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NWSL Offers More Detailed Timeline, Format For Ninth Season

The NWSL unveiled more details of its ninth season, which will begin in local markets on April 9 with the NWSL Challenge Cup. Players will report to camp on Feb. 1. The 24-match regular season will begin on May 15 and finish on Oct. 30 before a league champion is crowned on Nov. 20. The 10-team league will include expansion club Racing Louisville FC as well as a new club in K.C., which relocated from Utah as part of an ownership change. Chris and Angie Long of K.C.-area Palmer Square Capital Investment lead the group along with Brittany Matthews, fiancée of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes.

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On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with our Big Get, NASCAR SVP/Media and Productions Brian Herbst. The pair talk ahead of All-Star Weekend about how the sanctioning body’s media landscape has shaped up. The Poynter Institute’s Tom Jones drops in to share who’s up and who’s down in sports media. Also on the show, David Cushnan of our sister outlet Leaders in Sport talks about how things are going across the pond. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane shares the latest from the 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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