Executive Transactions

In this week's SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, Terry Lefton reports MLS VP/Consumer Products STU CRYSTAL has "reached [an] agreement to continue" in the position, despite previous reports Crystal would leave at the end of the year. Meanwhile, the NBA named DAVID LAFRENNIE VP/Marketing Communications, replacing  MATT BOURNE , who left in May to become MLB VP/Business PR. Lafrennie previously worked for Hartford Life. The Eagles named People magazine's DENIS GALLAGHER Dir of Corporate Partnerships, replacing JEFF LONG , who has opened sponsorship marketing and sales agency The Pattison Sports Group. And MSG named JUSTIN EDELMAN VP/Communications, reporting to MSG Senior VP/Corporate Communications BARRY WATKINS . Edelman has worked for Edelman PR for the last nine years ( SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/17 issue ). EXECS : Stewart-Haas Racing named DEI VP/Competition BOBBY HUTCHENS Dir of Competition. The team also named TONY GIBSON , who served as crew chief for DEI's No. 8 team, as crew chief for the No. 39 U.S. Army car to be driven by RYAN NEWMAN ( CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 11/16 )....Auto Club Speedway named Daytona Int'l Speedway Dir of Media Relations DAVID TALLEY Dir of Communications ( Auto Club Speedway )....Little League Development & Affiliation Manager SAMUEL RANCK has assumed the duties of Little League Challenger Division Dir ( Little League ). Do you have an executive announcement? If so, please send to editorial@sportsbusinessdaily.com .