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"You can talk about all the arenas in the world but if you want to be really big, you can only prove it by hosting a fight at that stadium" – Former boxer George Foreman, on AT&T Stadium as a boxing venue (DALLASNEWS.com, 2/21).

"AAU has killed our league. ... These kids are not being taught anything. They have intentions and they want things, but the way they see it is not how our league works. You earn everything in this league" – Former NBAer Kevin Garnett (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 2/22).

"Do you understand what you’ve done? You’ve reinforced unfair stereotypes. A person’s orientation is their own and their business. Now, because of your article, it is no longer out of bounds to ask WNBA players about their sexuality" – Chicago Sky C Imani Boyette, on former WNBAer Candice Wiggins' assertion that 98% of players in the league are gay (IMANIBOYETTE.com, 2/21).

"It'll be interesting to see if he goes into national broadcasting. We'd certainly love to have him a part of our local broadcast team on a limited basis if he wanted to dip his toe in that water" – Red Sox President Sam Kennedy, on former MLBer David Ortiz (BOSTON HERALD, 2/22).

"This weekend was the NBA All-Star Game and Cavaliers player Kyrie Irving made news for saying that he thinks the Earth is flat, and this is nice. Today he was named an Education Ambassador by Betsy DeVos" – NBC’s Jimmy Fallon (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 2/21).

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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