CART GETTING A TUNE-UP: CART Senior VP/Marketing
PATRICK LEAHY announced an organizational restructuring of
the series' marketing and communications departments. The
broadcast group, headed by VP/Broadcasting KEITH ALLO, will
now report through the marketing division. Meanwhile,
VP/Client Relations RENA SHANAMAN and her group have joined
the marketing department, and Dir of Research & Planning
NANCY MILLER LEWIS will oversee the budget and
administrative functions for the marketing area. CART's
Communication and PR functions will remain part of the
Marketing division and divided into Corporate/Marketing
Communications, headed by VP/Communications RON RICHARDS,
and Competition PR, headed by Dir of PR MIKE ZIZZO (CART).
OTHER MOVES: The Cubs promoted Dir of Player
Development & Scouting JIM HENDRY to Assistant GM (BLOOMBERG
NEWS, 8/28)....The WNBA Shock did not renew the contract of
GM & coach NANCY LIEBERMAN-CLINE. In Detroit, David Goricki
writes, "Despite Lieberman-Cline's strong community
involvement, attendance dropped to 6,716 from last year's
average of 8,485 and from the inaugural season's 10,229"
(DETROIT NEWS, 8/29)....Callaway Golf promoted Exec VP & CLO
& Secretary STEVE MCCRACKEN to Senior Exec VP. McCracken
will continue to hold the CLO & Secretary titles along with
his new title (Callaway)....Anaheim Sports promoted RICHARD
MCCLEMMY to Senior Advertising Sales Manager (ORANGE COUNTY
REGISTER, 8/28)....The Single A Salem-Keizer Volcanoes named
MARK HELMINIAK as VP/Sales & Promotions. Helminiak was most
recently GM for the Single A Portland Rockies (Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes)....AMY TURNER was named Dir of PR for FSN Rocky
Mountain. Turner was Assistant Commissioner of
Communications for the Mountain West Conference (FSN).
...TodaysSports.com named former NFL DL and Fox Sports
analyst BILL MAAS as a columnist (THE DAILY).
