Sportexe Mourns Passing of FieldTurf CEO John Gilman

ROUND ROCK, Texas. July 23, 2007—Company officials from FieldTurf-Tarkett announced today that FieldTurf Chief Executive Officer John Gilman died Monday morning, July 23. Exact cause of death has not been released.

According to FieldTurf.com, he had officially acted as CEO of FieldTurf since June 1995. Prior to officially joining FieldTurf, Gilman had been an active figure in the sports community. He was currently one of FieldTurf’s primary shareholders.

“The synthetic turf industry lost a giant,” said Sportexe CEO Mark Nicholls. “John Gilman was a pioneer, and Sportexe mourns his passing. All of our thoughts are with his family, friends and the entire FieldTurf organization.”

Funeral arrangements have been set for noon on Wednesday, July 25 at Paperman & Sons in Montréal, Quebec, Gilman’s hometown.

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Sportexe Names K.C. Brigade’s Kevin Porter Arena Football Coach of the Year

ROUND ROCK, Texas. July 23, 2007— Sportexe is proud to announce Kevin Porter, head coach of the Kansas City Brigade, as the winner of the 2007 Sportexe Arena Football Coach of the Year award. Porter joins previous Sportexe Coach of the Year winners such as the NFL’s John Fox and Sean Payton, CFL’s Tom Higgins and Wally Buono and the AFL’s Todd Shell and Kevin Guy.

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