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MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

          NASCAR Winston Cup Champ Jeff Gordon has been named the
     True Value NASCAR Man of the Year (NASCAR). Gordon also
     appeared on the "Rosie O'Donnell Show" on Friday.  Gordon,
     who worked with Tom Cruise on "Days of Thunder," brought
     Cruise's hot pink racing shirt and other memorabilia to
     O'Donnell (PEOPLE ONLINE, 12/7-12/8)....Reggie Jackson is
     promoting Hi 5 gourmet dog biscuits.  Reggie's agent, Matt
     Merola, claims Reggie did it for free for the daughters of
     ex-Yankee teammate Fran Healy, who owns the dog snack
     company (N.Y. POST, 12/7)....Space Jam finished fourth at
     the box office this weekend grossing $4.4M for a total gross
     of $73.2M.  The soundtrack placed fifth for November 25-
     December 1 (N.Y. TIMES, 12/9)....In New York, Paul Tharp
     profiles Pepsi's CEO Roger Enrico.  Tharp: "Getting Snapple
     and its important sports beverage Gatorade is just the
     surprise bomb that Enrico would relish dropping on Coca-
     Cola" (N.Y. POST, 12/8).


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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