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Sources: Jeb Bush, Jeter Working Together On Marlins Bid; Is Stephen Ross Interested?

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Derek Jeter are now "working to make a joint bid for the Marlins," according to sources cited by Gasparino & Schwartz of FOX BUSINESS. Sources said that the duo decided to "join forces over the past week, in order to pool resources," for a bid that is likely to top $1B. Bush and Jeter could "face a competing bid from an investor group led by Tagg Romney," the son of former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Tagg Romney is Managing Partner at Boston-based investment firm Solamere Capital. It is "unclear if Mitt Romney will play a direct role in any potential bid from this group." Sources said that Morgan Stanley may also "directly play a role in the deal." Marlins Owner Jeffrey Loria has "expressed interest in selling the team since late last year." Sources said that while the "timetable is fluid, any deal could be completed as soon as May of this year" (FOXBUSINESS.com, 4/19). BLOOMBERG NEWS' Scott Soshnick cited a source as saying that bids for the Marlins were "due last week" and came in between $1.2-1.3B (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 4/19). In Miami, Douglas Hanks writes the "buyer derby may come down to who is able to offer" Loria the "richest offer." MLB owners "must approve team sales, giving the league’s front office influence in who Loria picks to take over the Marlins." Sources said that Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross is "interested in buying the Marlins if Loria would drop his price" (MIAMI HERALD, 4/20).

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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