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          Holley, MI-based Sure Shot Int'l announced Tuesday it
     has been acquired by Huffy Sports Co.  Huffy bought Sure
     Shot and its Hydra-Rib Inc. subsidiary for $1.5M (DETROIT
     FREE PRESS, 7/23)....In Orange County, CA, Jonathan Lansner:
     "Can hoops star Michael Jordan really serve two masters? 
     There's an obvious conflict-of-interest problem in Jordan
     being a well-paid, leaping billboard for ... Nike while
     serving on the board of directors at ... Oakley.  And that
     was BEFORE Oakley decided to sue Nike over the designs of
     Nike's new line of sunglasses" (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER,
     7/23)....The ATP Tour's Luke and Murphy Jensen have switched
     to Wavex Tennis Racquets (Wavex)....Ron Norick, co-Owner of
     L&R Motorsports, announced that his NHL-sponsored team will
     temporarily suspend operations (SPEED SPORT NEWS, 7/16).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: April 29, 2024

A record NFL Draft; An NFL vision for the future; Stadium Plan B emerges in K.C. and a Messi-led record in Foxborough

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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