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Player Tweet Breaks CBA News; Canes GM Notes NHL's Fan Quandary

The news of the NHL and NHLPA coming to terms on a new CBA "was broken" by Bruins D Andrew Ference, who just after 5:00am ET today "tweeted a single character, a symbol -- a thumbs up" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 1/6). Ference later this morning tweeted, "From my grandparents to our B’s fans, I am deeply sorry that we had to miss so much hockey. All we can do now is play our hearts out for you" (TWITTER.com, 1/6).

Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford early today said, "We have a challenge, publicly, with our fans, who are such a huge part of our game. We know it has been a frustrating time for them. It has been a frustrating six months for our sport" (NEWSOBSERVER.com, 1/6).

A BOSTON.com headline asks, "Will A Cool Reception Meet The NHL's Return To The Ice?" The GLOBE & MAIL's Jeff Blair writes under the header: "Best Way For NHL To Regain Fans’ Trust Is To Show Bettman And Daly The Door."

Forbes.com's Alicia Jessop Tweeted, "One key agreement made in the new NHL collective bargaining agreement: NHL players will be able to play in the 2014 Winter Olympics." TSN's Bob McKenzie: "No question target is 50-game, not 48-game, season. Speculation is it would be 5 games vs 4 division rivals and 3 games vs 10 Conf rivals." Grantland's Bill Simmons: "As a season ticket holder, I am not exactly shedding tears over paying for a condensed 48-game NHL season followed by playoffs."

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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