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MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

     Gillette Co. reported 1stQ earnings of $196.1M, up 20% from
$164M a year ago.  Gillette credits higher earnings with new
product development, geographic expansion and an "improved
product mix" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 4/21)....Puma USA has awarded
its ad account to Partners & Simons of Boston.  With billings
estimated between $4-8M, the account was previously handled by
Berlin Cameron Doyle in New York (N.Y. TIMES, 4/21)....Sprite has
filmed its second ad featuring NBA rookie Grant Hill.  In the ad,
Hill is challenged in one-on-one by "Little Tommy" who just drank
a Sprite (USA TODAY, 4/21)....The City of Pittsburgh and the U.S.
Cycling Federation announced that the '96 Thrift Drug Classic and
the '96 Thrift Drug Women's Invitational have been named as
events that count toward qualifying for the '96 U.S. Olympic Team
(Thrift Drug)....The CFL Argonauts and two other CFL teams will
feature new-look jersey fronts with four-inch numerals over the
left chest (TORONTO STAR, 4/21)....Video-game maker Interplay
Productions has announced the formation of VR Sports, a division
dedicated to sports software for game consoles and PCs
(Interplay).... Cobra Golf has filed suit in San Diego charging
McLaren Golf Corp. with importing over-sized knock-offs (Cobra
Golf).

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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