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NAMES IN THE NEWS

     KMart Corp. is considering hiring R.H. Macy & co. Chair
MYRON ULLMAN as President and COO.  The company is "under
pressure from stockholders" to hire a second leader with current
Chair, President and CEO JOSEPH ANTONINI (WALL STREET JOURNAL,
10/28)....USA Hockey has nominated GUY HEBERT and ERIN WHITTEN,
'94 Male and Female Athletes of the Year, for the U.S. Olympic
Committee's SportsMan and SportsWoman of the Year Award (USA
Hockey)....GLENN ROBINSON will not be the richest man from Gary,
IN even if he gets a $100M contract.  MICHAEL JACKSON holds that
title (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 10/28)....This morning's L.A. TIMES
profiles Walt Disney Senior Exec VP SANFORD LITVACK who is
"invisible to Wall Street" but has emerged as a "de facto second
in command" to Chair MICHAEL EISNER (L.A. TIMES, 10/28).... CNN's
Fred Hickman said "it is being reported in Chicago" that MICHAEL
JORDAN will be promoted to Triple A Nashville next season.
("Sports Tonight," CNN, 10/27)....CHRIS EVERT spoke with Barbara
Walters this morning concerning a tournament she will host this
weekend to raise money to fight drug abuse and to help abused and
neglected children in South Florida ("Good Morning America," ABC,
10/28).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: April 24, 2024

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TNT’s Stan Van Gundy, ESPN’s Tim Reed, NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp has two Big Get interviews. The first is with TNT’s Stan Van Gundy as he breaks down the NBA Playoffs from the booth. Later in the show, we hear from ESPN’s VP of Programming and Acquisitions Tim Reed as the NFL Draft gets set to kick off on Thursday night in Motown. SBJ’s Tom Friend also joins the show to share his insights into NBA viewership trends.

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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