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Bills CB TROY VINCENT was re-elected to a second two-year term as NFLPA President (Mult., 3/16)....Youbet.com announced JOE TRACY, former CEO of newly-acquired United Tote, will lead the subsidiary’s development of new technology-based games, products and services for commercial and consumer distribution. JEFF TRUE was named United Tote President and JOE HASSON VP/Operations. True is currently head of Youbet.com’s Western Region (Youbet.com)....Comcast SportsNet named Comcast Corp. Senior Dir of HR FRANK PETERSEN Senior Dir of HR for the family of RSNs (Comcast SportsNet)....Palace Sports & Entertainment (PS&E) named Hemisphere Entertainment Production Manager JIM REID Event Coordinator and DANA STEINER Booking & Marketing Coordinator. Steiner, who has previously worked for PS&E, was most recently a clerk in the Independence Township, Michigan, Parks & Recreation Department (PS&E).

AMERICA’S TEAM: The USOC named COURTNEY HARRISON Managing Dir of HR. Most recently, Harrison was Senior VP/Organizational & People Development for Nashville-based Asurion Inc. (USOC)....USA Swimming named Univ. of Southern California swimming coach MARK SCHUBERT to the newly-created position of National Team Head Coach & GM and Olympic Gold Medalist LINDSAY MINTENKO National Team Managing Dir. Schubert also served as the women’s national team head coach for the ’04 Athens Olympics (USA Swimming).

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