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     Legislation to crack down on "unscrupulous" sports agents
cleared a FL Senate panel.  Under the bill, athlete agents would
be required to pass an examination before the state licenses them
to do business (MIAMI HERALD, 4/20).... 49ers Owner EDDIE
DEBARTOLO, JR. was involved in an auto accident last night.  He
was stable condition after being treated for a broken clavicle,
bruised sternum, and other contusions (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE,
4/20).....MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, WTA Tour Players Association
President, is profiled in this morning's USA TODAY.  On not
having a title sponsor for the WTA Tour: "We have a good product
and it can only go up.  But our life would be OK without a major
sponsor.  We can get the money. ... I can't boost the game back.
The game has to boost itself back with the players and rivalries"
(Doug Smith, USA TODAY, 4/20)....Injured Blackhawk JEREMY ROENICK
is featured in the May issue of CHICAGO magazine as "The Man Who
Would Be Michael."  Roenick says "I would love to be as big as
MICHAEL JORDAN."  CHICAGO writer Dean Spiros: "Roenick has a
goal, he wants to be a supercelebrity."  Hawks broadcaster PAT
FOLEY: "Most people who could be that big don't want to be that
big.  But it's something Jeremy wants and something he can
handle" (CHICAGO magazine, 5/95 issue).

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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