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Mavericks Owner MARK CUBAN is helping former NBAer DELONTE WEST, who has "battled substance abuse and homelessness." Cuban yesterday "picked West up at a Dallas gas station." A source said that Cuban "put West up in a hotel and is offering to help pay for substance abuse treatment." The report indicated that Cuban had been "trying to contact West for days" (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 9/29).

NAMES: CNBC’s Robert Frank reported when NFL Panthers Owner DAVID TEPPER moved from New Jersey to Florida in '15, New Jersey’s budget director called it a "new forecast risk because of the amount of taxes that that one taxpayer paid." Now Tepper is "back just in time for New Jersey's latest tax hike and New Jersey State Senate President STEVE SWEENEY saying Tepper called him to say he moved back to New Jersey in January and that ‘you got an extra $120 million coming from me.’" That means the state’s "new 10.75% tax rate on Tepper’s comp of over $1 billion last year would be around $120 million” (“Squawk Box,” CNBC, 9/29)....A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday against Lockheed Martin on "behalf of Golf Channel employees who worked close to the site" in Tangelo Park, Fla. The 11 Golf Channel employees listed in the complaint "worked at the company in the period from 1994 to 2020" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 9/29).

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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