In Louisiana, Sheldon Mickles reports Southern Univ. AD GREG LAFLEUR was "fired Wednesday following his arrest Sunday night on a misdemeanor prostitution count in downtown Houston." SU Chancellor KOFI LOMOTEY in an e-mail said that he "will recommend to the university's Board of Supervisors that Southern women's basketball coach SANDY PUGH become" interim AD (Baton Rouge ADVOCATE, 4/7)....UFC Dir of PR JENNIFER WENK "has left to open her own public relations company and join a prominent sports management company." Wenk's firm, StarPR Las Vegas, "has signed an agreement with Authentic Sports Management to represent ASM and its elite fighters" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 4/7)....The Reds have hired Jaguars Senior Producer ADAM LANE as Dir of Entertainment & Productions....The WNBA Sparks have hired UFL Dir of Business Management LOUIS ROSENBERG as Dir of Corporate Partnerships....U.S. Lacrosse has hired Oregon Exposition Center & State Fair Dir BRIAN SILCOTT as Men's Division Dir (THE DAILY)....PrestoSports has hired BRITNEY WRIGHT as Site Development Specialist (PrestoSports).
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