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2012 Year In Review

People We Will Miss: Significant Deaths In Global Sports Business This Year

Here is a list of sports luminaries who died this year.

F1 Doctor Sid Watkins (Sept. 12).

Australian rules footballer John McCarthy (Sept. 10).

China CCTV football commentator Tao Wei (Aug. 27).

Board of Control for Cricket in India Union Minister and Mumbai Cricket Association President Vilasrao Deshmukh (Aug. 14).

Hungarian Grand Prix promoter Tamas Frank (June 5).

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India President P.M. Rungta (July 12).

Australian sprinter Daniel Batman (June 26).

Former Premiership rugby Sale Sharks player David Tait (Dec. 13).

Motorsport biker Luis Carreira (Nov. 15).

Former Man City Manager John Bond (Sept. 25).

Former British jockey, journalist, broadcaster John Oaksey (Sept. 5).

Russian women's volleyball coach Sergei Ovchinnikov (Aug. 29).

Former Newcastle United CEO Freddie Fletcher (Aug. 27).

Former Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Hiromori Kawashima (Dec. 9).

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: April 29, 2024

A record NFL Draft; An NFL vision for the future; Stadium Plan B emerges in K.C. and a Messi-led record in Foxborough

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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Sports Media Podcast April 24 Whos Up Whos Down

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