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     ET's John Tesh previewed the swimsuit edition of INSIDE
SPORTS, which hits newsstands today.  Tesh: "Competition is
intense to get your swimsuit on a model in the INSIDE SPORTS
special issue.  800 swimsuit-makers vie for a spot, but only 25
make it" ("Entertainment Tonight," 2/27)....TNT Exec Producer
Mike Pearl says he will ask Lawrence Taylor for a month's
extension on a decision to return to TNT's NFL "Stadium Show."
Pearl is also considering Boomer Esiason and Ronnie Lott (Rudy
Martzke, USA TODAY, 2/28)....Agent David Fishof denied that his
client, Phil Simms, has any "wanderlust" to leave ESPN.  But
Simms is believed to have made an inquiry to NBC.  ABC said there
has been no contact (Richard Sandomir, N.Y. TIMES, 2/28)....In
addition to partnering on in a new multimedia venture, Bell
Atlantic, Nynex and Pacific Telesis are combining efforts for
their purchase of TV set-top "boxes," spending upwards of $800M.
The devices will act as in-home gateways for interactive
programming (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/28).

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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