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing. Meyers will also continue to work as an adviser to Harris, who is the majority owner and managing partner of the NFL’s Washington Commanders.

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