EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          USA Today Baseball Weekly Exec Editor LEE IVORY was
     named Publisher and will take on advertising and marketing
     duties in addition to his editorial responsibilities (USA
     Today)....NBA Asia named DAVID NAKAJIMA as Managing Dir of
     NBA Japan.  Nakajima previously worked at Foot Locker Japan
     as President & Managing Dir (NBA)....Smallworld.com named
     former McKinsey & Company Strategy Consultant LEIGH RANDALL
     as Exec VP/Corporate Development and General Counsel; Former
     Sticky Networks CTO PETER STRAUSS as CTO; and former
     ESPN.com Marketing Manager LESLIE ANDREWS to VP/Marketing
     (Smallworld.com)....The Hornets have named MICHAEL BURCH as
     VP/Marketing.  Burch was the Rockets' Senior Dir of
     Marketing for six seasons (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 4/11).