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Does Lineup Of MLB Commissioner Search Committee Give Clues As To Likely Candidates?

A committee comprised of MLB team owners and execs was formed last week to name Commissioner Bud Selig's successor, and it is "interesting" that Blue Jays President & CEO Paul Beeston, who has been mentioned as a candidate for the job, is not on the committee, according to Richard Griffin of the TORONTO STAR. When "asked whether he was a candidate this week, Beeston laughed." Beeston "was on the last search committee 22 years ago" when Selig was selected to replace former Commissioner Fay Vincent (TORONTO STAR, 5/18). In Boston, Nick Cafardo wrote it is interesting that none of the search committee members "came from the Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, or Tigers." Cafardo wonders if owners or execs from those teams could "be considered." In the past, Red Sox President & CEO Larry Lucchino and Chair Tom Werner "have been mentioned." Tigers President, CEO & GM Dave Dombrowski and Dodgers President & CEO Stan Kasten also "are often considered candidates" (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/18). Beeston said, "The thing that Bud does -- and maybe it’s got to do with the fact that he is in Milwaukee and is able to work from home -- but the fact is that he returns every phone call. He talks to everybody. There aren’t any surprises that we’re dealing with. If you’re one of the 30 owners or a general manager or if you’re an umpire or if you’re a player, Bud will take your call. ... It will be interesting to see what the new style will be" (TORONTO STAR, 5/18).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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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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