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Event Notes: MLB San Diego Padres, L.A. Dodgers To Play Series In Monterrey, Mexico

The MLB San Diego Padres will host the L.A. Dodgers in a three-game series from May 4-6 in Monterrey, Mexico, a source confirmed. The games will be played at Estadio Monterrey, which the Padres previously visited for regular season series in '96 and '99. The latest series in Monterrey "replaces a three-game set that had been scheduled for Petco Park." MLB reportedly has a process to "help compensate the Padres for lost revenue." The series will be the first of six MLB intends to play in Mexico over the next six seasons. There also are plans for series in Asia and the U.K. (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 11/12).

Canada's women’s rugby league players
"have had to set up GoFundMe accounts ahead of this week’s World Cup, to help with a number of expenses related to the tournament." Ravens players including Natalie King, Mackenzie Fane and Christina Burnham have all used the social fundraising site in recent weeks "in a bid to cover lost wages and bills while they are in Australia" (Brisbane COURIER-MAIL, 11/13).

A big crowd at Manuka Oval for a potential women's Ashes decider "could fuel Canberra's bid" for a Big Bash League license. The women's Ashes series could be decided in a Twenty20 at Manuka Oval, depending on Friday's result. Canberra businessman Mark McConnell is behind a "bold BBL expansion bid and sees strong crowds on Sunday and Tuesday as a great show of support" for a T20 franchise in the capital (THE AGE, 11/13).

Konami
announced a collaboration with esports company eFootball.Pro to create a professional esports competition using Konami’s football game series. The new int'l league will aim to attract players from around the world and will be broadcast globally. EFootball.Pro President Gerard Piqué said, "The goal is to drive all that makes traditional football the king of sports, towards electronic football, towards eSports" (Konami).

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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