EDITORIAL ADDITIONS: THE DAILY is pleased to announce
that PAUL SANFORD and TODD CRAIG have joined the Editorial
Staff. Paul has been named Night Editor and can be reached
at pauls@sportsbizdaily.com. Todd has joined the ranks as a
Staff Writer and can be reached at toddc@sportsbizdaily.com.
OTHER EXECS: BRANDWEEK's Terry Lefton reports that ESPN
"promotions whiz" CLAIRE GOTTI is leaving the network after
4 1/2 years to be with her family (BRANDWEEK, 1/17 issue).
...ALLEN CROLIUS and ROB EISENHARDT have each been promoted
to VP & Associate Publishers of Times Mirror Magazines' The
Skiing Company. Both have served as General Advertising
Dirs for The Skiing Company. In other promotions at The
Skiing Company, AIMEE KAUKER was named Promotions Dir, MOLLY
NAKARI was named Marketing/Promotions Manager and SHARON
GURY was named Western Advertising Coordinator (The Skiing
Company)....The ABA 2000's new K.C. franchise has named TOM
CHEATHAM as GM. Cheatham will be in charge of the team's
administrative side (K.C. STAR, 1/18)....TIM BRAY will be
named Dir of Media Relations & Broadcasting for the new KY
Speedway. Bray was a reporter/anchor for Cincinnati's WKRC-
TV (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 1/16)....DP Fox Sports &
Entertainment, operator of the IHL Griffins and the AFL
Rampage, named EDWARD ECKHARDT as a Corporate Sponsorship
Exec and BRENDA PETRICK as Ticket Manager (DP Fox Sports).