BASEBALL
The independent Atlantic League's Somerset Patriots of Bridgewater, N.J., hired John Gibson as an account executive and Chris Aubertin as manager of ticket operations. Gibson comes from the Brockton Rox and Aubertin from the Berkshire Bears.
The Fresno (Calif.) Grizzlies of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League hired Chuck Kirlin as director of media relations, Megan Curdy as marketing manager, Luke Reiff as ticket manager and Brett Marshall as an account executive. Kirlin comes from the Cincinnati Reds, Curdy from the Tacoma Rainiers, Reiff from the Indianapolis Indians and Marshall from the Dallas Burn.
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| Sundberg |
Jim Sundberg was hired as director of business development for the
Texas Rangers. He will also have responsibilities in community relations and will continue as the team's minor league catching coordinator.
CYCLING
The Tour de Georgia promoted Chris Aronhalt to deputy executive director and Kathleen Hardison to director of strategic partnerships.
BASKETBALL
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| Sampier (left), Hickey |
The WNBA's Detroit Shock promoted
Dennis Sampier to director of business operations and
Paul Hickey to director of media relations.
GOLF
Richard Magid was named chief financial officer for the Natural Golf Corp.
MARKETING
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| Sullivan |
Motorsports publicist Tim Sullivan joined
Alan Taylor Communications and will help establish the company's presence in Charlotte.
Lonny Sweet was hired as director of talent and event marketing for Pantheon International, based in New York City. Sweet comes from the SFX Sports Group talent marketing division.
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| Giroux |
Aimee Giroux was hired as a project coordinator for
Millsport in its Charlotte office.
David D'Onofrio and Eric Jaye opened Storefront Public Affairs, a communications and political consulting firm specializing in facility development, with offices in San Francisco and northern Virginia.
Sport Brands International named Mark Westerman vice president of global marketing communication for Fila.
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| Sullivan |
Tim Sullivan was hired as vice president of business development for the
DCB Group.
Drew Stevenson was hired as an account executive for the Midwest regional sales development team at Ad Community, based in Chicago. Stevenson comes from the Chicago Blackhawks.
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| Spielman |
Russell Spielman formed
Full Circle Marketing in Dix Hills, N.Y.
Erik Gordon was hired as director aof business development for SportsMark Management Group Ltd. Gordon comes from Tailwind Sports Corp.
MEDIA
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| Kahn |
Julie Kahn was named vice president and general manager of Boston sports radio station
WEEI-AM.
Grayle Howlett, Sports Illustrated associate publisher, left the magazine to become publisher of newly launched music magazine Tracks.
News Corp. established an in-house ad sales staff to sell commercials on DirecTV. Bob Riordan was named senior vice president of ad sales.
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| Cole |
Steve Cole was named editor of International Hot Rod Association in-house magazine
Drag Review in Norwalk, Ohio.
Maureen Quilter was named communications manager for regional sports network Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia.
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| Quezada |
MOTORSPORTS Rick Quezada was promoted to senior marketing service manager for the NHRA.
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| Parnell |
SPORTS COMMISSIONS AND VISITORS BUREAUS Terri Parnell was promoted to the newly created position of national sports manager of the Tampa Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau.
SPORTING GOODS
Paul D'Aloia was elected chief executive officer at Huffy Corp., replacing Don Graber, who is retiring.
TENNIS
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| Brewer |
The United States Tennis Association named
Lew Brewer director of junior competition for the USA Tennis High Performance program in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Bob Moffatt will leave his position as president and chief executive officer of Tennis Canada at the end of March.
Jeff Toler was hired as a sales manager and Sarah Willcox as an assistant ticket manager on the Pilot Pen Tennis staff for the USTA event, to be held Aug. 20-28 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale. Toler comes from the Coastal Fairfield County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Willcox was a ticket supervisor for the tourney the last two summers.
Tandy O'Donoghue was named senior counsel, handling legal affairs for the U.S. Tennis Association's Professional Tennis unit.
OTHER
The Professional Bull Riders named former Ovation Entertainment president/CEO Alan Jacoby vice president of the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Challenger Tour. Joe Merrick was named executive director of American Bucking Bulls.
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