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Soccer Notes: Nashville Moves Forward With WC Host Bid

Nashville is "moving forward with its bid to be a host city" for the '26 FIFA World Cup (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 1/20).

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter is "quoted as saying in a new book" that he called President Obama before the governing body awarded the '22 World Cup to Qatar to "tell him the U.S. was likely going to lose out" (ESPN.com, 1/20).

Manchester United tomorrow is "expected to complete the signing" of Arsenal F Alexis Sanchez, who is reportedly set to pocket US$692,970 a week to "make him the highest paid player in Britain" (EXPRESS.co.uk, 1/21).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 24, 2024

A look at how the NCAA and Power 5 will pay athletes directly; MLB's attendance and ratings numbers up; Tanenbaum's vision for Toronto's WNBA franchise and WBD Sports to air some CFP games in sublicense agreement.

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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