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NBC Making Changes To Versus' NHL Coverage In Wake Of Comcast Merger

NBC Sports' makeover of Versus' NHL coverage “will begin dramatically” with tonight's broadcast of the Rangers-Red Wings game, according to Greg Wyshynski of YAHOO SPORTS. A source said that NBC Sports Exec Producer Sam Flood will produce tonight's coverage on Versus, and Pierre McGuire will debut on the net as an "inside the glass" commentator, joining announcers Mike Emrick and Ed Olczyk. Tomorrow’s Sabres-Lightning broadcast will feature Versus studio analyst Brian Engblom "inside the glass," with Mike Milbury “inside the studio in place of Engblom.” Meanwhile, Wyshynski wrote he had been "told that reports of 29 people getting the ax at Versus are ‘inaccurate,’ and that any changes to the announcing team can't be confirmed yet" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 2/5). In Montreal, Pat Hickey reported Versus’ Rob Harwood “is out as game host and reporter.” Harwood said, “They’re adopting the NBC format and they want an ex-player between the benches” (Montreal GAZETTE, 2/4).

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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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