EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          TBS named ALAN SMITH as Dir of Sports Marketing.  Smith
     comes from Nucleus Sports Marketing Group where he was
     Managing Partner (TBS)....The NHL Nashville expansion team 
     named SCOTT LOFT as Dir of Ticket Sales and HOLLY CONNER as
     Manager of Special Projects (NHL Nashville)....SHELLEY
     THOMAS has joined the SLOC as Senior VP/Olympic Public-
     Communications.  Thomas has been VP/Public Affairs for
     Smith's Food & Drug Centers (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 10/28).
     ...JEFF BLAIR has joined the Toronto Globe & Mail's Quebec
     bureau as a national sports correspondent.  Blair will work
     out of Montreal where he previously covered the Expos for
     the Montreal Gazette (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 10/29).