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The Heat Charitable Fund, the Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation and Carnival Corporation are pledging up to $10M in funding and support for relief and rebuilding efforts in Florida and throughout the Caribbean following Hurrican Irma (Heat)....Seahawks QB RUSSELL WILSON and food company Eat the Ball are "being sued by a pair of former employees who claim they had not been paid since July." Wilson has been a spokesperson for the company since it launched in the U.S. in '14 and is "listed as a minority owner in the lawsuit" (SI.com, 9/15)....The Starmount Academy of Excellence in Charlotte received $100,000 from Hornets C DWIGHT HOWARD for the “operational expenses to begin a Boys and Girls Club at the elementary school” (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 9/15).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 9, 2024

WNBA regular season games to be available on Disney+; Candace Parker's new role at Adidas; Rory McIlroy will not return to PGA Tour Policy Board and Theo Epstein's role with the PGA Tour moving forward.

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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