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NAMES IN THE NEWS

          TIGER WOODS will be in Denver in May to teach a youth
     golf clinic.  Park Hill Golf Course Head Pro LAURA
     LESZCZYNSKI, whose course will play host to the event that
     includes a celebrity fund-raising auction on May 7-8: "I'm
     unbelievably excited" (RMN, 1/20)....Tigers Owner MIKE
     ILITCH and his co-owners of a "short-lived" MI restaurant
     have "been accused...of breaching a leasing contract" on the
     restaurant's building.  Building owner BRUCE CAMERON's
     lawsuit states that he wants $300,000 and "undetermined
     damages" from Ilitch and his wife MARIAN, a part-owner of
     Detroit's MotorCity Casino (DETROIT NEWS, 1/20)....Indians
     SS OMAR VIZQUEL and Venezuelan President HUGO CHAVEZ will
     host a charity softball game January 22 in Caracas to assist
     the Venezuelan flood relief effort (WorldVision)....ROD
     SYLVIA earned the chance to kick for the Hershey's Million
     Dollar Kick sweepstakes at a contest held yesterday in San
     Diego.  Sylvia can win $1M by kicking a 40-yard field goal
     before Super Bowl XXXIV (Hershey's).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: April 26, 2024

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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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