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“What’s interesting to me is all the creative work, all the planning and seeing it’s better than I ever thought it would be. You feel proud that we’re living up to that legacy” – Daytona Int’l Speedway President Joie Chitwood III, on the Daytona Rising renovation project at the track (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 2/11).

“We are not an impediment to this fight. We stand ready to go. The principals need to agree to terms and come to a deal” – A statement from HBO Sports regarding negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao (HBO Sports).

“All these guys who run these organizations who talk about analytics, they have one thing in common – they’re a bunch of guys who have never played the game, and they never got the girls in high school” – TNT’s Charles Barkley, on NBA front offices using analytics more ("Inside The NBA" TNT, 2/10).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: April 26, 2024

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TNT’s Stan Van Gundy, ESPN’s Tim Reed, NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft

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