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In Oklahoma City, Kersey & Tramel note Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops in a news conference yesterday was "asked about his recent appearance in an AT&T commercial." Stoops responded, "Hello. Give AT&T a plug right there." He said, "They approached me a few weeks before one of our off weeks and asked me if I would be a part of a commercial." Stoops said that he "went to Putnam City High School to film the spot on a Thursday night so he wouldn't miss any practice time." Stoops said, "I think I was there from 11 at night until 1 to 1:30 in the morning for that 'Hello.' That's how bad I am. It took two-and-a-half hours to say that. I don't know how many takes." He added, "It just sort of came that way. It just felt the recruiting exposure and putting the program in front of people never hurts. As long as it fits your schedule" (OKLAHOMAN, 1/3).

CAR & DRIVER: ESPNW.com's Brant James cited sources as saying that NASCAR driver Danica Patrick will "drive for Turner Motorsports in her 10-race commitment to this year's Nationwide Series schedule." Patrick drove for JR Motorsports "in her first full-time Nationwide season last year." Sources said that Patrick's car "would be sponsored by GoDaddy.com" (ESPNW.com, 1/2)....Turner Motorsports yesterday also announced that its two-year primary sponsorship by Great Clips in the Nationwide Series would not continue into the '13 season (Turner Motorsports).

BALANCING ACT: The GLOBE & MAIL's Rachel Brady reported ATPer Milos Raonic has "landed a lucrative new deal to make him the first athlete endorsing New Balance tennis clothing and shoes." A source said that he would be "wearing a line of custom clothing and shoes from his new sponsor" at the Brisbane Int'l tournament this week. Raonic had "previously worn gear from Lacoste, which he had been endorsing both on the court and in casual-wear photo shoots for the French athletic wear label" (GLOBE & MAIL, 1/2).

TOP OF THE HEAP: AD AGE has been counting down last year's "best moves in brand creativity," and on Tuesday ranked Nike No. 1 in TV and print categories as "one of this year's most innovative advertisers." Nike's "Find Your Greatness" ad took the top spot on TV, while the company's Nike Volt -- the "vivid neon-green-meets-highlighter-yellow color that [was] featured on hundreds of athletes' shoes during the Olympic Games" took print's top spot (ADAGE.com, 1/1).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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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.

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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