Executive Transactions

The St. Petersburg/Clearwater Area Sports Commission named KEVIN SMITH Commissioner. Smith becomes the first African-American sports commissioner in Florida (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 11/8)....Int’l Motorsports HOF Exec Dir JIM FREEMAN retired after ten years in that role (TENNESSEAN, 11/8)....The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) named RON DILATUSH Dir of Membership. Previously, Dilatush served as National Football Commissioner for Pop Warner Little Scholars (NFF)....Dover Int’l Speedway named JOE HELLER PR Coordinator (Dover Int’l Speedway).

HOT STOVE: The Dodgers promoted Dir of Amateur Scouting LOGAN WHITE to Assistant GM of Scouting and Pro Scout VANCE LOVELACE to Special Assistant to the GM. The club also named Brewers Pro Scout TONEY HOWELL Special Assistant to the GM (Dodgers)....The Phillies named CHARLEY KERFELD Special Assistant to the GM, replacing DON WELKE, who was named Rangers Senior Dir of Baseball Operations (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 11/8)....The Nationals hired ten new scouts, including former MLB GM CHUCK LAMAR, who was named Special Assistant to the GM. LaMar was Devil Rays GM from ’95-‘05 (WASHINGTON TIMES, 11/8)....The Triple-A Int’l League Charlotte Knights named JOHN AGRESTI Dir of Media Relations and WBL Springfield Spirit GM TIMOTHY O’REILLY Dir of Community & PR (Knights).

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