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A crowd of 10,039 on Wednesday attended the first session of the SEC men’s basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, “the best for the SEC Tournament since the league expanded to 14 teams” in '12 (KENTUCKY.com, 3/12).

Auto Club Speedway “plans to add more SAFER barriers, but not until after” the March 22 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 (AP, 3/12).

Lucic (l) and Bourque (r) will endorse Berkshire
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp announced deals for Hockey HOFer Ray Bourque and Bruins LW Milan Lucic to serve as bank spokespersons (Berkshire Hills Bancorp).

"Premier Boxing Champions" is running a full-page ad in USA Today promoting tonight’s card on Spike TV, which is headlined by Andre Berto-Josesito Lopez and Shawn Porter-Roberto Garcia bouts (THE DAILY).

Bristol Motor Speedway is running a full-page ad in USA Today touting ticket sales for the April 19 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500: “It’s Not Just A Race #ItsBristolBaby” (THE DAILY).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 13, 2024

Upfront week and sports is grabbing more of the pie; Why the WNBA going to Toronto is important; San Diego continues to be a baseball town

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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