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LA 2024 officials "could formally announce" as early as this week their "opening and closing ceremonies plans" for the $2.66B stadium being built in Inglewood by Rams Owner Stan Kroenke (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 1/14).

Search firm DHR Int'l has "begun assessing the interest of 'highly desirable' candidates" for the vacant Pitt AD role (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 1/16).

UFC 210 will "be staged in the KeyBank Center in Buffalo" on April 8. Details about the fight card are not yet available (BUFFALO NEWS, 1/16).

The Univ. of Wisconsin "set a new NCAA record for attendance at a women’s hockey game" with 15,359 fans at Kohl Center on Saturday for the biennial “Fill the Bowl” game against Minnesota. Wisconsin topped its own record of 13,573 (SI.com, 1/15).

An announced crowd of 6,500 attended yesterday's FloridaCup soccer doubleheader at UCF's Bright House Networks Stadium, which included a match between Argentinian side River Plate and Colombian side Millonarios, as well as a game between Brazilian club Bahia and Argentinian club Estudiantes (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 1/16).

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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