STEPHEN BOLLENBACH was named President and CEO of Hilton
Hotels.  He was CFO at Walt Disney Co. and was "instrumental" in
the $19B purchase of Capital Cities/ABC (WALL STREET JOURNAL,
2/5)....Appointments at Ryka Inc.:  STEVE WOLF was named CFO,
LISA DOLEZAL was Manager of Product Marketing;  DONNA JORDAN was
named Manager of Marketing Services, and MARIA SCUTARO was named
Manager of Customer Services and Internal Sales
(Ryka)....LAWRENCE JONES has been named the new Chair at
Rollerblade Inc.  He replaces ROBERT NAEGELE JR.  Nordica is now
the majority owner of Rollerblade, Inc. (Rollerblade)....The
Rockets have promoted MICHAEL BURCH as Dir of Events and Creative
Services.  He was Event Services Manager.  Also, they promoted
JERRY FELLENSTEIN to Dir of Corporate Services (Rockets)....The
A's have promoted DAVID ALIOTO to Exec Dir of Business
Operations, Sales and Marketing.  He was Dir of Merchandising and
Purchasing (A's)....Advantage Int'l has inked Texas A&M RB LELAND
MCELROY for management and marketing representation
(Advantage)... USA Baseball elected JOHN KELLY as a USA Baseball
At-Large Member.  He is founder and President of Events Partners,
an Atlanta-based event management and consulting company (USA
Baseball).

     A front-page story in Monday's BOSTON GLOBE examined the
legacy of pioneer sports agent Bob Woolf and how the company
bearing his names struggles to remain competitive.  Since his
death in November '93, Woolf Assoc. has dealt with "a spate of
lost clients and lawsuits from his era that together have laid
bare a Boston sports icon's questionable financial practices."
Uncovered documents and testimony from clients and employees
implicate Woolf and the firm with "regularly overcharging
players, engaging in an apparent conflicts of interest by taking
both fees and investment commissions," and pursuing a series of
bad ventures for clients.  Woolf's widow, Anne:  "This criticism
would have made him really sad.  He was trying to do his very
best for his clients, give them a good future and protect them
after their playing days were over."  Currently, Woolf Assoc. is
trying to shape "a new identity" with "a young team of agents and
only three employees left over from the Woolf regime."  The firm,
which has lost 2/3 of its NBA clientele, has increased baseball
clients and expanded into auto racing and golf (Daniel Golden,
BOSTON GLOBE, 2/5).