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“I don’t know (what happened with Schaefer), I really don’t know. Maybe greed? But I’m still trying to figure out what did I do wrong? What did I do wrong in order to get a kick when I was on the floor?” – Oscar De La Hoya, on Richard Schaefer’s departure from Golden Boy Promotions (ESPN.com, 7/23).

“It’s almost impossible for one of us to be one of the four teams – almost impossible. … The people in power will prevent that from happening” – San Diego State football coach Rocky Long, who feels no team from the five non-power conferences will make the College Football Playoff anytime soon (IDAHO STATESMAN, 7/24).

“I wouldn’t say never. Never is a long time, but there would have to be some adjustments made to bring the stadium up to NFL Super Bowl standards” – Bears Chair George McCaskey, on possibly hosting a Super Bowl at Soldier Field in the future (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 7/24).

“It looks very unlikely that under the present ownership of DirecTV that they’re going to carry us. I’m much more hopeful that when AT&T buys DirecTV that will (lead to) different kinds of discussions and outcomes” – Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, on carriage talks for the Pac-12 Networks (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 7/24).

“The level of enthusiasm we thought would be pretty big, because it’s something you’re not accustomed to. But the way it has been embraced has been really impressive” – Saints.com senior writer John Deshazier, on the reception the team received in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., upon its arrival for training camp (Beckley REGISTER-HERALD, 7/24).

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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