FIBA elected BOB ELPHINSTON President. Elphinston, who was GM of Sport for the ’00 Sydney Olympics, is also a consultant to the IOC and the organizing committees of the ’08 Beijing Games and 2012 London Games (FIBA)....NASCAR named Secretary & General Counsel W. GARRETT CROTTY to its BOD (NASCAR)....The ATP appointed IVAN LJUBICIC President and JAMES BLAKE VP of the ATP Player Council (ATP).
FRANCHISE: The Saints named Jets Dir of Public & Media Relations DOUGLAS MILLER Senior Dir of Media & PR (Saints)....The CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats named Montreal Alouettes Assistant GM MARCEL DESJARDINS GM, replacing interim GM ROB KATZ, who will remain with the team as COO (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 8/30).
EXECS: Comcast SportsNet named TIM FITZPATRICK VP/Communications. For the past six years, Fitzpatrick was Dir of Corporate Communications in Comcast’s corporate HQs (Comcast SportsNet)....The Bonham Group promoted Research Analyst ROBIN CHENEY to Research Manager. The Bonham Group also named Athlon Sports Communications Partner & Regional Sales Manager CRAIG WALSH Dir of Sales and Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment Corporate Partnerships Account Rep DARREN O’DONNELL Manager of Sales for The Bonham Group Market Research Company (The Bonham Group)....The Cochran Firm Managing Partner BYRON PERKINS was named co-Counsel to the Fritz Pollard Alliance (The Cochran Firm).
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