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L.A. Galaxy

The L.A. Galaxy and Herbalife have unveiled the club’s new 2024 jersey -- the Angeleno Kit -- in advance of their 2024 MLS season. Herbalife has sponsored the Galaxy’s jersey for 17 consecutive seasons, the longest-running jersey sponsorship in MLS history (Galaxy).

The Argentine men’s national soccer team has "finalized plans to play Guatemala" at FedExField on June 14, "a deal that will bring superstar Lionel Messi to the Washington area for the second time in a three-month span." There is "no certainty" Messi will play, but "with Argentina opening defense of its Copa América title six days later, he seems almost certain to play at least a portion" (WASHINGTON POST, 2/16).

Inter Miami has signed Duracell as the club's Official Power partner. Duracell will help power player GPS vests and heart monitors and will also have a visible presence throughout DRV PNK Stadium with matchday signage and new Duracell-branded phone charging stations (Inter Miami)

Wine producer Caymus Vineyards has renewed and expanded its partnership with Stewart-Haas Racing. Caymus Vineyards will have a yearlong presence on the lower-rear quarter panel of the No. 41 Ford Mustang driven by Ryan Preece, along with branding on Preece’s firesuit. Additionally, Caymus Vineyards will have heightened signage on all four Stewart-Haas cars (Stewart-Haas Racing).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 9, 2024

WNBA regular season games to be available on Disney+; Candace Parker's new role at Adidas; Rory McIlroy will not return to PGA Tour Policy Board and Theo Epstein's role with the PGA Tour moving forward.

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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