MLS Revolution COO BRIAN O'DONOVAN announced that he
will "leave his post at season's end or as soon as a
suitable successor is found" (BOSTON HERALD, 8/24). In
Boston, Frank Dell'Apa writes O'Donovan was a "key figure"
in attracting the '94 World Cup to Foxboro Stadium.
O'Donovan will remain as a consultant for Kraft Soccer.
Dell'Apa notes that candidates to replace O'Donovan include
Fusion Dir of Corporate Sales JOHN BOROZZI (BOSTON GLOBE,
8/24)....The Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) promoted the
following members of its production and broadcasting staff:
SEBASTIAN DOMINGUEZ was named Exec VP/Broadcasting;
ALEXANDER JOHNSON was named Senior VP/Production and the
newly created position of GM, PSN USA; WILMA MACIEL was
named Senior VP/Programming; and PATRICIO MONTALBETTI was
named VP/Production (PSN)....Travel & Leisure Golf named BOB
WEBER as VP & Publisher (MEDIAWEEK, 8/23)....The NHL
promoted Consumer Products Marketing Dir JIM HASKINS to
Senior Dir, and ADAM BLINDERMAN and CATHY GROVES from
Manager of Retail Sales to Dir of Retail Sales. Haskins
will continue to manage the league's direct marketing
programs, including broadcasts on the QVC Network (THE
DAILY)....N.Y.'s Wieden & Kennedy hired TY MONTAGUE as co-
Creative Dir. Montague joins co-Creative Dir AMY NICHOLSON
in succeeding co-Exec Creative Dirs MICHAEL PRIEVE and STACY
WALL, who left W&K earlier this month (WALL STREET JOURNAL,
8/24)....Columbia Sportswear Co. promoted Sportswear
Merchandise Manager MARK SANDQUIST to GM of Sportswear
Merchandising and manager of the women's category SHERRIE
CURTIN to Merchandise Manager of both men's and women's
sportswear (Columbia Sportswear). ...The IPFL Renegades
named DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON as their first head coach and GM
for their inaugural season in 2001 (IPFL)....The ECHL
Inferno, scheduled to begin play in 2001, named RICK WOODARD
as their first GM (Columbia STATE, 8/23).