First Tiger, now the Bucs: Ari Fleischer lends a hand

By ROY CUMMINGS | The Tampa Tribune
Published: March 15, 2010

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TAMPA --

The Bucs have enlisted the help of former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer in their search for a new director of communications.

"I am helping spread the word for the Bucs about their opening and am holding preliminary talks with some candidates," Fleischer said in an e-mail to the Sports Business Journal. "The rest of the interview process and the decision about who to hire are determined by the Bucs."

In conjunction with International Management Group, Fleischer recently began a sports public relations firm that already lists the NCAA and golfer Tiger Woods among its clients.

Fleischer served as former President George W. Bush's press secretary from January 2001 to July 2003.