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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          XFL: The L.A. Xtreme have named JOANN KLONOWSKI as
     VP/Marketing.  Klonowski resigned as CEO of the IHL Long
     Beach Ice Dogs in '99 (Long Beach PRESS-TELEGRAM, 8/25).
     ...The Las Vegas Outlaws named TREY FITZ-GERALD as Dir of
     Communications and JON SANDLER as VP/Sales & Marketing. 
     Fitz-Gerald was most recently Dir of Information & New Media
     for MLS, while Sandler was former announcer for the Triple A
     Las Vegas Stars (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 8/25).
          OTHER PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: XstreamSports appointed Cisco
     Systems VP & GM DAN KESHIAN and Williams President DELWIN
     BOTHOF to its BOD, joining XstreamSports CEO DAVID GRANDIN,
     who serves as President (THE DAILY)....JIM KUZNAR was named
     VP/Corporate Marketing for Palace Sports and Entertainment
     (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 8/24)....USOC Associate Dir of Media &
     PR DARRYL SEIBEL is leaving to join the CO Springs Sports
     Corp. as Dir of Operations & Strategic Planning.  Seibel
     joined the USOC in '99 after seven years as Dir of Media &
     PR for USA Hockey.  JEFF HOWARD was promoted to replace
     Seibel.  Before joining the USOC in November, Howard was
     VP/Communications for Roller Hockey Int'l (USOC)....The
     Sylvania Alamo Bowl named former SW Texas St. Univ.
     Marketing Associate DAVID WILLIAMS as Projects Coordinator
     (THE DAILY)....PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality & Leisure
     Consulting Group named EDDIE EPSTEIN as a Senior Consultant
     in its Sports, Convention and Leisure Practice.  Epstein
     worked in MLB for ten years, the last four as Dir of
     Baseball Operations for the Padres (PwC).    

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