NBA Senior Communications Advisor to the Commissioner BRIAN MCINTYRE has retired after 33 years with the league. He also previously worked as Bulls Dir of Marketing & Media Information (THE DAILY). In N.Y., Phil Mushnick wrote even "with the heat on," McIntyre was "an honest man of good faith." He "came a long way from his old Chicago Stadium days, passing out stats and chasing drunks back to their seats at Bulls games" (N.Y. POST, 12/21).
EXECS: UFC named IMG Int'l VP/Asia KENNETH BERGER Exec VP & GM of Asia (UFC)....Longtime NFL Panthers PR Dir CHARLIE DAYTON "will take a new post starting Jan. 1," as Dir of Historical & Alumni Affairs. Panthers Assistant Dir of Communications STEVEN DRUMMOND "will assume" Dayton's position (CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.com, 12/19)....The Tigers promoted Dominican Academy Coordinator OLIVER ARIAS to Dominican Academy Dir (Tigers)....The Dallas Morning News named FiveThirtyEight Managing Editor MIKE WILSON Editor (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 12/19).
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