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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

     DAVID TOSSELL was named Dir of Information and Manager of
NFL International PR for the WLAF. ... JIM NEISCH was named head
of the CFL's Communications Department, SANDRA TAYLOR named CFL
Events Manager, and DAVID BOWEN named CFL Head of Licensing. ...
JOHN THURSBY was named Yankees Assistant Dir of Media Relations
(SportsTicker)....JASON JACKSON, a sports anchor and reporter at
WSVN-TV in Miami, has joined ESPN as a "SportsCenter" anchor
(ESPN)....COURT OVERIN, publisher of Surfer Magazine since '90,
has been named national sales manager of Action Sports Retailer
and Surf Business (Action Sports)....HOWARD KAMIENSKI has been
named CISL Exec Director of Sales and Marketing (CISL).... BOB
VOIGHT was named the Brewers VP/Ticket Sales.  He was Dir of
Ticket Sales for the White Sox since '88 (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL
SENTINEL, 11/29)....Rockies GM BOB GEBHARD was given a two-year
contract extension and was promoted from Senior to Exec VP
(Colorado Springs GAZETTE-TELEGRAPH, 11/29).

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