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          TEAM NOTES: ESPN's SkyCam will make its debut tonight
     during the Panthers-Red Wings game (Pittsburgh POST-GAZETTE,
     2/26)....MLB Devil Rays games on SportsChannel FL will not
     be shown in Orlando because cable carrier Time Warner "says
     there's not enough interest in baseball."  Orlando's WNTO,
     however, will carry 41 Devil Rays' telecasts this season
     (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 2/27)....Fox Sports Chicago is signed for
     11 MLS Fire games, beginning with the opener March 21 at
     Miami (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 2/27)....Fox Sports New England will
     carry 20 regular season games and up to four playoff game of
     the MLS Revolution (FSNE).
          NOTES: In L.A., Larry Stewart reports that most west
     coast ABC affils will not air Saturday's Duke-UNC game,
     2:00pm EST, because "the ABC children's programming division
     is reluctant to give up any of its Saturday morning time
     block to the sports division."  It will be shown in L.A.
     however, as ABC made a "one-time-only exception" with KABC
     (L.A. TIMES, 2/27)....WinStreak's sports contests division,
     SHARC, has launched The '98 Fantasy Golf Challenge, co-
     sponsored by Cobra Golf and MasterCard.  SHARC will
     administer the golf contest on its Web site (IGN).

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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