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Executive Transactions05 / 23 / 13Madison Square Garden today promoted MSG Sports Senior VP/Marketing Partnerships RON SKOTARCZAK to Exec VP/Marketing Partnerships. Skotarczak was a SportsBusiness Journal/Daily Forty Under 40 winner in '11 ( MSG )....Texas A&M Int’l Univ. named Lake Erie College AD GILBERT ZIMMERMANN ... Tags: People and Pop Culture |
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HOW THE NFL AGENTS STACK UP: A SPECIAL REPORT
The CHICAGO SUN-TIMES began a three-part profile of NFL agents in a special report titled, "The NFL''s Real Players." The SUN-TIMES lists the Top 12 football agents: 1) LEIGH STEINBERG, TOM CONDON (ti
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MAGIC JOHNSON said he wants to play for the USA Olympic Basketball team during the ''96 Games (L.A. TIMES, 4/19)....NBA Senior VP ROD THORN was named to head an 11-member panel to pick players and coa
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HBO premiered its original film, "Tyson," yesterday -- to generally positive media reviews (Mult., 4/18)....ROY FOREMAN, says his older brother, GEORGE FOREMAN, would be a "perfect" candidate to be "c
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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS
LARRY DOBY, the first African American to play in the AL, was named special assistant to AL President GENE BUDIG. Budig says Doby will concentrate on community relations (AL)....In this morning''s S.F
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CBS announced two exec promotions yesterday. JAMES WARNER has been promoted to President of CBS Television Network. He was formerly President of CBS Enterprises. JOSEPH ABRUZZESE was also promoted fro
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SCHANZER MAKES THE CASE FOR KEEPING THE BASEBALL NETWORK
Ken Schanzer is the President and CEO of The Baseball Network, the joint venture formed between MLB, ABC and NBC in July 1993. At The Baseball Network, Schanzer is responsible for all of MLB''s broadc
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The return of MICHAEL JORDAN to the Bulls may give his agent DAVID FALK and his F.A.M.E agency "increased muscle" over Advantage International and ProServ, which "compete in the cutthroat business of
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MONTANA UPDATE: AGENT CONFIRMS PRESS CONFERENCE
JOE MONTANA''s agent, PETER JOHNSON of IMG, confirmed that Montana will appear at a press conference in San Francisco Tuesday to announce his future plans (IMG). Many rumors have been circulating this
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MONTANA REPORTEDLY RETIRING TUESDAY; HEADING TO NBC
As reported in yesterday''s L.A TIMES, Chiefs QB JOE MONTANA is expected to make his retirement official at a news conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. "Although no deals are final, Montana''s futu
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GREG NORMAN is on the cover of April''s issue of MEN''S JOURNAL. Norman defended his proposed World Golf Tour: "The game of golf has transcended American golf. ... There''s no way, absolutely no way t
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