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The Bruins and JetBlue announced a multiyear sponsorship deal designating JetBlue as the official airline of the team and TD Garden (Bruins).

Stewart-Haas Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series No. 10 Chevy driven by Danica Patrick will sport a pink paint scheme for each of the four October races to raise breast cancer awareness. The first pink race for the Go Daddy-sponsored car will be Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway (Go Daddy).

SXSW announced the addition of SXsports as a new component of the annual event, next scheduled for March 7-9 in Austin, Texas. Featured personalities will include Grantland's Bill Simmons, ESPN's Nate Silver, Mandalay Sports Media Chair Peter Guber and MLB Giants Social Media Dir Bryan Srabian (SXSW).

USA Rugby has reached a broadcast deal with Fox Sports for coverage of the inaugural "Black and Blue Match" Nov. 9 at PPL Park. FS1 will televise the match pitting the USA Men's Eagles against the New Zealand Maori All Blacks (Fox Sports).

Monumental Sports & Entertainment today announced the launch of the second phase of Monumental Network, which now includes a series of 15 additional websites and blogs, as well as a third-party affiliate program (MSE).

WWE today announced an integrated partnership with Totino's Pizza Rolls (WWE).

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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