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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          GREG BRADSHAW was named Dir of Events/Sports Marketing
     for Gatorade.  Bradshaw will report to Gatorade VP/Sports
     Marketing BILL SCHMIDT (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/19)....TREVOR
     LINDEN was elected the new President of the NHLPA, and ROB
     BLAKE was elected VP (NHLPA)....Nike VP/Equipment Division
     ANDY MOONEY was promoted to the newly created position of
     VP/Global Brand Management (Nike)....The Marquee Group
     promoted KERRY TATLOCK to Dir of Marketing & TV Ventures
     (The Marquee Group)....ALW Sports Management named JEFFREY
     GAINES its new Exec VP.  Gaines will oversee all business
     operations for the Lightning and the Ice Palace (ALW).
     ..SLOC named RAYMOND GRANT as its new Dir of Arts-Culture
     (DESERET NEWS, 6/17)....KIP PITOU, formerly VP of K2 Corp.
     and COO of PreSki, is the new Exec Dir of Ski Utah, the
     marketing arm of the UT ski industry (DESERET NEWS, 6/17).
     

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