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“I don’t plan on being part of any selection committee. I know the role of a manager in an organization, and I love that part of it. It’s not to go pick a GM” – Angels manager Mike Scioscia, on not being part of the team’s search for a new GM (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 9/2).

“That’s Super Bowl prices. I think that’s a little too steep or else we could fill the ballpark” – South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier, on prices ranging from $70-258 for tomorrow’s season-opener against North Carolina (Columbia STATE, 9/2).

“Some of the stuff is funny. I mean, when he let go of the racket today after the forehand, I mean, that only happens to him. It went into the crowd” – Tennis player Andy Murray, on the on-court antics of Nick Kyrgios (N.Y. TIMES, 9/2).

“If it was J.J. Watt, I think he would have been cooperative, and it wouldn’t be a question. … I don’t think J.J. would destroy his cellphone” – Texans Owner Bob McNair, saying the Patriots and QB Tom Brady are to blame for escalating the Deflategate incident (KILT-AM, 9/1).

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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