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"Given that the crowd will largely be made up of Yankees fans, he should get a kind reception. He was here for eight seasons, after all, and really never did anything to anger the base" -- Miami Herald Marlins beat reporter Clark Spencer, on Giancarlo Stanton making his return to Marlins Park tonight (NEWSDAY, 8/21).

"Probably the biggest challenge you can have in tennis is to win all the Masters (events), and I’ve been trying it for the last couple of years" -- Novak Djokovic, on becoming the first player to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events after his victory at the Western & Southern Open last week (“Today,” NBC, 8/21).

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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