Executive Transactions

Asics promoted TRACY PAOLETTI to VP/Sales and PATTY KELLY to Regional Manager for the East. The company also named MIKE JENSEN Regional Manager for the Central territory (Asics)....Canadian Baseball HOF CEO TOM VALCKE is retiring after 10 years in his position (TORONTO SUN, 11/30)....The National Horseman's Benevolent & Protective Association named attorney PHIL HANRAHAN Chief Exec, effective Dec. 19 (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 11/30)....The Jaguars signed GM GENE SMITH to a three-year extension (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 11/30)....PAUL BYRNE and DENNIS MOYNIHAN will transition from the MLS Dynamo front office to the Dynamo Stadium staff as Dir of Operations and Dir of Ticketing, respectively (THE DAILY)....The MLB Rangers named former MLBer GREG MADDUX Special Assistant to GM JON DANIELS. His main duty will be helping his brother, pitching coach MIKE MADDUX, work with the team's pitchers at the major league level and in the minors (MLB.com, 11/29).

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