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MARKETPLACE ROUNDUP

     After relinquishing its position as official telecom
consultant to the NFL, GTE says it will explore other sports
sponsorship opportunities and that staff will not be affected by
the loss (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 3/21)....Miller Brewing breaks two new
spots for Miller Genuine Draft Light, themed "The lighter side of
MGD" (AD AGE ONLINE, 3/21)....HA-LO Industries and the Cubs
announced that HA-LO has sponsored installation of cup holders in
31,000 of Wrigley Field's seats, including skyboxes.  Cubs
VP/Marketing John McDonough: "HA-LO is the only commercial name
inside Wrigley Field.  The presentation of the company's logo is
very tasteful and we do not feel that it contradicts the pristine
environment of the ball park (HA-LO)....Charlotte Motor Speedway
founder Bruton Smith and President H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler are on a
three-week "road show," visiting investment brokers to promote
the second issue of 3,100,000 shares of Speedway Motorsports
stock (Charlotte Motor Speedway).... Int'l Motor Sports
Association President Charles Slater confirmed that he may bring
in additional investors to the sanctioning body (TAMPA TRIBUNE,
3/21)....The Bigsby & Kruthers Dennis Rodman mural in Chicago was
originally intended to have shown him with sleeves, but Bigsby
Partner Gene Silverberg noted it didn't look "natural," so they
went sleeveless (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 3/20)....Theater owners at
last week's NATO/ShoWest convention were "surprisingly
enthusiastic" about sports-based movies due out this summer,
including "Eddie," starring Whoopi Goldberg, "Tin Cup," starring
Kevin Costner and Don Johnson, and "Space Jam" starring Michael
Jordan and Larry Bird (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, 3/22 issue)....In a
Giants press release on the '96 Bay Bridge Series, the team
refers to their ballpark as "Candlestick Park," not 3Com Park
(THE DAILY).

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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