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     On the anniversary of the NFL's expansion award to the
Carolinas and JERRY RICHARDSON, Panthers owner Richardson reflects
on the year's events and progress in a CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
interview.  Richardson credits the advice of former NFL
Commissioner PETE ROZELLE as an invaluable factor in Charlotte
gaining a franchise.  Richardson says it's "amazing" that no other
expansion hopefuls contacted Rozelle  (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER,
10/26)....A pre-trial hearing date of December 16 has been set in
BRYAN COX's lawsuit against the NFL, according to Cox's lawyer.
Cox is suing the league claiming it did not provide adequate
security in a game last season in which Bills' fans taunted Cox,
prompting him to respond with an obscene gesture.  The lawsuit
does not ask for monetary damages, only for a permanent change in
league security policy (MIAMI HERALD, 10/26)....FORBES lists
Callaway Golf founder ELY CALLAWAY as No. 1 in their list of
highest paid bosses among their 200 Best Small Companies in
America (FORBES, 11/7 issue)....Saints Owner TOM BENSON is
reportedly interested in owning an NHL team.  BRIAN BURKE, NHL
Senior VP & Dir of Hockey Ops, said the league "would smile" on
Benson owning an NHL team (New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, 10/23)....
Patriots Owner ROBERT KRAFT and Radio Talk Show host DON IMUS are
donating $4,000 a piece to help the family of a cancer-stricken 6-
year-old in Lowell, MA (AP/Mult., 10/25)....Tennis writer Josh
Young lists the eight most powerful people in tennis, in
descending order:  IMG Chair MARK MCCORMACK, IMG Sr. VP ROBERT
KAIN, ATP Tour CEO MARK MILES, Nike Chair PHILIP KNIGHT, Agassi
Enterprises chair ANDRE AGASSI, ProServ Chair DONALD DELL,
Advantage Int'l Managing Dir PHIL de PICCIOTTO, ESPN/CBS
commentator MARY CARILLO (WASHINGTON TIMES, 10/26)....Former Colt
and Hall of Famer ART DONOVAN, on with David Letterman last night:
"These quarterbacks today, they go back to throw the ball and
before they get hit, they get hurt.  I was watching the Giants the
other day and I was watching the guy on the field, he got hurt and
he's laying on the ground, next thing you know they got 18 guys
around him.  They got the chaplin, the equipment manager, they got
the doctor.  The guy is laying on the field like he got shot.
Then after 15 minutes he jumps up and runs off the field.  I am
saying to myself, 'What kind of bullshit is this!'" ("Late Show,"
CBS, 10/25).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

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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