ALAN ROTHENBERG has been named Chair of Goal Media
Group. The company which will launch its global soccer Web
site, www.goalnetwork.com, on November 15 (THE DAILY).
....MLS Commissioner DON GARBER has been appointed to serve
on the Princeton Video Image (PVI) BOD, pending his election
by PVI shareholders (PVI)....ESPN Internet Ventures sales
exec DAVID COOPER has become Senior VP/Advertising Sales for
Rivals.com (Rivals.com)....ESPN's Bob Ley reported that
recently ousted Orioles GM FRANK WREN "signed on with the
Atlanta Braves as a club vice-president and the assistant
general manager under JOHN SCHUERHOLZ" ("SportsCenter,"
10/13)....SportsForWomen.com has named GABRIELLE STUDENMUND
as Senior Editor. Studenmund was previously with American
Health (SportsForWomen.com)....LISA GILLIS BORGES was named
Dir of the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism. Borges
was with MA-based Woolf Associates' football and basketball
division (Giving Back Fund)....ESPN Magazine named JERRY
BEMBRY as General Editor of pro basketball and LUKE CYPHERS
as General Editor of pro football. Bembry spent the last
ten years with the Baltimore Sun, while Cyphers spent the
last six years with the N.Y. Daily News (ESPN Magazine).
Chicago-based Intersport announced that DAVID CORBITT
was named VP/Sports Management and PAT HENEGHAN was named
Dir of Sports Management; ERIK PETERSON and KATIE SWEEN were
named Event Coordinators, TODD KARLEN was named
Communications/Operations Coordinator and JENNIFER HERMAN
was named Manager of Accounting (Intersport).
OTHER EXECS: DAVID SCHWAB was named Octagon Dir of
Athlete, Corporate, Public & Media Relations (THE DAILY).
...LPGA Tour Media Relations Coordinator KIRSTEN SEABORG was
named a Marketing Coordinator within the organization
(LPGA)....The USOC announced two promotions: BUDDY GREGORY
was named Dir of Facility Management and BILL KENNEDY was
named Assistant Dir of Facility Management (USOC).
