These are people who were “On the Move” during March 2022. They have made professional moves in sports media.
If there was a move in your department or you made a move during March that is not included, you can contact Erik Hall at hallerik7@gmail.com.
- Lia Assimakopoulos took a high school sports reporter position at the Dallas Morning News.
- Tyler Auffhammer became sports editor at The Mountaineer in Waynesville, North Carolina. He replaced Silas Albright.
- Reese Becker took the sports editor role at the Enid (Oklahoma) News & Eagle.
- Lila Bromberg started working as the UConn women’s basketball and Connecticut Sun reporter for the Hartford (Connecticut) Courant. She was previously with the Kansas City Star.
- Tim Buckley accepted the editor role at Tiger Rag. He was previously with The Daily Advertiser in Lafayette, Louisiana.
- Adam Cole became the Auburn reporter for the Opelika-Auburn (Alabama) News.
- Tommy Culkin went from sports editor to managing editor at The Paris (Texas) News.
- Zach DeLoach started covering sports for The Manhattan (Kansas) Mercury.
- Chris Faulkner retired as sports editor of the Fort Madison (Iowa) Daily Democrat.
- Kyle Funderburk left his sports editor role at the Jackson Herald in Jefferson, Georgia.
- Tony Garcia joined the Detroit Free Press as a sports reporter.
- Hayes Gardner took a role at the Baltimore Sun as an enterprise reporter. He was previously with the Louisville (Kentucky) Courier Journal.
- Andrew Golden started covering the Nationals for The Washington Post.
- Dean Hensley went from sports editor to managing editor at the Hendersonville (North Carolina) Times-News.
- Dan Hiner became the sports editor at The Sharon (Pennsylvania) Herald.
- Anthony Iozzo left his sports editor role at the Sun Post in Osseo, Minnesota.
- Ethan Joyce became engagement editor for college sports at Lee Enterprises.
- Jason King took the sports editor role at The Batesville Daily Guard and The Heber Springs Sun Times in Searcy, Arkansas.
- Shane Lantz left his assistant sports editor role at the Sioux City (Iowa) Journal.
- Eric Lee went from sports reporter to copy editor at the La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune.
- Dakota Locker became sports editor of The Spencer (Iowa) Daily Reporter.
- Mike Mandell took a sports reporter position at CentralMaine.com.
- John McClain retired as a sports reporter at the Houston Chronicle.
- Cole McNanna joined Gulf Coast Media in Alabama as sports editor. He was previously with The Sealy (Texas) News.
- Joel Muhs started a sports reporter role at the McPherson (Kansas) Sentinel.
- Andrea Mujica became a sports reporter at the West Orange Times & Observer in Winter Haven, Florida.
- Ryan Novozinsky took a sports reporter role at NJ.com.
- Joe Perez became managing editor of Blood Horse. He was previously with the Sports Business Journal.
- Melanie Rau joined MLB.com as an editorial producer.
- Anish Shroff became the Carolina Panthers’ radio play-by-play broadcaster.
- James Simpson II took a sports/news reporter role at the Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal.
- Mike Tirico joined SiriusXM as a broadcaster for the Masters.
- Andrew Tredinnick became New York Mets columnist for NorthJersey.com and The Bergen (New Jersey) Record.
- Arianna Vedia joined MLB.com as a reporter/producer covering the Texas Rangers.
- Seth Vertelney became managing editor of Pro Soccer Wire.
- Nick Vlahos retired from covering sports at the Peoria (Illinois) Journal-Star.
- Kate Yanchulis joined Just Women’s Sports as news editor. She was previously with Sports Illustrated.
- The Detroit News named Daren Tomhave as sports editor, and Rod Beard took the assistant sports editor role.
- ESPN added Troy Aikman and Joe Buck as NFL broadcasters for “Monday Night Football.” Both were previously with FOX. Brian Griese left ESPN to become the San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks coach. Blake Baumgartner joined ESPN to cover college football and the Big Ten. Britni Danielle joined ESPN’s Andscape as senior culture editor.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers added Adrian Gonzalez, Eric Karros, Jessica Mendoza, Jose Mota, and Dontrelle Willis as broadcasters for Spectrum SportsNet LA and radio broadcasts. Mota was previously with the Los Angeles Angels.
- MLB Network hired AJ Andrews, Keiana Martin, and Siera Santos as hosts. It hired Ruben Amaro Jr., Alex Avila, Cameron Maybin, Jake Peavy, Hunter Pence, and Bo Porter as analysts.
- At the Tulsa World, Kelly Hines started covering Oklahoma State and Eli Lederman started covering the Oklahoma Sooners.
