SBJ Morning Buzzcast

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Daily: The hottest stories in sports business every morning.

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 17, 2026
#1908
Today at 11:46 AM

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
#1907
Last Friday at 11:47 AM

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


 

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
#1906
Last Thursday at 11:42 AM

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

00:38 - 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
#1905
Last Wednesday at 11:48 AM

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 -  UNC tables revenue generation discussion

09:17 - Ten...


Last published episode: 'SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 11, 2026
#1904
Last Tuesday at 11:47 AM

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 department 

08:17 - Tim Brosnan officially named Big East commissioner

09:49 - Buzzcast Takeaways  

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 10, 2026
#1903
08/10/2026

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 Act 

01:30 - College football leadership meeting about 24-team CFP meeting

03:10 - Fenway Sports Group invests WTGL team 

04:47 - Positive signs for Trailblazers staying in Portland

06:17 - Lynda Tealer to Texas 

08:12 - Will Deng leaves NFL to reunite with Brian Rolapp at PGA Tour

09:33 - Bu...


SBJ Morning Buzzcast: August 7, 2026
#1902
08/07/2026

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
#1901
08/06/2026

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
#1900
08/05/2026

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
#1899
08/04/2026

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
#1898
08/03/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp:  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
#1897
07/31/2026

World Cup turmoil, MLS succession, and the booming prediction markets reshaping sports business.

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 30, 2026
#1896
07/30/2026

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
#1895
07/29/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Joe Lemire:  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
#1894
07/28/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Joe Lemire:  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
#1893
07/27/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp:  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
#1892
07/24/2026

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
#1891
07/23/2026

Trends for $100, please; While Chiefs give sneak-peak at new stadium.

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 22, 2026
#1890
07/22/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1889
07/21/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1888
07/20/2026

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
#1887
07/17/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  Dinner conversations and takeaways from MLB's big week

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 16, 2026
#1886
07/16/2026

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 Birkdale 

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 15, 2026
#1885
07/15/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Joe Lemire:  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
#1884
07/14/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  Data points for MLB at mid-season; Fanatics Fest enters year three and NHL club meetings in Denver  

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 13, 2026
#1883
07/13/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1882
07/10/2026

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
#1881
07/09/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1880
07/08/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1879
07/07/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1878
07/06/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Reginald Walker:  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. 

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: July 2, 2026
#1877
07/02/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1876
07/01/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1875
06/30/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1874
06/29/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  Takeaways from Nashville; the World Cup's next phase and storylines around Wimbledon

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: June 26, 2026
#1873
06/26/2026

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
#1872
06/25/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1871
06/24/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1870
06/23/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  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
#1869
06/22/2026

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Abe Madkour:  How Seattle showed off for World Cup;  Assessing the Fox Sports World Cup studio; PWHL lands big-time investors and NASCAR's big weekend in San Diego

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