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USA Lacrosse has entered into a multiyear agreement with New Balance to serve as the “Official On-Field Apparel Sponsor for the National Team Development Program. The agreement runs through the end of 2024 and all NTDP athletes will be outfitted with New Balance apparel for training and competitions (USA Lacrosse).

The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America will honor its longtime tournament ambassador and golf’s winningest player -- Kathy Whitworth -- with several programs and initiatives leading up to and during tournament week (LPGA).

Major League Pickleball franchise D.C. Pickleball Team has "landed the region’s largest association," AARP, as its front-of-jersey sponsor (WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/20).

Sport Fishing Championship (SFC), the governing body of saltwater tournament fishing, has hired Connect Partnership Group to support its commercial partnerships and business development efforts. Connect Partnership Group will work alongside the SFC team to accelerate and scale commercial partnership opportunities (SFC).

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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