Former Hornets executive
joins Winston franchise
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
On the heels of this
month's significant stadium
and business announcements,
Baseball Downtown and
Mandalay Baseball Properties
have announced the hiring of
veteran NBA executive Kevin
Terry as President of the
Winston-Salem franchise.
Terry, who most recently
served., as Vice President of
the New Orleans Hornets, has
a tremendous track record of
success in the areas of ticket
sales, marketing and service
initiatives at the highest levels
of sport.
Among the accolades he and
the teams he has led have
received are multiple NBA
"Best Practice" honors, mar
keting excellence awards and
distinction as a featured
speaker at NBA marketing
meetings.
"Kevin is a tremendous
addition," said Mandalay
Baseball Executive Vice
President Steve DeLay. "We
are fortunate to add him to the
talented front office we have
in place in Winston-Salem
and are certain the community
will find him to be a great
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leader moving forward."
Terry has been honored for
his creative and effective fan
programs at multiple stops in
a more than 12-year career in
the NBA and Major League
Baseball. In addition to the
Hornets, Terry has held sig
nificant front office positions
with the Phoenix Suns and
Golden State Warriors.
"Mandalay's reputation is
well known in sports, so I've
been familiar with their
work," said Terry. "Knowing
the history of Jon Spoelstra,
Steve DeLay and the leader
ship of the company and
learning about the tremendous
opportunity and enthusiasm
that makes up the Winston
Salem market made this role a
dream job for me. I'm excited
to make Winston-Salem home
for myself and my family, and
certainly to continue what has
already been done with the
ballpark and the fantastic pro
grams for fans."
Terry will lead the staff at
the club's new Downtown
offices as they focus on the
opening of the Ballpark and
2009 season. A priority for
Terry -will be introducing the
many unique ticket programs
and options that are available
to Winston-Salem fans. In
addition, he will assist DeLay
in the continuing introduction
of Mandalay's industry-lead
ing corporate partnership pro
grams. "This ballpark is going
to be one of the best in all of
sports, with ticket packages,
suites, the all-inclusive club
restaurant and so much more
available to fans," said Terry.
"I can't want to meet with
fans to discuss what is truly a
unique sports entertainment
opportunity, and to become a
part of this great community."
Photo by Jeff Sides
Mt. Tabor's Andrea Beck, Shenita Martin, Caitlin Brown and Taylor Dewberry broke the
school's 4x400 record over the weekend.
Hill J -Ho column feedback last
from page 61 week
Tabor girls also performing
well
I can't talk about Mt.
Tabor track without at least
mentioning some of the tal
ented girls that run for that
team!
I have to mention the very
talented Taylor Dewberry
first. She's definitely one of
the most talented female ath
letes around. And, she's only
a sophomore. Dewberry fin
ished third in the 400 meter
race with a time of 59.64.
Margaret Leak and Courtney
Whittington also performed
well last week. Leak finished
second in the 600 meter race,
while Whittington came in
right behind her. .
The biggest performance
came from the Spartan 4x400
relay team. They won after
recording a time of 3:57.53.
The team of Andrea Beck.
Caitlin Brown, Shenita Martin
and Dewberry broke the
school record (from last year)
by six seconds. The Spartan
4x800 team also did well, fin
ishing second
I want to wish all of the
Spartan student-athletes, as
well as some of the other area
athletes that are competing for
a state championship this
weekend the best of luck.
Bring .some gold back to
Winston-Salem.
I'd like to thank all pf the
people that wrote in support
of my column on Josh
Howard last week. In that col
umn, I basically said that I'm
going to stick with Josh
despite his mistake of being
too honest. We all know what
he said by now.
I also stated that we all
make mistakes, and that we
shouldn't crucify him for
what he said. He's still a role
model. He's still for the kids,
and he's still about helping his
community. ?
I did have ONE pecson
leave me a message of dis
pleasure about the column.
That person didn't read the
column, though. That reader
thought I was another media
member out to bash Josh for
what he said. I was doing the
complete opposite. Please
read information before you
call me complaining about it.
Don't just form an opinion
after looking at pictures and
reading headlines. That's all
that I ask.
Again, let's stay behind J
Ho through this. He's defi
nitely still my guy.
Anthony Hill is the sports
editor for The Chronicle. He
can be reached at 7228624
(ext. Ill) or
ahill@vvschronicle.com.
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