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The Baseball HOF has selected Rachel Robinson as the fourth recipient of the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. Established in '07, the award honors an individual whose efforts have broadened the game's appeal and whose character, integrity and dignity are comparable to those of the late O'Neil (Baseball HOF).

Seth Greenberg has signed a multiyear extension with ESPN. He will retain his main role of weeknight college basketball studio analyst and will continue to appear on "College GameDay" (ESPN).

ESPN will live stream 11 regular-season WNBA games during the '17 season, beginning with Fever-Wings on May 30 (ESPN).

Turner and the NBA today announced that Nicki Minaj will perform during the inaugural NBA Awards telecast on TNT, airing Monday, June 26 (NBA).

Boston-based DraftKings "plans to open a downtown Chicago office in the months ahead with as many as 50 employees" (CHICAGOBUSINESS.com, 5/25).

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TNT’s Stan Van Gundy, ESPN’s Tim Reed, NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp has two Big Get interviews. The first is with TNT’s Stan Van Gundy as he breaks down the NBA Playoffs from the booth. Later in the show, we hear from ESPN’s VP of Programming and Acquisitions Tim Reed as the NFL Draft gets set to kick off on Thursday night in Motown. SBJ’s Tom Friend also joins the show to share his insights into NBA viewership trends.

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