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          Eagles Owner Jeffrey Lurie is interviewed in today's
     PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS.  Lurie, when asked if the Phillies'
     slow ballpark site selection process is "retarding the
     progress of the Eagles" in seeking a new stadium: "No.  If
     it ever got to a point where the Phillies were not able to
     finalize their deal for City Council, I would hope that it
     would be separated and we'd go forward."  Lurie, asked if he
     ever considered selling the team: "There's no possibility of
     [selling the team]. ... I totally enjoy Philadelphia.  The
     level of support on the street has been wonderful.  But
     football isn't necessarily 100 percent of one's existence. 
     Down the road, you never know" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS,
     10/26)....Penguins Owner Mario Lemieux was interviewed
     during last night's Falcons-Steelers "MNF" game.  Lemieux,
     on buying the team: "I think it was important for myself to
     step up this year and to try to keep the Penguins here in
     town.  They've been a big part of my life and the least that
     I could do was to try to put a group of investors together
     and keep them here forever"  ("MNF," ABC, 10/25). 

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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