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"That was the only wish I had. It's just that the security is more alert. They don't need to change anything, that we need to have fences and all that stuff, not at all" – Tennis player Roger Federer, on security at the French Open after a fan ran onto the court Sunday to take a selfie with him (ESPN.com, 5/27).

"We want to be in that conversation and eventually we want to be viewed as one of the autonomy conferences, that's our ultimate goal" – AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco, on seeking to put his conference on par with the Power Five (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 5/28).

“The Raptors will have a D-League team playing in the Greater Toronto Area this next year” – MLSE President & CEO Tim Leiweke, on the NBA franchise’s efforts to land a farm team (TORONTO SUN, 4/28).

“Anytime you can pack the stands, well that must be a racetrack we should go to more often” – NASCAR driver Joey Logano, on whether New Hampshire Motor Speedway should keep its two Sprint Cup Series races (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/28).

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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