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Marriott Reaches Deal With NBA To Sponsor International Events

The NBA has signed a sponsorship deal with Marriott that makes the company the official hotel of several international NBA events throughout the '15-16 season. The deal begins in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the upcoming NBA Africa Game on Saturday and includes the NBA Canada Series '15 that features four preseason games held in October throughout the country. The deal also includes the '15-16 NBA Global Games, with preseason games in October in Brazil, China, Italy and Spain.

The NBA’s international regular-season games set for Dec. 3 in Mexico City and on Jan. 14 in London also are part of the agreement. Financial terms of the one-year deal were not disclosed, but the deal gives Marriott Rewards members access to NBA games and events in the international markets along with meet-and-greet events with NBA legends and players.

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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