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The Daytona 500 drivers' meeting yesterday was "packed as drivers, their crew chiefs [and] teams crowded into the room, with Medal of Honor winners, Olympic athletes, celebrities and musicians." Celebrities on hand included Gold Medal-winning U.S. snowboarder KAITLYN FARRINGTON, ABC's "THE BACHELOR" star JUAN PABLO GALAVIS and country singer JAKE OWEN (Daytona Beach NEWS-JOURNAL, 2/24). Also in attendance were comedian LARRY THE CABLE GUY, Univ. of Miami football coach AL GOLDEN, rapper 50 CENT, former MLBer ROY HALLADAY, golfer IAN POULTER and Broncos CB DOMINIQUE RODGERS-CROMARTIE (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 2/24).

HOME BUILDING: Nike on Friday "announced a shake-up in its World Headquarters campus expansion project." The company said that it has "selected two architecture firms to join Portland-based ZGF Architects LLP: Pelli Clakre Pelli, led by co-founder CESAR PELLI, and SRG Partnership of Portland." Nike also said that Hoffman Construction "would be its primary construction partner." HOWARD SLUSHER, a "longtime associate" of Nike co-Founder & Chair PHIL KNIGHT, also "joined as a project consultant." The project "has been stalled since last August" (Portland OREGONIAN, 2/22).

NAMES: Fox' ERIN ANDREWS will join TOM BERGERON as co-host of ABC's "DANCING WITH THE STARS" (PEOPLE.com, 2/23)....ATP Exec Chair & President CHRIS KERMODE said that the Rio de Janeiro state government owes his organization $3M and the Tour "doesn't expect to get paid." Kermode added that the two parties "agreed to end a contract that allowed" Rio to "promote itself at ATP events" (AP, 2/21)....The first course of the NBA Yao School -- a program jointly launched by former NBAer YAO MING and the NBA "devoted to youth development on and off the basketball court" -- kicked off in Beijing on Saturday (CHINA DAILY, 2/22)....NFL Panthers Owner JERRY RICHARDSON and coach RON RIVERA on Friday were "honored by the Fritz Pollard Alliance for the team's contributions to diversity in the NFL" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 2/22)....Golfer PADRAIG HARRINGTON on Friday revealed that he has "recently undergone treatment for skin cancer" (GOLFCHANNEL.com, 2/21)....Former World TeamTennis Sacramento Capitals Owner DEEPAL WANNAKUWATTE has “been arrested in a federal fraud case.” Wannakuwatte was “named in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento and was arrested Thursday evening” (SACBEE.com, 2/21)….The broken bat that former MLBer ROGER CLEMENS “infamously flung in the direction” of former MLBer MIKE PIAZZA during the ’00 World Series “was auctioned” over the weekend for $47,800 (NEWSDAY, 2/24)….Former Oregon State WR BRANDIN COOKS is in the lead for adidas'  $100,000 cash prize being given to the fastest 40-yard dash time of any player wearing the brand’s cleats at the NFL Combine (THE DAILY).

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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