The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Noah Liberman reports that
eteamz.com has "shored up its management team" by naming
former adidas America CEO STEVE WYNNE as Chair & CEO
(SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 5/15 issue)....LARRY TANENBAUM has
stepped down from the Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Board of Dirs but will remain as the team's NBA Governor and
"stay in the picture" as Minority Owner (TORONTO STAR,
5/14)....Taylor Made-adidas Golf VP/Soft Goods BOB RIEF
resigned last week after eight months with the company.
GOLFWEEK's Gene Yasuda writes that the move continues the
"sweeping management changes within" the company and "marks
the exit of more than a half dozen key" Taylor Made execs
since JIM STUTTS became CEO in June '99 (GOLFWEEK, 5/13).
...CTV SportsNet exec SUZANNE STEEVES, who "negotiated the
crucial NHL contract which was the impetus for the launch"
of the net in '98, has resigned. Sources believe Steeves'
departure "clears the way" for TSN President RICK BRACE "to
move into CTV headquarters and oversee the day-to-day
operation" of CTV Sports and TSN (TORONTO SUN, 5/15). ...The
Seahawks named BRIAN O'CONNELL to the newly created position
of Broadcast Coordinator. O'Connell was Marketing
Coordinator and Sales Rep for the NFL Cardinals (AP, 5/12).
