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          The WNBA Rockers announced that Joe Tait, the voice of
     the Cavs, will handle play-by-play duties for all 28 Rockers
     games on WERE-AM (Rockers)....Sports books featured on this
     week's USA TODAY top-selling books list include: Earl Woods'
     "Training a Tiger" (#22); Cal Ripken Jr.'s "The Only Way I
     Know" (#24); and Rick Pitino's "Success Is a Choice" (#43). 
     Other top golf books include: "Jack Nicklaus: My Story"
     (#111); Gary McCord's "Just a Range Ball in a Box of
     Titleists" (#160); John Feinstein's "A Good Walk Spoiled"
     (#170); SI writers' "Tiger Woods: The Making of a Champion"
     (#244); John Strenge's "Tiger: A Biography of Tiger Woods"
     (#247); and Tim Rosaforte's "Tiger Woods: The Making of a
     Champion" (#256) (USA TODAY, 6/19)....In Chicago Steve
     Rosenbloom reports that SI is working on a "major" piece on
     Jerry Reinsdorf.  Reinsdorf, who set terms for the story,
     including no anonymous quotes and that he be given the
     chance to respond to the statements, said, "I tried to talk
     them out of it" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/19)....Lifetime TV airs
     its second "Breaking Through" sports documentary series
     tonight at 7:00 pm ET.  Lifetime President Doug McCormick,
     on sports programming: "This isn't going to be a hit
     overnight; there's going to be somewhat of an adjustment
     period" (USA TODAY, 6/19)....Inside Sports and Fox Sports
     have reached a deal where Fox's Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long,
     James Brown and Ronnie Lott will contribute to and appear on
     the cover of Inside Sports' September NFL Preview issue,
     which will be featured on Fox NFL telecasts (Inside Sports).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: April 25, 2024

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TNT’s Stan Van Gundy, ESPN’s Tim Reed, NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp has two Big Get interviews. The first is with TNT’s Stan Van Gundy as he breaks down the NBA Playoffs from the booth. Later in the show, we hear from ESPN’s VP of Programming and Acquisitions Tim Reed as the NFL Draft gets set to kick off on Thursday night in Motown. SBJ’s Tom Friend also joins the show to share his insights into NBA viewership trends.

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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