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Bettman Promotes NHL Postseason During "Today" Appearance

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman this morning appeared on NBC's "Today" along with the Stanley Cup to promote tonight's start of the NHL postseason. NBC's Matt Lauer noted this is the "first time all the games will be televised" in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie asked, “How do you think the lockout had an effect on the season at all? I know you’re not one who thought it builds anticipation.” Bettman: "It’s not the model we wanted for our fans or for the game, but we’ve come back incredibly strong" ("Today," NBC, 4/30).

Meanwhile, HUFFINGTON POST CANADA offers a complete rundown of first-round ticket prices on the secondary market. An examination of StubHub reveals widely "varying differences" in ticket costs according to "supply and demand." In "cities like Toronto, which hasn't seen a playoff game in the last nine years, there just are not enough tickets for every fan" (HUFFINGTONPOST.ca, 4/30).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. 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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