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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

     Softball-equipment manufacturer Worth, Inc., announced that
brothers ROBERT PARISH, JOHN PARISH, JR., and CHARLES PARISH will
assume leadership of the company.  Robert Parish has been named
the new President and CEO, John Parish, Jr., the new Executive VP
and COO, and Charles Parish, President of Tennessee Sports, a
division of Worth (Worth)....KEITH COOPER has been named the new
Dir of Communications at FIFA  (FIFA News)....MIKE HANSON has
joined the Public Relations department for the Dolphins.  He
comes from the Oilers where he worked in team PR (HOUSTON
CHRONICLE, 4/9)....The DETROIT FREE PRESS reported that the
Piston President TOM WILSON has decided he will not bring back
Head Coach DON CHANEY or VP/Basketball Operations BILLY MCKINNEY.
Wilson is said to have offered the McKinney's job to former coach
CHUCK DALY.  Duke's MIKE KRZYZEWSKI also reportedly turned down
the head coaching position (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 4/10).

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