Executive Transactions
PRESIDENT BUSH has named the following to the Presidential Council for Physical Fitness, among others: Mets GM OMAR MINAYA, NFL Giants QB ELI MANNING, U.S. sprinter ALLYSON FELIX, WNBA Silver Stars C RUTH RILEY, NASCAR driver BOBBY LABONTE, LSU football coach LES MILES and ESPN college basketball analyst DIGGER PHELPS (Mult.).
FRANCHISES: The Red Sox named TOM TIPPETT Dir of Baseball Information Services, DEAN DECILLIS Pro Scout, STEVE PECK Pro Scout, TIM HYERS Area Scout for Georgia and FERNANDO TAMAYO Assistant for Int'l Scouting (Red Sox)....Double-A Eastern League Altoona Curve Dir of Broadcasting & Communications JASON DAMBACH has stepped down from his position to take a position with the newly formed Pennsylvania-based Greenberg Sports Group (Curve).
EXECS: Watkins Glen Int'l (WGI) has promoted GM of Track Operations TIM COLEMAN to VP/Operations (WGI)....Georgia State Univ. yesterday named football coach BILL CURRY interim AD while the school searches for a permanent AD. Curry said that the process is "expected to take six to eight weeks" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 1/8)....The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has appointed Asics Maketing Manager YUTAKA SASAI to its Committee on Int'l Sport Organization (WFSGI)........ESPN Radio 710 in L.A. named CHRIS BERRY VP/GM. Previously, Berry was President & GM at Citadel’s News/Talk WMAL-AM in DC (RADIOINK.com, 1/6)….SpeedTV.com named BOB GOLFEN Automotive Editor where he will manage the site’s expanding coverage of new vehicles, collector cars, car culture and automotive lifestyle. Golfen had spent nearly 20 years at the Arizona Republic (Speed)….Comcast SportsNet New England promoted Account Exec AARON THOMAS to Local Sales Manager. Prior to joining the network in September ’08, Thomas was an Account Exec at NESN and Boston’s WEEI-AM (Comcast)....Golf Academy of America (GAA) named FRED BARR Placement Dir at the GAA Phoenix Campus (GAA).
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