Morning Buzz

NBA Execs Convene In Miami For Sales & Marketing Event

The NBA holds its annual sales and marketing meeting today and tomorrow in Miami at the JW Marriott and Kimpton Epic Hotel. Top league and team execs will meet to discuss key areas of the business, including ticket sales, partnerships, marketing, analytics, media and technology, as well as engagement with the Gen Z sports fan. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will address the execs. The league also will present team business awards in a variety of categories. Featured speakers will be Apple Senior VP/Internet Software & Services Eddy Cue and Steve Stoute, founder of ad agency Translation and music distributor UnitedMasters.

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 29, 2024

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: Basketball ownership issues in the Twin Cities; the new Orioles ownership group has a big day in Baltimore; Steve Cohen takes a stake in Fox; and “Good Morning Football” signs off from its NYC studios.

Big Get John Smoltz, MLB is back, and busted brackets

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is Fox MLB lead analyst John Smoltz. The Hall of Fame pitcher gets us set for the full start of the MLB season with our host, SBJ’s Austin Karp.  Later, SBJ baseball writer Erik Bacharach dives into the latest with RSNs. Also on the show, SBJ golf writer Josh Carpenter dives into the latest as the PGA Tour battles declining TV numbers.

SBJ I Factor: Gloria Nevarez

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez. The second-ever MWC commissioner chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about her climb through the collegiate ranks. Nevarez is a member of SBJ’s Game Changers Class of 2019. Nevarez has had stints at the conference level in the Pac-12, West Coast Conference, and Mountain West Conference as well as at the college level at Oklahoma, Cal, and San Jose State. She shares stories of that journey as well as how being a former student-athlete guides her decision-making today. 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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