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NAMES IN THE NEWS

     The heavyweight title fight between GEORGE FOREMAN and AXEL
SCHULZ scheduled for April 22 at the Superdome has been moved to
Las Vegas, according to boxing promoter Bob Arum (New Orleans
TIMES-PICAYUNE, 1/18)....WAYNE GRETZKY, on vacationing in the
Carribean with his wife during the lockout:  "It was fun and I
enjoyed it, but I'm glad to be back working ("Tonight Show," NBC,
1/18)....Chargers RB NATRONE MEANS will be a guest on the
"Tonight Show" this evening (USA TODAY, 1/19)....MARC EDWARDS is
the new GM of SportsChannel New England, taking over for MITCHELL
FREUND who left last September (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/18)....LEONARD
"BOOGIE" WEINGLASS, one-time bidder for Baltimore's sports teams,
resigned yesterday as chair from "his now faltering company,
Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc. (Baltimore SUN, 1/19)....27
year-old DAN SHULMAN is leaving "FAN," the flagship show for
Prime Time Sports, to do the Blue Jays' play-by-play on TSN
(TORONTO STAR, 1/19)....

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: April 25, 2024

Motor City's big weekend; Kevin Warren's big bet; Bill Belichick's big makeover and the WNBA's big week continues

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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