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League Notes: PGA Tour Announces Opening Of Presidents Cup Offices In Incheon

The PGA Tour announced the grand opening of The Presidents Cup 2015 offices within the G-Tower Building, located in the Songdo Int'l Business District in Incheon City. PGA Tour VP & Exec Dir of The Presidents Cup Matt Kamienski relocated to Korea to lead the organizational efforts of the event, which will be played in Asia for the first time in its history in Oct. '15. Kamienski served as exec director of the '11 event in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and the '13 event in Dublin/Columbus, Ohio. Joining Kamienski as tournament director is Wonsup Mike Kim. Kim began his career in the golf industry as a sports reporter with the Munwha Daily News before taking a position with IMG Korea as a director in its golf division (PGA Tour). ... Sydney's indigenous stars "may have been racially vilified in two separate incidents on Sunday," as Australian Football League side Western Bulldogs canceled the membership of a fan for "alleged racist taunts directed towards Lance Franklin and Adam Goodes." As Franklin publicly applauded fans for reporting abuse to Etihad Stadium authorities, the Bulldogs "launched an investigation into a second member over another matter" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 8/25). ... Basketball Federation of India Associate Secretary Ashok Rangeen said that FIBA "would review its ban on turbans" at a session in Seville, Spain, on Aug. 27 and, in the meantime, has allowed Sikh players to wear slightly-modified headgear during the interim period (HINDUSTAN TIMES, 8/23).

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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