Strike Ten Entertainment named MIKE HENNESSY to the
position of Dir of Tournaments & Events. Hennessy had
served as Exec Dir of the Bowling Proprietors Association of
Ohio since '80, and the Greater Dayton BPA since '66 (Strike
Ten)....Cohn & Wolfe/New York has named KAREN VONDER MUELEN
as Account Supervisor, Sports & Event Marketing (Cohn &
Wolfe)....The Brewers named MATT GRONIGER as Manager of
Corporate Sales and LIZ KRUEGER as Assistant Dir of Media
Relations (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/21).
NIKE donated $600,000 over three years in support of
increasing child literacy in Oregon (Nike)....Magic Senior
Exec VP PAT WILLIAMS has a new book out, "The Magic of Team
Work" (BOSTON GLOBE, 10/22)....MARV ALBERT will be sentenced
tomorrow in Arlington, VA (WASHINGTON POST, 10/23).
...Broncos RB TERRELL DAVIS will be Denver's celebrity
participant on a "Wheel of Fortune" show that will air
during Super Bowl week (DENVER POST, 10/23)....Packers DE
REGGIE WHITE is teaming with the Shooting Gallery to produce
"Barnstormin,'" a family-oriented football movie. White,
who wrote the outline for the film, will also have the
starring role (REUTERS/VARIETY, 10/22). ...VENUS WILLIAMS is
profiled in PEOPLE. Williams wants to open a clothing store
for young people with her mother ORACENE, and her sister,
SERENA (PEOPLE, 10/27 issue)....The Orioles' ERIC DAVIS was
awarded MLB's '97 ROBERTO CLEMENTE AWARD, given to the
player "who best exemplifies the game of baseball both on
and off the field" ("CNN/SI," CNN, 10/22).