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Sources said that Disney Chair & CEO BOB IGER has "told friends he is considering their nudges that he make a run for president" in '20 on the Democratic ticket. However, any political future "would hinge on Iger, 66, finding a Disney successor." Complicating matters is that Iger in February "told financial analysts he would be 'open' to remaining as CEO after his contract ends" in June '18. In June, Iger said, "A lot of people -- a lot -- have urged me to seek political office." However, Iger "denied he would consider a run for California governor or senator" (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 3/1).

HEALTH CHECKUP: Former NFLer GUS FREROTTE is involved in Pittsburgh-based venture RC21X, which has "developed a brain health monitoring system." Frerotte’s group last week made a presentation in downtown St. Louis as "part of a Stadia Ventures accelerator program." RC21X was "among 10 finalists for $100,000 in seed money to help its startup project along." The winner will be announced later this month. A main feature of RC21X is a mobile app that "serves to establish a baseline of data for how the brain is functioning" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 2/28).

MEETING OF THE MINDS: West Virginia President E. GORDON GEE, Ohio State AD GENE SMITH, Pac-12 Commissioner LARRY SCOTT and Michigan State AD MARK HOLLIS will attend a symposium hosted by the Sports Law and Business Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State on April 3 to discuss the future of college sports (ASU).

NAMES: Free agent QB COLIN KAEPERNICK has hired Select Sports Group agents SEAN KIERNAN and JEFF NALLEY to represent him (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 3/1)....Suns radio play-by-play voice AL MCCOY will be honored tomorrow night by "becoming the 15th member" of the team's Ring of Honor. McCoy is in his 44th year of calling games for the team, the "longest play-by-play tenure in NBA history" (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 3/2)....FS South and Sports South producer KEN NEAL is the recipient of the ’17 WBCA Mel Greenberg Award (WBCA)....The Magic were awarded the Central Florida Urban League’s Youth Empowerment Corporate Award. The Magic have donated $100,000 to the One Orlando Fund for the victims and families of the Pulse shooting. The DEVOS family, which owns the team, contributed $400,000 to the fund (Magic)....The Congressional Hockey Challenge, which takes place tonight, held its “annual party with the Stanley Cup” at the UPS townhouse in DC last night. In attendance were NHL VP/Community Affairs KEN MARTIN and USA Hockey Exec Dir DAVE OGREAN (POLITICO.com, 3/2)....In attendance at last night’s Cavaliers-Celtics game at TD Garden were FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR., Gold Medal-winning U.S. gymnast ALY RAISMAN, Patriots RB LEGARRETTE BLOUNT, offensive coordinator JOSH MCDANIELS and coach BILL BELICHICK along with longtime girlfriend LINDA HOLLIDAY (NESN.com, 3/1).

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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