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Berkshire Hathaway has acquired a 38.6% equity stake in Knoxville-based gas station chain Pilot Flying J. Browns Owner JIMMY HASLAM III will remain CEO, and the Haslam family will "hold a majority interest" with 50.1% ownership. FJ Management, owned by the MAGGELET family, will retain 11.3% ownership until '23, when Berkshire will become the majority shareholder (CNBC.com, 10/3). The Haslam family will have 20% ownership of the company once Berkshire becomes majority shareholder. Neither company would "give the sale's price tag." Haslam said that his ownership of the Browns "didn't influence the sale" (KNOXNEWS.com, 10/3).

LAWYERING UP: USC men’s basketball assistant TONY BLAND, one of four coaches charged as part of a wide-ranging federal investigation into corruption in college basketball, has retained the services of N.Y.-based lawyer JEFFREY LICHTMAN, who in recent years has "represented several high-profile clients," including Mexican drug lord JOAQUIN 'EL CHAPO' GUZMAN and mobster JOHN GOTTI (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 10/3).

GOODS & SERVICES: Members of the Pirates will be "boarding a FedEx cargo plane Thursday to deliver 150,000 pounds of goods to people in Puerto Rico suffering from" the damage caused by Hurricane Maria. The Pirates are "encouraging fans to donate any food, water or other supplies they can give to the team’s Puerto Rico hurricane relief effort" (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 10/3).

NAMES: The film "BATTLE OF THE SEXES" had a "merely OK expansion to wide release" this past weekend (1,213 theatres) at $3.4M, a per-theatre average that was "barely above 'FLATLINERS.'" It is "going to be difficult" for Fox Searchlight, which is distributing the film, to "hold theatres through awards season unless 'Battle' can demonstrate strong word of mouth" (SHOWBUZZDAILY.com, 10/1)....The office of U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. NIKKI HALEY said that an invitation for the '17 NCAA champion South Carolina women's basketball team to the White House "will come later this fall." Haley is a former South Carolina governor (Charleston POST & COURIER, 10/1)....Several sports execs were included in Crain's Detroit Business' "40 Under 40" Class of '17, including Pistons Dir of Business Affairs & Associate Counsel AWENATE COBBINA, RISE CEO JOCELYN BENSON and NPSL club Detroit City FC Founder SEAN MANN (CRAIN'S DETROIT BUSINESS, 10/2 issue).....Gold Medal-winning U.S. skier LINDSEY VONN was part of Forbes' recent "30 Under 30 Summit" (BOSTONHERALD.com, 10/2)....Clippers F BLAKE GRIFFIN and C DEANDRE JORDAN yesterday “thrilled" Stevenson Middle School students in Honolulu "during the dedication of a new computer lab” (STARADVERTISER.com, 10/3).

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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