British Telecom hired U.K. boxing network Boxnation CEO SIMON GREEN to "oversee a sports channel it plans to launch next year." Green also has worked for BSkyB and Setanta (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 10/16)....Premier Partnerships promoted STEPHANIE CHENG VP/Marketing Services (Premier Partnerships)....Penn State Univ. "will not renew the contract" of AD TIM CURLEY, who has been on leave since being charged last year with perjury and failing to report a child sex abuse allegation against former assistant football coach JERRY SANDUSKY. Curley's contract expires in July (AP, 10/16)....Sources said Richard Childress Racing named Richard Petty Motorsports Technical Dir ERIC WARREN Dir of Competition, replacing KENT DAY (ESPN.com, 10/16)....The Univ. of Detroit Mercy promoted Assistant Dir of Athletic Facilities DREW WESTRICK to Dir of Athletic Facilities (Detroit Mercy)....The Univ. of Virginia named Univ. of Denver Media Relations Dir ERICH BACHER Assistant AD/PR (UVA).
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