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USA Today Sports Media Group today formally launched the College Football Fan Index presented by Degree. The index, released on Thursdays, will "measure social media activity and responses from weekly themed fan surveys" for D-I schools and "issue rankings for the 'most passionate' fan bases in the sport" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 8/25 issue).

The NFLPA today announced an increase in pension benefits for former NFL players who vested under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan after '92, and have credited seasons from '93-96 (NFLPA).

HarperCollins Publishers will release a memoir written by U.S. men's national team G Tim Howard. "The Keeper" will become available Dec. 9 "in adult and young adult editions" (AP, 8/25).

The Jaguars announced a sponsorship deal with Dream Finders Homes, which becomes the team's official home builder and a sponsor of the Take It To The House promotion in '14 (Jaguars).

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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