Grizzlies President & GM STU JACKSON resigned Tuesday to become NBA Senior VP/Basketball Operations, effective June 1. Jackson will report to NBA Deputy Commissioner RUSS GRANIK and Exec VP ROD THORN (NBA). In Toronto, Grant Kerr reports that Jackson indicated that he could "be responsible for international ventures and a new development league in his new job, work with NBA.com and have a relationship" with the NBPA (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 5/10)....The U.S. Figure Skating Association named KEN ROBERTS as Dir of Online Services. Roberts will oversee the development of USFSA's official Web site (USFSA)....San Diego Soccer Development promoted VP & GM SAM KALOUSTIAN to COO (SDSD)....DINA RUIZ EASTWOOD, wife of CLINT EASTWOOD, was named Contributing Editor of Golf Digest Woman (Golf Digest Woman)....FSN Pittsburgh named DWIGHT MCCUNE as General Sales Manager, replacing TONY QUATRINI, who was named Dir of Marketing for the Steelers. McCune has served as AT&T Media Services Local Sales Manager since 1994 (FSN)....MA-based Zvia Corp. named MURRAY COHN as Dir of Sports Marketing. Cohn handled sponsorship programs for Varsity Sports (Zvia Corp)....Cubs marketing exec MARY THERESE KRAFT has joined NikeTown as Marketing & Events Manager (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 5/9)....The ECHL named DIANA DANFORTH Communications Assistant (ECHL).
