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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          The Mavericks announced the following promotions: JAY
     MCKIM to VP & CFO; GREG ANDERSON to VP/Marketing &
     Communications; CHERYL KARALLA to Senior Exec Assistant;
     GEORGE KILLEBREW to VP/Corporate Sponsorships; STEVE LETSON
     to VP/Operations & Arena Development; BUDDY PITTMAN to
     Senior VP/HR; and MARK ZWARTYNSKI to Senior VP/Ticket Sales
     & Technology (Mavs)....Fantastic Sports named JOHN LEWICKI
     as Senior VP.  Lewicki was formerly with Cendant and also
     McDonald's, where he oversaw domestic sports marketing and
     corporate sponsorships (Fantastic)....CO-based nutritional
     supplement maker EAS named DAVID LUMLEY as President & CEO,
     effective August 30 (EAS)....PACE Motor Sports named MICHAEL
     WEBER as Exec VP to be responsible for all TV activities for
     the company (Pace)....BILL MCHUGH was promoted to Dir of
     Consumer Distribution for ESPN's Special Markets Dept  
     (ESPN)....Joe Gibbs Racing has named STEVE DE SOUSA as
     VP/Busch Operations (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, 8/24).

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