The Sports Authority's Board of Dirs has elected MARTIN
HANAKA as Chair. Hanaka will continue as the company's CEO
(The Sports Authority)....Goal Media Group, a Web company
focused on soccer, named RICH ZAHRADNIK as President & COO.
Zahradnik most recently served as President of space.com
(Goal Media)....The BRIAN GRANT FOUNDATION named former
Women's World Cup Event Organizer LAUREN KELLING FORMAN as
Exec Dir (Brian Grant Foundation)....NTRA Productions named
BEN CAMBRA as VP/Productions. Cambra previously served as
VP/Marketing at Emerald Downs in Auburn, WA (NTRA).
...Portland Family Entertainment (PFE) named MIKE HIGGINS as
GM and JIM TAYLOR as GM, Soccer Operations. Higgins will
oversee the company's Triple-A baseball franchise and the
Single-A Rockies. Higgins previously was with the Mariners.
Taylor will oversee the management and marketing of the
company's A-League soccer franchise. Taylor previously was
venue director in Portland for the Women's World Cup and Dir
of Corporate Communications for the Blazers (PFE)....The
WNBA Sparks named retired G PENNY TOLER as GM (Mult, 11/12).
....Nat'l Cable Communications named SAL TOFANO as Dir of
Sports Sales. Tofano was an Account Exec at Fox Sports
Cable Sales and was a Nat'l Sales Manager for FSN (NCC).
