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Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Richest Man In L.A., Might Join In Dodgers Bid

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the “richest man” in L.A., could “join the Dodgers sweepstakes soon -- not by bidding on his own, but by joining one of the groups already in the running to buy the team,” according to Bill Shaikin of the L.A. TIMES. Soon-Shiong has “met with several prospective bidders, and he had dinner recently with outgoing Dodgers owner Frank McCourt.” Soon-Shiong purchased Basketball HOFer Magic Johnson's ownership stake in the Lakers in '10. But his representative, Chuck Kenworthy, indicated that Soon-Shiong “has not committed to join with Johnson or any other bidder” (L.A. TIMES, 1/26). Meanwhile, in California, Howard Cole wrote under the header, “McCourt To Relinquish L.A.’s Most Hated Man Status.” The last two and a half years of McCourt’s ownership “have been a nightmare that not ... one among us could have predicted with any degree of accuracy.” But “what’s done is done, we’re on our way to bigger and better things, and there’s no reason to continue with the hate game.” Cole: “So you might as well start throwing out names for L.A.’s next most hated man” (OCREGISTER.com, 1/25).

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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