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The Falcons tonight on "MNF" against the Buccaneers will "wear a '60' tribute sticker in honor" of former LB Tommy Nobis, who passed away last week at the age of 74 (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 12/17).

Angels P/OF Shohei Ohtani's first Topps trading card broke the program's print-run record with 17,323 copies sold in a 24-hour period, topping Yankees RF Aaron Judge's previous record of 16,138 (THE DAILY).

Air Force has renewed its Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series sponsorship and will partner with Richard Petty Motorsports for a 10th consecutive season, along with new driver Bubba Wallace Jr. (Air Force).

Wilson Sporting Goods today officially opened its new global HQ in Chicago (Wilson).

Believe Entertainment Group's animated short film "Dear Basketball" featuring Kobe Bryant premiered today on the Verizon-owned streaming service go90 (THE DAILY).

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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