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In L.A., Nardine Saad reports in David Beckham's "latest wordless ad" for H&M, the retired soccer star is "seen behind the scenes modeling in a locker room, giving smoldering looks to the camera and smiling as his perfect hair is groomed as he models boxer briefs, tanks and ... long-sleeved henleys and pants." Beckham is "currently promoting his fall 2013 bodywear collection with H&M, with the ads set to appear on billboards and in magazines" tomorrow (L.A. TIMES, 8/21).

ADJUSTING THE AERIAL: Goodyear and ESPN's "SportsNation" to begin the college football season are giving fans a chance to control the Goodyear Blimp. Fans beginning yesterday could vote to decide which upcoming opening weekend football matchup will receive aerial coverage and be considered "Blimpworthy" from among North Carolina-South Carolina, Georgia-Clemson and Alabama-Virginia Tech (Goodyear).

STAR TREATMENT: In DC, Lindsay Applebaum reported after Redskins RB Chris Thompson revealed his "bizarre/delicious habit of keeping a Starburst in his sock during games," it was "only a matter of time" before the company offered him a box of the candy "as thanks for the free advertising." The company wrote to Thompson, "It never crossed our minds to keep candy in our socks, but we just might have to reconsider..." (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 8/20).

RE-UPPING THE DEAL: Upper Deck announced a multiyear deal with Hockey Canada to renew the company's memorabilia license as well as an exclusive trading card agreement for Canada's national teams. The company also announced that it will be the exclusive home of Hockey HOFer Wayne Gretzky's autographed memorabilia. This expands a relationship the company has had with Gretzky since it began producing licensed NHL trading cards in '90. Gretzky joins a roster of Upper Deck exclusive athletes that includes Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Tiger Woods (Upper Deck).

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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