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          TNT airs "Before They Were Pros" tonight at 8:00pm ET. 
     The 90-minute show from TNT & NFL Films features the careers
     of NFL players, Brett Favre, Marcus Allen, John Elway, Wayne
     Chrebet and Troy Aikman (TNT).  In N.Y., David Bianculli
     gives the program two stars, noting, "Some stories are every
     bit as inspirational as intended.  In particular, those of
     Allen ... and Chrebet" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 9/30).
          GENERAL: B&C reports that ESPN Internet Ventures will
     soon use its GameTracker technology to track NFL games on
     ESPN SportsZone.  No official word on when the service will
     kick off, but "expect to see it debut" when ESPN takes over
     the Sunday night NFL game next month (BROADCASTING & CABLE,
     9/29 issue)....The "Fabulous Sports Babe" has been dropped
     be all-sports WEEI-AM in Boston (BOSTON GLOBE, 9/30).

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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