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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Rockets Tad Brown Announces Transition from Role as CEO Following End of 2020-21 Season".
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- ↑ "Rockets CEO Tad Brown talks Rockets' focus on front line workers". Space City Scoop. 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ↑ Richardson, Vanessa (2020-05-02). "Rockets CEO Tad Brown talks food drive, NBA season". KPRC. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ↑ Feigen, Jonathan (2020-03-13). "Rockets CEO: 'We will take care of' arena workers impacted by stoppage". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- 1 2 Wojnarowski, Adrian. "Tad Brown steps in as new CEO of NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, NHL's New Jersey Devils". ESPN. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ↑ "Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Names Thaddeus 'tad' Brown Chief Executive Officer". HBSE. 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
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- ↑ "Tad Brown Named CEO of HBSE | RELEASE". NHL.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
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