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PREVIEW OF THIS WEEKEND'S SPORTS TV

     SATURDAY:  NBC will carry Notre Dame vs. Brigham Young and
show the golf Skills Challenge at 5:00 EST.  CBS will continue
with their boxing series at 4:30.  ABC has CFA football, with
Penn State vs. Michigan at 3:30 as the highlight.  ESPN will
televise "Midnight Madness," the NCAA's first basketball practice
of the season at 12:00am.  On "College Gameday," Mike Tirico
features the three top 10 teams on probation -- Auburn, Texas
A&M, and Washington.
     SUNDAY:  On Fox's "NFL Sunday," Howie Long will focus on the
new look Eagles defense; Lonnie Lardner features Cardinals
defensive tackle Eric Swann; and Matt Millen will cover the
return of Deion Sanders to Atlanta.  On NBC's "NFL Live," Dick
Enberg interviews Dan Marino; Greg Gumbel speaks with Jeff
Hostetler; and Ahmad Rashad profiles the Patriots' Ben Coates.
At halftime of the Game 1, Will McDonough visits with Patriots
owner Bob Kraft.  On ESPN's "Gameday," Lesley Visser looks at the
Eagles' Charlie Garner, Chris Mortensen examines the Chargers,
and Greg Garber profiles Steve Emtman.  ESPN's "Sunday
Conversation" is Grant Hill.

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 8, 2024

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: The NFL sets a date for its 2024 schedule release, while also dropping hints that it could soon approve private equity investment in teams; WNBA teams finally land charter flights; the F1 Miami Grand Prix delivers a record on TV; and Elevate lands in Happy Valley.

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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