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sportsbusinessradio.com - 5/8/2007

Miller Time in Portland? | Sports Business Radio

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Sources close to me tell me that former Nike executive Steve Miller is in Seattle today to meet with Vulcan officials about the Portland Trail Blazers President position. If the negotiations go smoothly and the two sides can come to terms, it is expected that Steve Miller will be named the next President of the Portland Trail Blazers by week ' s end. The announcement could come as soon as ...

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Report: Steve Miller in Seattle
Blazers Blog — ... Sports Business Radio's Brian Berger is reporting that Steve Miller, the leading candidate for Trail Blazers team president, is in Seattle today to have a sit-down with the guys at Vulcan Inc. According to Berger's sources: If the negotiations go smoothly and the two sides can come to terms, it is expected that Steve Miller will be named the next President of the Portland Trail Blazers by week's end. The announcement could come as soon as Wednesday. And that might not be the only edition to the Blazers front office in the near future. Berger also notes that: .. the team is also interested in hiring Milwaukee Bucks PR Director Cheri Hanson to oversee their PR efforts. Hanson, who is one of the longest tenured PR executives in the NBA, grew up around the Trail Blazers when her father handled PR duties for the Trail Blazers in the 80's. Hanson, who worked in Seattle before following George Karl to Milwaukee, has a solid relatio

Tuesday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Brian Berger of Sports Business Radio has anonymous sources saying that the Blazers are close to hiring Steve Miller as their next president. Berger's reaction: "Now is the time to buy stock in the Trail Blazers." Now that the Blazers are getting great people in place, I hope Paul Allen gives them the latitude (cash and freedom) to do their best. Berger also says the team is close to hiring Cheri Hanson to run PR, who is a great professional I have worked with in the past, when she was in Milwaukee.

Former Nike exec up for Blazers job?
Ben Maller's Sports Rumors & Notes — ... . If the negotiations go smoothly and the two sides can come to terms, it is expected that Steve Miller will be named the next President of the Portland Trail Blazers by week's end. The announcement could come as soon as Wednesday.