ANGELA BLAKENEY was promoted to Chief of Staff for the
Rockets, Comets and ThunderBears, assisting COO GEORGE
POSTOLOS in the day-to-day operations and coordinating
special projects (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 5/21)....EM.TV, which
holds a 50% stake in Formula One racing, named THOMAS
BORCHOLTE to the lead EM-Sport Sportmarketing. Borcholte
"is in charge" of marketing Germany's Expo 2000 and will
begin his new position in June (DAILY VARIETY, 5/23).
..BRANDWEEK's Terry Lefton reports that NHL Group
VP/Broadcasting GLENN ADAMO is joining Phoenix-based Axient
Communications, a broadband distribution network. Lefton
also reports that sneaker analyst FAYE LANDES is leaving
Thomas Weasel Partners to join Sanford Bernstein, N.Y.
(BRANDWEEK, 5/22 issue)....CAMERON BLANCHARD was named Dir
of Communications at NBC Sports. Blanchard was Dir of Media
Relations for MSNBC (NBC Sports)....Nike Golf named STAN
GRISSINGER as Category Business Dir of golf balls (GOLF
WORLD BUSINESS, 5/22)....MA-based Trakus named
SportsLine.com President of Corporate & Business Development
ANDREW STURNER and Univision Sports President STEPHEN
SOLOMON to its BOD (Trakus)....JENNIFER ROCCIA MOREAU was
promoted to Communications Manager of the Worldwide Senior
Tennis Circuit. Roccia Moreau will have increased
responsibilities until a successor is found for former Dir
of Communications STEVE GRIFFITH (see THE DAILY, 5/22), who
has joined the XFL (Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit)....NFL
Insider magazine named BRENDEN DELANEY and SHERI GROSSMAN as
National Ad Sales Managers. Delaney spent six years at
Reader's Digest, while Grossman was Senior Account Manager
for Sportswear Int'l magazine (NFL Insider).
