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Former England Rugby women's captain SUE DAY is the first female to be appointed as the Rugby Football Union's CFO. Day, who was capped 59 times for England and also captained England's Sevens side, joins the governing body from KPMG, where she was a deal advisory partner. She will be "responsible for financial planning, management and reporting, legal and governance and technology and will also have voting membership" of the RFU's board (London TELEGRAPH, 12/15). ... The British Olympic Association appointed VINAI VENKATESHAM as an independent non-exec director. Venkatesham currently serves as CCO at Arsenal, "where he is responsible for marketing operations on a global basis" (INSIDE THE GAMES, 12/16). ... Barstool Sports named Whistle Sports EVP & Global Head of Brand Partnerships DEIRDRE LESTER CRO. Lester previously worked at ESPN, Rivals.com and MLBAM (THE DAILY).

COACHES/MANAGERS: Ligue 1 side Lille "parted company" with head coach MARCELO BIELSA "just seven months after the former Argentina manager was appointed." Bielsa, 62, replaced FRANCK PASSI in May and signed "more than a dozen players in the summer." However, a run of "just three wins in 13 games" left Lille in second-to-last place and he was suspended last month (BBC, 12/15).

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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