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NETWORK NEWS: CBS SPORTS LOOKS TO GET BACK IN GAME

     CBS:  The state of CBS Sports is profiled by Richard
Sandomir of the N.Y. TIMES, who writes CBS Sports "is alive,
albeit without any of the top four sports."  The division's
"headaches" lie with CBS Sports President David Kenin, whose
critics say was "unprepared for the role and took too long to
familiarize himself with CBS's personnel and properties.  His
defenders say ... he brought civility and administrative skill to
a fractious, depressed division" (N.Y. TIMES, 6/24).
Westinghouse Chair Michael Jordan was profiled by Paul Farhi of
the WASHINGTON POST.  After Westinghouse's purchase of CBS,
Jordan "became convinced that broadcasting was the one
Westinghouse business that held long-term promise."  Farhi notes
Jordan is considering splitting the company between industrial
and media.  Farhi adds, "There also have been hints of other
media acquisitions, perhaps in the cable TV business" (WASHINGTON
POST, 6/23).
     FOX:  Fox's MLB coverage on Saturday gained its highest
overnight rating with a 4.0 (Rudy Martzke, USA TODAY, 6/24).  In
Chicago, Michael Hirsley gives high marks to Saturday's MLB,
especially Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly's frank criticism of
White Sox slugger Frank Thomas.  Hirsley:  "The honeymoon between
Fox Sports and the high-priced stars of its fledgling Major
League Baseball telecasts might have finally ended" (CHICAGO
TRIBUNE, 6/24).
     NBC:  NBC Sports' broadcasting lineup and their "triple
crown" of the NBA, Olympic trials, and U.S. Open golf is profiled
by Michael Goldstein of BUSINESS WEEK.  He notes each sports
property, adding "years of planning are behind NBC's sports coup"
(BUSINESS WEEK, 7/1).
     CNN:  In a special week-long series, CNN's "Moneyline" will
profile five sports stars who have turned their status and
earnings into major business success.  Starting tonight, CNN will
profile, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Gabrielle Reece, Fran
Tarkenton, and Michael Jordan (CNN).

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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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