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Minding My Business With RSE Ventures General Counsel Jennifer O'Sullivan05 / 22 / 13It has been just over a year since Women's Professional Soccer shut down, and former Commissioner & CEO JENNIFER O'SULLIVAN has returned to her legal roots as she settles into her new role as General Counsel for RSE Ventures. She said of the transition, "There's definitely a lot of juggling he... Tags: People and Pop Culture |
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L.A. TIMES REPORTS MONTANA TO RETIRE NEXT WEEK
JOE MONTANA will announce his retirement next week in a ceremony in San Francisco, according to Bill Plashke in this morning''s L.A. TIMES. Plashke reports that Montana''s relatives have already flown
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TARGET CENTER DANA WARG PROFILED
DANA WARG, Executive Director of the Target Center and VP of Ogden Entertainment Services, is the focus of an extensive piece in the Minneapolis STAR- TRIBUNE. Warg, 47, is "quick on his feet. Fluent
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Former Pistons VINNIE JOHNSON and BILL LAIMBEER will start a new company called Piston Packaging, Inc., which will manufacture corrugated boxes for shipping. The company plans to hire about 125 people
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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS
CHUCK DILLMAN, Exec Dir of the Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation in Vail, was named interim CEO for U.S. Skiing. Dillman will split his time between jobs until a full- time replacement is na
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
"Entertainment Tonight" previewed the TBS documentary on HANK AARON, "Chasing the Dream," of which Denzel Washington is an Exec Producer. Aaron: "It is a story that needs to be told now and needs to b
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SPORTS PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THE GROWTH OF DIRECTV
DirecTV is a new satellite television service available for homes equipped with a digital satellite system. This week, THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY spoke with JIM RAMO, Exec VP for DirecTV, about the ser
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
A''s infielder STEVE SAX says he will run for the CA General Assembly next year. Sax, a Republican, says the decision doesn''t mean he is retiring from baseball (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/7)....NBC will featu
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
JACK KELLY resigned as President of the Goodwill Games. Kelly says he plans on opening an event consulting business. Kelly served as President of the ''90 US Olympic Festival and then to Turner Broadc
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
The UCLA MEN''S BASKETBALL TEAM were guests on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. Jay Leno: "Did you see ED O''BANNON last night? At one time he had five guys on him. Five guys hanging all over him! I
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SIR CHARLES STILL WEIGHING NOTIONS OF GOVERNOR BARKLEY?
The prospects of a ''98 gubernatorial run in Alabama by "conservative" Suns superstar CHARLES BARKLEY is examined by Gene Owens of NEWHOUSE NEWS. Owens lists several of Barkley''s "political assets,"
