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The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Daniel Barbarisi reported the Yankees "have made their rumored move to WFAN Radio official." The franchise yesterday "consummated a 10-year deal" with CBS Radio-owned WFAN, moving over from WCBS. Games will be simulcast on WFAN-AM and WFAN-FM. Play-by-play broadcaster John Sterling is "expected to return for his 25th season, but the fate of color commentator Suzyn Waldman isn't clear yet" (WSJ.com, 9/11).

PREDATORY PRACTICES: The Predators and FS Tennessee yesterday announced that the net "will broadcast at least 70 regular-season games" during the '13-14 season. The deal "surpasses the franchise record of 68 games" set in the '11-12 season. In addition, two away games and one home game will be broadcast on NBCSN (BIZJOURNALS.com, 9/11).

BRING THE THUNDER: The Thunder and Clear Channel on Tuesday announced a multiyear deal for KAKC-AM to be the team's Tulsa radio home. The team also added Oklahoma-based KKBI-FM and KMCO-FM as new affiliates in the 13-station Thunder Radio Network (Thunder).

'CROSSE FIT: U.S. Lacrosse announced that ESPN will broadcast the '14 Federation of Intl Lacrosse Men's World Championship. As many as 40 countries are expected to participate in the July 10-19 event at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. ESPN will show about 60 games across its nets and via ESPN3. The semifinals and championship game will be shown live on ESPNU, and all U.S. team games will be included in the package (U.S. Lacrosse).

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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