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Sports Industrialists
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Executive Transactions
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP named AEG COO SCOTT BLACKMUN Partner, joining
the Corporate Law & Securities practice group (HRO)....Tennis Industry
Association President JIM BAUGH will resign at the end of the year. Exec
Dir JOLYN DE BOER will lead the organization (TENNISWEEK, 9/ ’06 issue)....National
Soccer HOF President WILL LUNN has stepped down. Secretary & HOFer GEORGE
BROWN will serve as Acting President while a search committee is formed (National
Soccer HOF)....CAA corporate communications head WENDY SMITH has stepped
down to become Senior VP/Communications for Polo Ralph Lauren. CAA promoted MICHAEL
MAND to replace Smith (DAILY VARIETY, 9/8).... Boathouse Sports named
The Trazonic Companies VP/Customer Service TONY HOTH Exec VP/Operations
(Boathouse Sports)....California Speedway named MARIA GLADOWSKI
Senior Dir of Communications. For the last two years, Gladowski led external and
internal communications for Disney Worldwide Outreach, The Walt Disney Company’s
philanthropic arm (California Speedway)....The British Olympic Association
named SIR CLIVE WOODWARD Performance Dir (Manchester GUARDIAN, 9/7).
MEDIA: MSG Networks named CSTV VP/Programming, Production & Talent LAURIE
ORLANDO Exec Producer (MSG)....Fox Soccer Channel named Soccer United
Marketing Business Development Manager MIKE PETRUZZI National Advertising
Sales Manager (Fox Soccer Channel).
FRANCHISE: AFL Columbus Destroyers President DAVID PAITSON was named
VP/Ticketing for the Destroyers, Blue Jackets and Nationwide Arena. Destroyers
Partner JIM RENACCI will assume the role of President & GM. The Destroyers
also promoted JIM LACHEY to Senior VP/Football Operations and Dir of Team
Operations MATT TREMBLAY to Assistant GM. Lachey will continue as
line coach for the team (Destroyers)....The Nuggets promoted Dir of Player
Personnel MARK WARKENTIEN to VP/Basketball Operations, and named T’Wolves
scout REX CHAPMAN VP/Player Personnel and BRET BEARUP Advisor. Assistant
GMs JEFF WELTMAN and DAVID FREDMAN are no longer with the
team (Nuggets)....Dolphins Enterprises named TARA STEVENS Senior
HR Strategist. Previously, Stevens worked with Time Warner Publishing, MasterCard
Int’l and various newspapers (Dolphins)....The Single-A Carolina League
Potomac Nationals promoted GM BOBBY HOLLAND to VP & GM (Potomac Nationals).
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