The Houston Rockets have named MARCUS JOLIBOLS as the team's
CFO and TOM CORDOVA as VP/Sales and Broadcasting
(Rockets)....JEFFREY DANKWORTH resigned as AVP Exec Dir; AVP
President JON STEVENSON will assume his duties on an interim
basis (AVP)....JERRY CORNS has been named Dir of Facilities and
KAREN TALIAFERRO named Facilities Manager of Liberty Sports' new
complex under construction in Las Colinas, TX (Liberty)....USGA
President REG MURPHY was re-elected to a 2nd one-year-term (N.Y.
TIMES, 2/5)....SWC Commissioner STEVE HATCHELL and Kansas A.D.
BOB FREDERICK are among six finalists to be Big 12 Commissioner
(K.C. STAR, 2/6).... FARRUKH QURAISHI, who led the World Cup's
organization in Orlando, was appointed as GM of MLS' Tampa Bay
team (MLS).

     WAYNE HUIZENGA was chosen the number one entrepreneur in
America by SUCCESS magazine's March '95 issue (SUCCESS).
....Bulls General Manager JERRY KRAUSE is profiled in Sunday's
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, with the headline: "Jerry Krause is the Man
Primarily Responsible for Putting Together the Bulls' Three World
Championship Teams.  So ... Why Do People Hate This Guy?"
(2/5)....Golfer TIGER WOODS is profiled in Sunday's N.Y. TIMES
magazine (2/5)....Bengals QB JEFF BLAKE is spending the off
season in an internship program with Walt Disney's sports
development department.  The department is headed by former
Bengal REGGIE WILLIAMS (CINCINNATI POST, 2/6)....DARRYL
STRAWBERRY set up a "secret slush fund to hide hundreds of
thousands of dollars from his wife during a nasty divorce" in
1993, according to this morning's N.Y. DAILY NEWS (2/6)....TOD
LEIWEKE, VP of Business Development for Northwest Entertainment
Group, owner of the Canucks & Grizzlies, is trying to attract a
PGA Tour event to Vancouver.  Leiweke, formerly the PGA Tour's
VP/Marketing, is shooting for the third weekend in August, during
which most PGA Tour pros sit out while the tournament winners
play in the World Series of Golf (VANCOUVER SUN, 2/4).