Menu
Sports Industrialists

NAMES IN THE NEWS

          NASCAR team owner and auto dealer RICK HENDRICK wants
     his money-laundering and fraud trial moved to Charlotte so
     he can be treated for leukemia (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS,
     1/29)....LOU HOLTZ, on his plans: "Give some speeches, maybe
     do some television work, maybe write a book, maybe get a
     paper route" ("The Late, Late Show," CBS, 1/29)....AT&T
     officials will assign six marshals to TIGER WOODS, who is
     playing with KEVIN COSTNER, each day of the AT&T Pebble
     Beach Pro-Am this week (S.F. EXAMINER, 1/29)....Former New
     Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority Chair MICHAEL FRANCIS
     was indicted by a grand jury for using his public position
     to win a $750,000 contract for his janitorial business (N.Y.
     TIMES, 1/29)....Boxer ANDREW GOLOTA is suing RIDDICK BOWE
     and Madison Square Garden over the melee following their
     July fight (N.Y. POST, 1/29)....SEAN JONES, ANDRE RISON and
     EDGAR BENNETT appeared on NBC's "Tonight Show" last night.
     Jones on reports there were 250,000 people at the Packers
     victory parade in Green Bay, population 90,000:  "The same
     people that did the count for the Million Man March did this
     count" ("Tonight Show," NBC, 1/28).  

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: April 24, 2024

Bears set to tell their story; WNBA teams seeing box-office surge; Orlando gets green light on $500M mixed-use plan

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.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1997/01/29/Sports-Industrialists/NAMES-IN-THE-NEWS.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1997/01/29/Sports-Industrialists/NAMES-IN-THE-NEWS.aspx

CLOSE