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In Baltimore, Jill Rosen noted local stores "report selling hundreds of shirts with [Ravens RB Ray] Rice's new catchphrase, 'Hey diddle diddle, Ray Rice up the middle' -- and the shirts have only been available for several hours." The catchphrase came during the Chargers-Ravens postgame on Sunday. Down by three and facing a fourth-and-29 at their own 37-yard line, Rice converted a first down. Rice "summed it up as: 'Hey diddle diddle, Rice up the middle.'" On Monday, Rice "posted on Facebook that people were already hounding him for shirts with his saying." Later that day, he said that he "had one created to benefit his foundation." Rice wrote, "All proceeds to benefit my foundation!" and "This will be the only design approved by me!!" (BALTIMORESUN.com, 11/28).

RECOGNIZABLE RODGERS: In Milwaukee, Don Walker asked if Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has "become better known nationally since he won the NFL's MVP award?" The answer is "yes," according to research from The Marketing Arm. The agency "notes that Rodgers is known by nearly half of all U.S. consumers, which is up from a year ago." Additionally, he "ranks among the top 150 celebrities (out of 3,000 in the DBI database) in several key attributes." He ranks of 18th among all celebrities "under Aspiration" after ranking 67th in that category in August '11. On the "Endorsement scale," Rodgers ranks 42nd after ranking 121st in August '11. On the "Influence" scale, he ranked 53rd in October of this year after being ranked 108th in August '11 (JSONLINE.com, 11/28).

ROUNDUP: NHL Rangers C Brad Richards was named global ambassador for U.S.-based menswear line, UNTUCKit. In a two-year endorsement deal, Richards will be the face of the brand, which includes serving as a model (UNTUCKit)....The LPGA Walmart NW Arkansas Championship will return to Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Ark., in June '13. The tournament also announced its top two sponsors, Walmart and P&G, have renewed their sponsorship commitments for three more years through '15. P&G is presenting sponsor of the event (Walmart NW Arkansas Championship).  

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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