ESPN Int'l named RICHARD WOO as Dir of Syndication
Sales, Asia/Pacific Rim. Woo previously worked in sales at
Xerox in Vancouver (ESPN)....Fox Sports named VICTORIA QUOSS
Senior VP/Program Planning & Affiliate Relations. Quoss had
been Senior VP/Network Distribution at Fox Broadcasting (Fox
Sports)....The WNBA named MARK PRAY to the newly created
position of Dir of Media Relations. ALICE MCGILLION moves
from Dir of Communications to Dir of Corporate
Communications (WNBA)....Toronto business exec ART RUTLEDGE
was named President of Basketball Canada (Toronto GLOBE &
MAIL, 10/20)....SportsChannel Ohio named TOM FARMER Exec
Producer and GLENN MEYER Dir of Programming & Ops. Farmer
had been Senior Producer/Dir; Meyer had been Programming
Manager (SportsChannel Ohio)....The U.S. Youth Soccer Assoc.
named DALE LOCKETT, JR. Dir of Operations (USYSA)....Strike
Ten Entertainment named JOANNE JOHNSON Tournaments & Events
Coordinator (Strike Ten Entertainment)....WGN-TV, Chicago,
named TIM SCANLAN Dir of Production. He had been MLB
Coordinating Producer at ESPN (ELECTRONIC MEDIA, 10/20).
....The LPGA Tour named LESLIE KING Dir of Communications
and TIM MCNULTY Manager of PR (GOLFWEEK, 10/18 issue).
...Oakland Coliseum Exec VP EZRA RAPPORT has resigned,
effective next month. In S.F., Matier & Ross write that
Rapport was "one of the chief architects of the Raiders
return" to Oakland (S.F. CHRONICLE, 10/22).