THE DAILY LOSES A STAR: The Heat named ROB WILSON as
Assistant Dir of Sports Media Relations and MICHAEL PRESTON
as Sports Media Relations Assistant. Wilson was previously
Manager of Communications for the 76ers. Preston was a Staff
Writer here at THE DAILY for the past year, where he made an
enormous contribution to our publication. We want to thank
him for his hard work and creativity and wish him the best
of luck in his new endeavor in South FL (THE DAILY).
OTHER EXECS: The Mavericks have named GREGG ELKIN Dir
of Communications. Elkin was Basketball Information Dir at
IN Univ. (THE DAILY)....JESSAMY TANG was named ESPN Radio-
Pittsburgh WEAE President & GM. Tang was previously ABC
Radio Dir/Assistant to the President, specifically focused
on ESPN Radio expansion (ABC)....CHRIS STUART has been named
USA Volleyball Senior Dir of Corporate Development, where he
will be responsible for related marketing, TV and broadcast
opportunities. Stuart was Marketing Dir at Starter Corp.
(USA Volleyball)....The Flyers named STEVE MAJEWSKI as Dir
of Publications and JILL LIPSON as Assistant Dir of PR
(Flyers)....Two Win Sports Marketing has promoted DAVE
TIPTON to President & CEO from Managing Partner....Fox
Sports Chicago has promoted KRIS JUNEMAN to Operations
Manager from Dir of Programming (CRAIN'S CHICAGO, 9/27).
