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          MLB: In N.Y., Murray Chass writes that the Padres' fast
     start has put them "in position to make a positive
     statement" in their campaign for a new stadium.  Padres
     President & CEO Larry Lucchino, on the team's turnaround:
     "You need financial wherewithal, given the unbalanced player
     compensation system we have.  With [Owner] John [Moores']
     willingness, we were able to invest some serious dollars in
     rebuilding the team" (N.Y. TIMES, 4/21)....USA TODAY's Hal
     Bodley reports that after last weekend's Tigers-Yankees
     series was switched from New York to Detroit, the Tigers are
     now "trying to put a price tag on how much the switch cost." 
     Bodley: "It shouldn't be more than $500,000, but baseball
     will make up the difference if [the] Yankees or the City of
     New York doesn't cover the entire amount" (USA TODAY, 4/21).
          NBA: With Sunday's sellout against the Pistons, the
     Nets set an all-time attendance mark.  This year's total
     attendance of 718,523 surpassed the mark of 684,102 set in 
     the '94-'95 season (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 4/20)....The Sixers
     set three attendance marks at their Friday night home finale
     against the Bulls.  The crowd or 21,305 was a record,
     breaking the previous high of 21,104, set in January versus
     the Bulls.  In addition, the season attendance total of
     655,417 bettered the mark of 646,788, set in '82-'83, and
     this year's average game attendance of 15,986 surpassed the
     15,775 average during that same season (76ers).
          AFL: The AFL Rattlers have sold more than 11,000 season
     tickets, the team's highest total ever (AZ REPUBLIC, 4/19).
          LEGAL-ESE: The Supreme Court yesterday refused to take
     on a contract dispute between the Redskins and its former
     insurance group, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co.  The
     justices let stand a federal appeals court ruling that will
     force the Redskins to pay additional premiums for workers'
     compensation policies the club had with Hartford from '88-
     91.  Hartford's '94 lawsuit is seeking $5.3M in additional
     payments (AP/WASHINGTON POST, 4/21)....Lamar Hunt has asked
     the OH Supreme Court "to stop the upcoming trial in the
     Columbus Blue Jackets case and order its dismissal."  The
     requests came just hours after Judge John Bessey of Franklin
     County Supreme Common Pleas Court ordered a trial in the
     cast to start May 4 (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 4/21). 

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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