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     Appearing on the "Late, Late Show with Tom Snyder," NBC's
Hannah Storm was asked about Albert Belle's blowup during last
year's World Series.  Storm said she will be "the ultimate
professional" when dealing with Belle in the future but added she
did not want to "add to the verbal war of words."  Storm:
"Baseball addressed the issue, it's taken care of and it's time
to move on" (Baltimore SUN, 3/28)....In its third year of
marketing the worldwide feed, ProServ Television has sold the '96
Men's Final Four to 91 countries and Women's Final Four to 55
nations (ProServ). ....TCI reported a revenue increase of 18.5%
for '95 and 24.6% for the 4th quarter of '95 (TCI)....The NFL
reports that in a recent survey conducted by the league, 21.4% of
its satellite subscribers listed NFL matchups as a main reason
for buying a dish (CABLE WORLD, 3/25 issue).

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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