JOHN GIANNONE has joined CNN/SI as a reporter in the
network's Chicago bureau. Giannone most recently worked at
the N.Y. Daily News, where he served as the Yankees beat
reporter for two years, covered the Mets and worked as a
features reporter (CNN/SI)....The AHL named BRENT MAURER
Manager of Communications & Media Relations. He had served
as the ECHL Columbus Chill's Dir of Corporate Sales and had
been its Dir of PR for six years (AHL)....The Marment Group
(TMG) promoted TRACY SCHOENADEL to VP. Schoenadel had been
Dir of Research. TMG also named CHRIS PASSARELL Asst. VP
and JOE DOYLE Research Dir. Passarell previously served as
Manager of Strategic Planning and Research at the NFL, and
Doyle was formerly Asst. Dir at ESPN Chilton Sports Poll
(The Marment Group)....USA Baseball named JEFFREY ODENWALD
Dir/Marketing & Business Affairs (USA Baseball).... The
Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation (GNOSF) named JAY
CICERO its Exec Dir. Cicero had been the Interim Exec Dir
for the past four months (GNOSF)....Hershey Entertainment
and Resort Co. (HERCO) named SCOTT MULLEN GM of Hersheypark
Arena/Stadium and Star Pavilion in Hershey, PA (HERCO).
