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French basketball club ASVEL is reportedly firing coach Zvezdan Mitrovic for "gross misconduct," including "technical errors and ejections" (L'EQUIPE, 5/21). 

EPL side Sheffield United said that Prince Abdullah "remains [its] owner"-- despite the U.K.'s Companies House saying that he had "ceased to be a person with significant control" in October  (BBC, 5/21). http:

Premiership Rugby clubs will "not return to training for another two weeks at least, ending hopes of a resumption of the season in early July" (BBC, 5/21)

Journalists Christian Jeanpierre and Gabriel Clarke are co-producing a documentary on the ’03-04 Arsenal “Invincibles” team, which will “premier in September,” according to sources (OZAP.com, 5/20). 

The Chinese-American owner of investment company NewCity Capital has announced the group's "latest investment in European soccer" after it was confirmed that it had purchased Belgian first division club KV Oostende (CHINA DAILY, 5/21).

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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