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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment has named DAVID COBB as     COO, responsible for all business and revenue areas of the     Canucks and GM Place.  Cobb will also oversee the sale of     the Grizzlies.   He was previously VP/Finance for the     Grizzlies and Senior VP/Business Operations for Orca Bay     (Angelo Bruscas, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, 4/10).          TRANSACTIONS: PENNY WALTERS is leaving her post as     Sponsorship Coordinator for the MLS Rapids to join the     league office in N.Y. as Manager of Club Services (ROCKY     MOUNTAIN NEWS, 4/8)....CT-based Millsport named BRIAN     HARRINGTON as VP/Group Account Dir.  Harrington, who joins     Millsport from PA-based Mediaplex, will develop strategies     for Marconi's various sports sponsorships.  Millsport also     named NICOLE BISHOP and TONY SCOTT as Project Coordinators     for Pepsi's "Takin' it to the Fields" youth sports     initiative.  Also, TOBEY SARACINO has joined Millsport as     project coordinator (Millsport)....BARRY SCHWARTZ has become     Senior VP/Integrated Sales & Marketing at Fox Channels     Group.  Schwartz was Senior VP at Kaleidoscope Sports &     Entertainment (ELECTRONIC MEDIA, 4/7).

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