DALE PETROSKEY was named Nat'l Baseball Hall of Fame
President, effective July 19. Petroskey was a White House
aide during the Reagan Administration (Albany TIMES UNION,
6/16)....The Columbus Blue Jackets named MICHAEL HUMES as
VP/Business Development & Broadcasting. Humes was Senior
VP/Sales & Marketing for the AHL (Blue Jackets)....JAMES
TENER was named Exec VP & CEO of The Sports Authority. Tener
comes from OfficeMax, where he was Exec VP/Store Operations
(The Sports Authority)....LONNY POWELL was named President &
CEO of Santa Anita Park. Powell was also named VP of
Ventures, a "newly formed subsidiary" of Magna Int'l Inc.,
which purchased Santa Anita in December '98 (ARIZONA
REPUBLIC, 6/15)....N.Y.-based WNBC-TV has named LEWIS LEONE
as VP/Sales. Leone was most recently NBC VP/Sports & Olympic
Sales (DAILY VARIETY, 6/16). ...Bruins GM HARRY SINDEN plans
to relinquish his position to Assistant GM MIKE O'CONNELL
following the NHL Draft, pending the approval of team Owner
JEREMY JACOBS (BOSTON HERALD, 6/16)....The ECHL named
Greenville Grrrowl Chair CARL SCHEER as the '98-99 Exec of
the Year. The league also named ECHL Chiefs President JIM
EDWARDS as its new Chair (ECHL)....The ECHL Checkers named
MIKE STECKLER as Dir of Corporate Sales & Marketing and
promoted MICHAEL BONASIA to Dir of Promotions, while
continuing to serve as Dir of Merchandising (CHARLOTTE
OBSERVER, 6/16)....JENNIFER MURRAY will serve as Exec Dir of
RYKA's newly formed Another Chance Foundation, which will
support programs that encourage women to attain greater self-
sufficiency and stress health and fitness. Murray joins the
Foundation from Converse Inc, where she worked as
VP/Marketing Communications. RYKA will donate 1% of all
retail sales sold at Lady Foot Locker. Founder SHERI POE
will serve as a consultant for the Foundation (RYKA).
