1.   Calapari, who was recently named head coach of the New Jersey Nets, declined comment through his agent.

2.   Ecuadoran Fernando Ruiz was recently named vice president and treasurer of Dow Chemical.

3.   Faster than a speeding bullet, USA Shooting has compiled information about the recently named U.S. Olympic team.

4.   Formerly an assistant coach for Dartmouth College, Addison-Smith was recently named head coach at the University of Rhode Island.

5.   Fox was recently named coach of the Carolina Panthers.

6.   Gromoslaw Czempinski, to whom Zacharski reported in the United States, was recently named deputy minister of internal affairs.

7.   He was recently named chairman of Greenhouse Networks, a development arm of America Online.

8.   He was recently named principal pops conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, a position he already holds at the Pittsburgh Symphony.

9.   He was also recently named chairman of the Academy of American Poets.

10.   He would succeed Alexander Treadwell, known as Sandy, who was recently named chairman of the state Republican Party.