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Sources said that the New Era Pinstripe Bowl and the ACC "have agreed to a six-year deal in which the ACC will annually play the Big Ten" in Yankee Stadium starting in '14 (ESPN.com, 6/24).

ESPN today unveiled its on-air talent for coverage of Thursday's NBA Draft. The main commentator team will consist of Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons. Heather Cox will handle green-room interviews, and Heat F Shane Battier will interview draft picks after they have been selected (ESPN).

IMG has negotiated a deal for former soccer player David Beckham to endorse China Auto Rental. The deal was announced today as Beckham concluded his second visit to China as an ambassador to the China SuperLeague (IMG).

John McEnroe has agreed to a deal with publisher Little, Brown and Company for a new memoir, "currently untitled, that is scheduled or 2014." The publisher said that McEnroe "will focus on his years as a businessman and tennis broadcaster" (AP, 6/24).

Northern Illinois Univ. is launching a Heisman Trophy campaign for QB Jordan Lynch. The campaign, dubbed "Lynch for 6," features a website and a Twitter account (CBSSPORTS.com, 6/24).

NASCAR today announced that it will stage Contenders Live Sponsored by Toyota for the second straight year in Chicago. The event, in which the 12 Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers answer questions and interact with fans in a live audience, will be held Sept. 12 prior to the first Chase race at Chicagoland Speedway (NASCAR).

NBC Sports Network announced that it will carry ARCA Racing Series events "for the first time," with four races "airing in August" (MLIVE.com, 6/24).

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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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