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Inaugural Vegas ERace Winner Takes Home $200,000

Faraday Future Dragon Racing sim racer Bono Huis won the inaugural Visa Vegas eRace and with it the biggest prize in esports racing history -- $200,000, plus $25,000 more for pole position. The Formula E drivers and sim racers took to the stage in front of a crowd at The Venetian Hotel at the 50th edition of the Consumer Electronics Show. A gathering of media, exhibitors, industry analysts and FIA President Jean Todt watched as the drivers and sim racers went wheel-to-wheel on the Las Vegas strip. Formula E's continued venture into esports showcases the similarities of motorsport in the real and virtual domains -- competitive and fan-inclusive, but with racing at its core. Formula E returns to the U.S. with the inaugural running of the N.Y.C. ePrix on July 15 and 16 (Formula E). 

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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