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     Appearing on the "Late, Late Show with Tom Snyder," NBC's
Hannah Storm was asked about Albert Belle's blowup during last
year's World Series.  Storm said she will be "the ultimate
professional" when dealing with Belle in the future but added she
did not want to "add to the verbal war of words."  Storm:
"Baseball addressed the issue, it's taken care of and it's time
to move on" (Baltimore SUN, 3/28)....In its third year of
marketing the worldwide feed, ProServ Television has sold the '96
Men's Final Four to 91 countries and Women's Final Four to 55
nations (ProServ). ....TCI reported a revenue increase of 18.5%
for '95 and 24.6% for the 4th quarter of '95 (TCI)....The NFL
reports that in a recent survey conducted by the league, 21.4% of
its satellite subscribers listed NFL matchups as a main reason
for buying a dish (CABLE WORLD, 3/25 issue).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 9, 2024

WNBA regular season games to be available on Disney+; Candace Parker's new role at Adidas; Rory McIlroy will not return to PGA Tour Policy Board and Theo Epstein's role with the PGA Tour moving forward.

Phoenix Mercury/NBC’s Cindy Brunson, NBA Media Deal, Network Upfronts

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with SBJ NBA writer Tom Friend about the pending NBA media Deal. Cindy Brunson of NBC and Phoenix Mercury is our Big Get this week. The sports broadcasting pioneer talks the upcoming WNBA season. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane gets us set for the upcoming network upfronts.

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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