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AT&T on Friday announced that the Oklahoma-Texas football rivalry in '14 will be known as the AT&T Red River Showdown. The updated name is part of a brand refresh for the series, which includes a new game logo and individual team marks (AT&T).

Pepsi on Monday will begin selling special cans in the K.C. market honoring Sporting KC's '13 MLS Cup championship (Pepsi).

The AFL and HYDRIVE Energy Water announced a partnership that will make HYDRIVE the official sponsor of the Arena Football Hall of Fame this season (AFL).

Black Hills Soccer club has agreed to be affiliated with the MLS Rapids, marking the "first time a youth sports organization in South Dakota has partnered with a professional team" (AP, 4/4).

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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.

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