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MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

          SUPER BOWL: CT-based Millsport will handle Royal
     Caribbean Int'l and Celebrity Cruises' Super Bowl XXXII
     sponsorship.  Millsport will work with other agencies,
     including McKinney & Silver Advertising and CKS Promotions,
     on the cruise line's title sponsorship of the '98 Super Bowl
     halftime show (Millsport)....CA-based Sun Microsystems will
     make its Super Bowl debut in January as part of a new,
     "nearly" $30M brand campaign.  The company has also bought
     time during the NBA Playoffs (AD AGE, 10/24).
          AHL: The AHL has renewed its marketing deal with CCM
     through the '97-98 season.  CCM will serve as title sponsor
     of the CCM AHL Graduate Of The Month & Scholarship Program. 
     The AHL has also extended its partnership with Air Nova/Air
     Canada as the official airline of the AHL in Canada (AHL).
          GENERAL: The NFL QB Club selected Toys R' Us VP John
     Sullivan to appear in its first print ad campaign.  The ad
     is timed to break in the "Super Show" editions of sporting
     goods, toy and retail trade publications this February
     (NFL)....As part of its F.I.R.S.T. SERVE program, the Corel
     WTA Tour will donate $100,000 worth of Corel software to
     five schools in each borough of NYC (Corel WTA Tour).

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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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