Pistons President of Basketball Operations JOE DUMARS signed a multi-year contract extension with the team. Dumars would not comment on the terms of the deal (DETROIT NEWS, 8/11)....The Grizzlies promoted VP/Ticket Sales & Service MIKE LEVY to Senior VP/Sales & Marketing, VP/Broadcast RANDY STEPHENS to Senior VP/Broadcast, VP/Corporate Partnerships MIKE REDLICK to Senior VP/Corporate Partnerships, Senior Dir of Corporate Partnerships CHAD BOLEN to VP/Corporate Partnerships and Senior Dir of Ticket Sales & Service DENNIS O’CONNOR to VP/Ticket Sales & Service (Grizzlies).
FRANCHISE: The CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats named ROB KATZ interim GM & COO and shifted GM RON LANCASTER to Senior Dir of Football Operations (NATIONAL POST, 8/11)....Avalanche Dir of Special Projects & Media Services HAYNE ELLIS is leaving the team to become President & GM of the CHL Prescott Valley, Arizona, expansion team scheduled to start-up in ’06-07. Avalanche Dir of Media Services & Internet BRENDAN MCNICHOLAS will replace Ellis (THE DAILY).... The AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers named HOWARD SAFFAN President. Saffan had previously partnered with Islanders co-Owner CHARLES WANG, who also owns the Sound Tigers, at Islanders IceWorks in Syosset, New York (Sound Tigers).
VENUE: California Speedway named MICHAEL YURICK Senior Dir of Operations. Previously, Yurick was at Riverside Motorsports Park, a planned motorsports complex in northern California (California Speedway)....The Xcel Energy Center named Minneapolis-based Olson & Co. Account Exec KATHY ROSS PR Manager. Prior to joining Olson & Co. in ’03, Ross served as Wild Communications Assistant (Xcel Energy Center).
COLLEGE: The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) named MANON RHEAUME Dir of Marketing & Sales. Most recently, Rheaume was Dir of Marketing at Powerade Iceport in Milwaukee. Rheaume was the first female goalie to play in an NHL preseason game (CCHA)....The Big South Conference named Southern Conference Public Affairs Assistant NIC BOWMAN Assistant Dir of PR, replacing LAUREN COOPER, who was promoted to Coordinator of Creative Services (Big South)....Ohio Univ. named former Cavaliers Senior VP/Sales & Marketing JAMES KAHLER Exec Dir of the Center for Sports Administration (Ohio Univ.).
EXECS: The Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association (TOBA) elected WinStar Farm’s BILL CASNER Chair, replacing Cobra Farm’s GARY BISZANTZ. The association also re-elected the following to one-year terms: DAN METZGER President, REYNOLDS BELL VP, DUNCAN TAYLOR Treasurer and JOHN AMERMAN Secretary (BLOODHORSE.com, 8/11)....DTpr President CINDY MERCER was named to the BOD of Team USA Football (DTpr)....Missouri Gov. MATT BLUNT reappointed MIKE SMITH to a five-year term on the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority (K.C. STAR, 8/12).
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