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Iowa State paid Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search firm $90,000 "for work it did in what was a very quick" process that resulted in MATT CAMPBELL “becoming the school’s newest football coach” (DMREG.com, 12/2).

NAMES: A documentary about former NFLer STEVE GLEASON’s battle with ALS “has been accepted” into the '16 Sundance Film Festival (NOLA.com, 12/2)....Skier LINDSEY VONN has "found time to oversee" her recently launched Lindsey Vonn Foundation, a nonprofit that "helps girls empower themselves and begin to realize their dreams" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 12/3)....Cowboys C TRAVIS FREDERICK was among a group of team players who "visited with and signed autographs for children at Scottish Rite Hospital." The Cowboys' players and cheerleaders "broke into groups and went to four hospitals" in total (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 12/3).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 8, 2024

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: The NFL sets a date for its 2024 schedule release, while also dropping hints that it could soon approve private equity investment in teams; WNBA teams finally land charter flights; the F1 Miami Grand Prix delivers a record on TV; and Elevate lands in Happy Valley.

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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