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NBA China named Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division Managing Dir MASAAKI MATSUZAWA Chief Strategic Officer & Head of Corporate Development (NBA)....Pacers Sports & Entertainment COO RICK FUSON will add the title of President. Fuson replaces JIM MORRIS, who will "remain with the organization" as Vice Chair (IBJ.com, 9/30)....Palace Sports & Entertainment named former Grizzlies President of Business Operations GREG CAMPBELL Exec VP & CFO (PS&E)....The WNBA Atlanta Dream promoted NATALIE WHITE to Senior Dir of Ticket Sales & Service and reassigned OCTAVIA SAMUELS to Manager of Corporate Partnership Activation. The team also named EMANUEL SHAW Coordinator of Business Operations, LATISHA HANNA Coordinator of Ticket Service and AMBER PANNELL Account Exec (Dream)....The ATP named London-based Aegon Championships Tournament Dir ROSS HUTCHINS VP/Player Relations. The Aegon Championships promoted Tournament Managing Dir STEPHEN FARROW to replace Hutchins (ATP)....Alabama-based Barber Motorsports Park's marketing and event management firm Zoom Motorsports named IMG Sports Network GM for Auburn and UAB properties GEORGE DENNIS President (Zoom)....The Blues named Hockey HOFer BOB GAINEY Consultant (STLTODAY.com, 9/30)....U/S Sports Advisors named Indiana General Assembly Legislative Aid MATT WELLS Account Manager (THE DAILY)....Ovations Food Services VP/Business Operations and Senior VP/Client Relations STEVE GREGOSKY announced his retirement (Ovations).

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