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MLBAM's "RBI Baseball 17" Now Available For Nintendo Switch

MLBAM today released its baseball video game title “RBI Baseball 17” at retail for the Nintendo Switch platform. The release marks the first time in more than 20 years that a game in the RBI Baseball game franchise will be on a platform from Nintendo, where it originally debuted and gained popularity in the '80s before its revival earlier this decade. The title is also the first officially licensed pro sports league game for the Switch at retail. Like the “RBI Baseball 17” versions for other gaming platforms, this edition features Dodgers SS Corey Seager on the U.S. and global covers. Blue Jays CF Kevin Pillar graces the cover in Canada.

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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