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Burns & Wilcox has renewed its sponsorship with golfer Webb Simpson, who originally partnered with the insurance broker in January '17 (Burns & Wilcox).

The Wichita City Council today "voted to agree" to a memorandum of understanding between the city and the owners of the Triple-A PCL New Orleans Baby Cakes. The club last week filed a relocation application seeking to move to the city (BIZJOURNALS.com, 9/11).

Top Rank and U.K.-based Queensbury Promotions have reached a licensing agreement to "bring Queensbury fights to the ESPN platforms in the U.S. and Canada" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 9/11).

Pro Football HOFer Brett Favre will host a weekly radio show on SiriusXM NFL Radio this season. Favre made his season debut earlier today, and each episode will air live every Tuesday from 11:00am-noon ET for the rest of the season (SiriusXM).

USL expansion club Birmingham Legion FC has signed a partnership with social media CRM company INFLCR, the company’s first professional sports client. INFLCR, founded in ’17, has partnerships with several NCAA clients from the ACC, SEC, Big Ten and Big 12, among others (Ian Thomas, Staff Writer).

Massachusetts-based Coghlin Companies and its subsidiaries Columbia Tech and Cogmedix have reached a three-year extension with the Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management through the '21 season (Coghlin Companies).

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Learfield's Cory Moss, MASN/ESPN's Ben McDonald, and Canelo

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp has two Big Get interviews. The first is with Learfield's Cory Moss as he talks about his company’s collaboration on EA Sports College Football. Later in the show, we hear from MASN/ESPN baseball analyst Ben McDonald on how he sees the college and professional baseball scene shaking out. SBJ’s Adam Stern shares his thoughts on the upcoming Canelo-Mungia bout on Prime Video and DAZN.

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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