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The Basketball Tournament Wraps Up With Successful Baltimore Event

The Basketball Tournament’s championship game last night drew a "near-capacity crowd" at Coppin State Univ.'s Physical Education Complex, which saw Overseas Elite win its third straight tournament title and the accompanying $2M prize. The city of Baltimore also "came away equally rewarded in proving a fine host for the three-day national event." TBT Founder & CEO Jon Mugar considered the event a "big success," adding that Baltimore will be "strongly considered to host the tournament in the future." Mugar: "I feel really great how things have gone the first year here" (Baltimore SUN, 8/4).

Sue Bird and Dawn Porter talk upcoming doc, Ricardo Viramontes of UNINTERRUPTED and NBA conference finals

This week’s pod comes to you from 4se where SBJ’s Austin Karp is joined by basketball legend Sue Bird and award-winning director Dawn Porter as the duo share how their documentary, Power of the Dream, came together and what viewers can expect. Later in the show ,Ricardo Viramontes of The SpringHill Company/UNINTERRUPTED talks about how LeBron James and Maverick Carter are making their own mark in original content. Plus SBJ’s Mollie Cahillane joins the pod to add insight into the WNBA’s hot start and gets us set for the NBA Conference Finals.

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