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          Houston NFL expansion team Owner Bob McNair "intends to     have 'no more than 10 to 12 limited partners.'"  McNair's     personal share of the team "will stay at a minimum" of 51%,     but he will "entertain interest at any level down" to only     1%.  McNair: "Remember, we'll be capitalized at around $800     million, so 1% would be $8 million.  That's a lot of money"     (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 1/28)....In Ft. Worth, Sean Wood writes     that MLB Rangers players and execs "braved yesterday's     wintry weather to visit" Plano, TX, "in an attempt to boost"     its fan base.  Rangers Exec VP/PR John Blake said that the     team sold 75 15-game mini plans during the annual winter     caravan, and sold an estimated $20,000 or more of tickets     "based on sales volume and prices" (STAR-TELEGRAM, 1/28).     ...In Dallas, Tim Cowlishaw, on the Mavericks possibly     signing Dennis Rodman: "[Owner] Mark Cuban is doing the     impossible.  He's lowering this franchise's standards"     (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 1/28)....In Vancouver, Neil Macrae,     noted Heico Companies CEO Michael Heisley's pending purchase     of the Grizzlies (see THE DAILY, 1/25): "It's time to find     out if, through proper ownership and proper marketing, a     team can make it here" (Vancouver PROVINCE, 1/27).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

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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.

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