The Blues promoted Exec VP/Hockey Operations DOUG ARMSTRONG to President of Hockey Operations & GM and named BRUCE AFFLECK President of Business Operations. Affleck has served the Blues in multiple positions over a 37-year period (Blues)....NASCAR named GRAND-AM team 8Star Motorsports Marketing & Communications Dir DAVID HART Dir of Int'l Motor Sports Association Communications. Hart will be based out of IMSA's Daytona Beach, Fla., HQs. NASCAR also promoted NATE SIEBENS to Senior Manager of IMSA Communications (NASCAR)....The Univ. of Wisconsin named former Louisiana Tech AD BRUCE VAN DE VELDE Senior Associate AD. He began his duties on Aug. 29 (UW)....The Orioles added three members to their Sarasota Spring Training staff, naming AMY TUTEN Manager of Sponsorship Sales, KIRSTEN LADENDORF Manager of Catering and Suites and SCOTT MOUDRY Manager of Ticket Operations. In addition, the team promoted TREVOR MARKHAM to Dir of Operations (Orioles)....Princeton Univ. AD GARY WALTERS announced he will "step down at the end of the 2013-14 academic year after running the Ivy League school's program for two decades" (NJ.com, 9/4)....Wizards Dir of College Scouting MIKE WILSON is "the latest to join the exodus from Washington after accepting a player personnel position" with the Mavericks (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 9/4).
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