KEITH RITTER , the former head of the NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, has formed his own Westport, Connecticut-based consulting firm, Keith Ritter Media . Ritter left the NHL in December after seven years with the league. Prior to that, Ritter worked at CBS and ABC (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal) . FACILITIES : AEG Facilities named Fenway Sports Group Exec VP and Red Sox VP/Fenway Enterprises & Broadcasting CHUCK STEEDMAN Senior VP & GM for Northland AEG LLC's future Hartford, Connecticut, operations, which will include management of the XL Center and Rentschler Field, as well as business operations of the AHL Hartford Wolf Pack ( AEG ). Steedman replaces MARTY BROOKS , who this week resigned to become GM of the Scottrade Center in St. Louis ( HARTFORD COURANT, 6/13 ). MLB FRANCHISES : The Tigers named Global Network Communications Managing Dir RON COLANGELO VP/Communications, effective June 16. Colangelo will oversee the day-to-day operation of the club's media relations, business communications and broadcasting areas ( Tigers )....The Reds named MLB Cardinals VP/Player Personnel JERRY WALKER Special Assistant/Player Personnel to President of Baseball Operations & GM WALT JOCKETTY ( Reds )....The MLB Giants named JACKSON WAN System Administrator. Wan served in a similar capacity at Wild Planet Entertainment ( Giants ). EXECS : Canada Basketball has appointed the following to its BOD: Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Exec VP & COO TOM ANSELMI , Raptors President & GM BRYAN COLANGELO , Fluke Transportation Group Chair & CEO and Fox 40 Int'l Founder & CEO RON FOXCROFT and NexGen Financial Limited Partnership CEO JIM HUNTER ( Canada Basketball )....Sherdog.com named Portland Oregonian staff writer BRAD MCCRAY Exec Editor and former Full Contact Fighter Assistant Editor LORETTA HUNT News Editor ( Sherdog )....Prince named DAVID MALINOWSKI Global Product Manager for Strings, Grips & Machines ( Prince )....Wilson Golf named the following sales reps: SCOTT BOLMEIER , MARK BUTTERWORTH , AL FISCUS , CHRIS FREY , MIKE HANSCHKE , ART JAKOVICS , TOM RICHARDSON , ROBERT SCHULTZE , BRIAN SPARROW and ROB SPENCER ( Wilson ). Do you have an executive announcement? If so, please send to editorial@sportsbusinessdaily.com .
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