TONY PETITTI has been named Senior VP, Negotiations, for NBC
Sports. He was most recently VP or Programming at ABC Sports
(NBC)...Trail Blazers VP WALLY SCALES has resigned after 24 years
with the team. Scales, who broke the color barrier in the NBA
front office in '72, is leaving since he feels the team will
never promote him to a "top management job" (USA TODAY,
10/23)....JOE MACHNIK has been named MLS VP/Game Ops. Machnik's
primary responsibility will be to oversee the league's referee
program and the game operations of all 10 MLS teams
(MLS)....MATTHEW O'CONNOR has joined NASCAR as Coordinator of
Communications working with NASCAR's special projects, including
the promotion of its aftermarket program, and CHRIS GALLAS has
joined as Coordinator of Communications working as the Media
Liaison for the NASCAR Busch Series (NASCAR)....INVESCO PLC has
announced that former ACOG COO A.D. FRAZIER has joined the
independent global investment group as Exec VP, Member of the
Management Committee and a Member of the Board (Boulder DAILY
CAMERA, 10/22)....The N.Y. Times Magazine Group named MARK
FURLONG Ad Dir for Snow Country (NEWSDAY, 10/23).
