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Number Of African-American MLBers Goes Up Slightly In '15, Sparking Renewed Optimism

Among the 868 players on MLB opening-day rosters and disabled lists, "only 7.8%" are African-Americans, yet that percentage "remains flat from a year ago, and the total number of players has gone up, with 68 African-Americans on opening-day rosters," according to Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY. The n...

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 21, 2024

Historic week for the NCAA?; NFL owners vote on private equity; NASCAR's charters; and the NBA Conference Finals.

NASCAR’s Brian Herbst, NFL Schedule Release, Caitlin Clark Effect

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with our Big Get, NASCAR SVP/Media and Productions Brian Herbst. The pair talk ahead of All-Star Weekend about how the sanctioning body’s media landscape has shaped up. The Poynter Institute’s Tom Jones drops in to share who’s up and who’s down in sports media. Also on the show, David Cushnan of our sister outlet Leaders in Sport talks about how things are going across the pond. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane shares the latest from the network upfronts.

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