---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-397309"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSGS"
cik: "0001636519"
company_name: "Madison Square Garden Sports Corp."
filed_at: "2026-09-22T13:00:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-22T13:01:25.269435+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSG Sports names Jamaal Lesane EVP & CLO; Bryan Warner exits exec officer role

## Summary
- Effective Sept 21, 2026, Jamaal T. Lesane became EVP & Chief Legal Officer; no longer COO.
- Bryan Warner, SVP Head of Legal, ceased to be an executive officer on same date.
- Warner continues as SVP Head of Legal under existing employment agreement.
- No other executive changes or compensation details disclosed in filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-397309
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSGS
- cik: 0001636519
- company_name: Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-09-22T13:00:06+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312526397309/0001193125-26-397309-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312526397309/d152993d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-397309
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-397309.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-397309.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bryan Warner departed as Senior Vice President, Head of Legal at Madison Square Garden Sports Corp..
  - Action: ceased to be an executive officer
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Head of Legal
  source text: In addition, effective as of the same date, Bryan Warner, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Head of Legal, ceased to be an executive officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312526397309/0001193125-26-397309-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jamaal T. Lesane changed role as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Madison Square Garden Sports Corp..
  - Action: became
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
  source text: Effective September 21, 2026, Jamaal T. Lesane became Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (the “Company”) and ceased to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312526397309/0001193125-26-397309-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.