AAI Sports, Inc. To Expand into Track & Field.

DALLAS--(BW SportsWire)--Sept. 23, 1998--George Bass, Partner of AAI Sports, Inc., an established and leading athlete management/marketing firm, specializing in NFL and NBA player representation, is pleased to welcome Gigi Ravera to its staff as Director of Track & Field.

In this position, Ravera will utilize her experience in athlete representation and media/public relations in the development and management of AAI Sports' newly formed division for track and field, AAI International, based in Boulder, Colorado. Ravera joins AAI Sports, Inc. after five years with Olympic athlete management company, Gold Medal Management, where she held the position of Director of Client Services as well as previous experience working in the media department at Nike's advertising and marketing agency, Wieden & Kennedy.

"We are very excited and pleased to have Gigi on board with us at AAI," said Bass. "She brings with her seven years of solid experience and extremely strong relationships and contacts in the sports marketing/management industry. We're looking forward to the growth and continued success of AAI as we expand into the track and field arena."

AAI Sports' star clientele includes Superbowl Champions and Dallas Cowboys, Michael Irvin, Dale Hellestrae, Darren Woodson and Bill Bates, NY Knicks Larry Johnson, Denver Nuggets Cory Alexander as well as University of Miami's Head Coach, Butch Davis and Cornell University's Head Coach, Pete Mangurian.