sentences:  After resigning in early 1977, and starting a sports management company, Appel handled public relations for the New York Apples of World Team Tennis, a team featuring Billie Jean King and Vitas Gerulaitis.When the league folded, he joined the staff of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.While serving as VP for Public Relations for New York City television station WPIX, he won an Emmy Award as the executive producer of Yankee telecasts, a position he held for 11 years until 1992.