SBJ Morning Buzzcast
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 17, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Will there be another vote on Spurs arena? Red Sox' real estate play and two names in the news at Elevate and NFL Cardinals
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 14, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Joe Lemire: MLB returns to Field of Dreams; NBA releases full schedule; Nielsen shares uptick in women’s sports; La Liga adds sensored ball
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00:00 - Introduction/Field of Dreams Game a success
01:11 - Netflix continues to swing big on MLB broadcasts
01:52 - NBA releases full schedule
05:25 - Bears potential move still in limbo
06:09 - Survey: Huge jump in viewership and sponsorship for women’s sports
07:27 - Jayden Daniels sends cease and desist letter sent to LSU
07:59 - Wor...
SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 13, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Breaking down the Lakers deal and what it means; Patriots raise the bar on a football facility and could a Bears stadium deal be close?
00:00 - Introduction/Bears closer to Indiana move
00:38Â - Lakers sold to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner for record-breaking valuation
04:20 - WNBA task force met this week  over eligibility rules
05:37 - Patriots open NFL’s largest football-focused space
07:21 - NBA schedule includes afternoon opening game
08:45 - NHL is having a moment according to survey
09...
SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 12, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: An uncertain Tony Romo timeline, DC's building boom and a Holy Night in Chicago
00:00 - Introduction; Pope Hat giveaway night in Chicago
00:50 - CBS Sports president David Berson addresses Tony Romo’s on-air status
03:12 - Building boom in D.C.
04:47 - Interest in NBA Europe continues to grow
06:09 - F1 close to adding a race in Africa
06:50 - New Seahawks owner Vinod Khosla’s plans do not include NBA
08:07 - Â UNC tables revenue generation discussion
09:17 - Ten...
Last published episode: 'SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 11, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Anxious days for the WNBA and FIFA; early reviews for Highmark Stadium and who is the new leader of the Big East
00:00 - Introduction; Rare public rebuke as Gianni Infantino’s FIFA future in jeopardy
02:47 - Tense times for WNBA and WNBPA
04:48 - Bills’ co-owner Kim Pegula returns to spotlight as new Highmark Stadium opens to public
06:19 - UNC looking for additional revenue streams for athletic departmentÂ
08:17 - Tim Brosnan officially named Big East commissioner
09:49 - Buzzcast Takeaways Â
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 10, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Protect College Sports act punted till September, for now; CFP leaders meet to discuss 24-team playoff and Blazers one step closer to Moda renovation
00:00 - Introduction; Senate adjourns without voting on Protect College Sports ActÂ
01:30 - College football leadership meeting about 24-team CFP meeting
03:10 - Fenway Sports Group invests WTGL teamÂ
04:47 - Positive signs for Trailblazers staying in Portland
06:17 - Lynda Tealer to TexasÂ
08:12 - Will Deng leaves NFL to reunite with Brian Rolapp at PGA Tour
09:33 - Bu...
SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 7, 2026
A big day in football — both on and off the field; the World Cup boosts Fox; and another undisclosed sponsorship for Kawhi Leonard?
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 6, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Lions and Oilers get new leaders; new approaches in horse racing and final thoughts on organizational problem solving
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 5, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Tom Garfinkel closes one chapter and prepares for the next; Larry Berg says all the right things and ASK SBJ debuts
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 4, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: What will Larry Berg bring to MLS? And what will Tim Brosnan bring to the Big East? Finally, execs talk about problems that need solving
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 3, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: Â The Protect College Sports Act gets SEC/Big Ten support; Gianni Infantino likely facing leadership challenge at FIFA; and CBS needs to decide its future with Tony Romo.
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 31, 206
World Cup turmoil, MLS succession, and the booming prediction markets reshaping sports business.
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 30, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp:  MLS wraps up All-Star week; The T’Wolves head to DAZN; Proskauer lands Jeff Pash; and 76ers fans are buying tons of LeBron James merch.
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 29, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Joe Lemire: Â FIFA proposes $20B commercial entity to manage the World Cup; PGA Tour lands another tourney sponsor; Notre Dame gets jersey patch deal
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 28, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Joe Lemire: Â NBCU, YouTube partner up; MLS eyes media rights fee raise; Ohio State, Illinois add college sports jersey patch deals
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 27, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: Â Reflections on a trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame; takeaways from WNBA All-Star weekend; the Packers feel they are falling behind without access to private equity; and Flavor Flav finds time for the races at Saratoga.
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 24, 2026
A Charlotte party for the Panthers; WNBA's strong sponsor activation around All-Star Game and Harbinger Sports Group's first investment is in the A's.
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 23, 2026
Trends for $100, please; While Chiefs give sneak-peak at new stadium.
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 22, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Final numbers from the World Cup; How Progressive landed with Cleveland's W franchise and the Bills and Sabres make their moves
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 21, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â What's next in Ann Arbor? The NHL invests in media production and flag football has a new leader
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 20, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Reginald Walker:  A look at the World Cup final’s in-venue business; World Cup total revenue to exceed expectations; the Lakers announce a new jersey patch deal and putting a bow on the MLB All-Star Week business.
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 17, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Dinner conversations and takeaways from MLB's big week
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 16, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Josh Carpenter: The World Cup keeps delivering; the Buss Brothers look to NBA Europe; and a big weekend on tap at Royal BirkdaleÂ
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 15, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Joe Lemire: Â Dallas completes World Cup run with France-Spain semi; Fox Sports airs doubleheader with MLB All-Star Game; Baseball leaders discuss labor situation; Bundesliga will stream on...Fandango?
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 14, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Data points for MLB at mid-season; Fanatics Fest enters year three and NHL club meetings in Denver Â
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 13, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Inside the Seahawks deal, MLS' big post-World Cup effort and assessing ESPN's coverage of Wimbledon
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 10, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Joe Lemire:  USMNT makes coach hire — for LA28; CSC releases NIL report; NFL flag venue takes shape
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 9, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â A heavyweight battle for the NBA in Vegas and Greg Maffei sees an opportunity in horse racing
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 8, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Story lines shift on World Cup, and not for the better; Gotham FC eyes bigger stage at Etihad Park and Big 12 lands Monster in novel deal
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 7, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Canada's sports power player; why Full Swing made sense for Versant and the NBA tests speeding up its product
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 6, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Reginald Walker: Â Previewing the USMNT round of 16 match against Belgium; World Cup providing an economic boom across the country and the aftermath of the Boston Celtics blockbuster trade.Â
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 2, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â From padel to college to the NBA, headlines and highlights leading into the July 4th weekend
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 1, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Fox's World Cup viewership in context; the bids are in for NBA Europe and is football America's game?
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: June 30, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â PLL gets shot in the arm with new funding; Iger eyes NBA Vegas team? Chicago Fire spend on the pitch before new stadium opens
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: June 29, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Takeaways from Nashville; the World Cup's next phase and storylines around Wimbledon
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: June 26, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp:  All things soccer as the World Cup’s Round of 32 approaches; MLB looks to revolutionize its player contracts; Kalshi looks to raise funds at a $40B valuation; Dave Pasch re-ups at ESPN; and Apple TV looks to attract more F1 viewers with a race in front of the paywall.
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: June 25, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Allstate doubles down on college and women's sports; Dundon talks Moda Center; Cosm gets funding to expand and a Chicago switch
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: June 24, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Bettman eyes opportunities in Texas; breaking down first round NBA Draft picks and their agents and the PGA Tour's historic day
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: June 23, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â Foley eyes NBA in Las Vegas; why World Cup success rubs off on LA28 and the White family legacy in college sports grows
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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: June 22, 2026
Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour: Â How Seattle showed off for World Cup; Â Assessing the Fox Sports World Cup studio; PWHL lands big-time investors and NASCAR's big weekend in San Diego
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