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Canada Basketball Names Glen Grunwald New President & CEO

Glen Grunwald has been named the new President & CEO of Canada Basketball, taking over from Michele O'Keefe, the "long-time leader of the sports governing body." Grunwald was an early Raptors hire who in '97 became the second President & GM in franchise history. He was fired by MLSE in '04, and subsequently became Knicks GM and McMaster Univ. AD. He left McMaster earlier this summer and is "working as a part-time consultant" with the Grizzlies. The NBA has "signed off on him having both a position with the Grizzlies while holding down" his Canada Basketball role (THESTAR.com, 9/12).

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