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     Fox's aggressive foray into sports TV is profiled in a
lengthy feature by Sam Donnellon in today's PHILADELPHIA DAILY
NEWS.  Fox Sports President David Hill, asked if Fox would ever
try to alter a sports league's structure:   "I've always felt
that television should commentate on the game and show it in its
best possible way and work in a partnership with the league.  But
I believe our business is broadcasting and the league's business
is running the sports" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 1/19)....Sean
McDonough will not return as the Red Sox's TV announcer next
season because the team's new broadcast outlet has asked him to
take a 60% salary cut.  McDonough earned around $300,000 for his
work on WSBK games last year.  McDonough also works for CBS
Sports in a contract that pays him $600,000 (Jack Craig, BOSTON
GLOBE, 1/18)....Former A's broadcaster Lon Simmons will announce
25 to 30 games on KTVU next season for the Giants.  The A's
didn't renew the 72-year-old Simmons' contract at the end of last
season (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 1/19)....Veteran CBS producer
Frank Chirkinian's golf schedule has been "pared down to eight
tournaments this year," while his '97 schedule is "undetermined."
CBS Sports President David Kenin said Chirkinian fought it, "but
we needed to do a planned sharing of his responsibilities"
(Richard Sandomir, N.Y. TIMES, 1/19)....NBC Sports has signed
golf analyst Johnny Miller to a five-year extension (USA TODAY,
1/19)....CNBC President Roger Ailes resigned yesterday from the
NBC-owned network.  He will be succeeded by William Bolster,
President and GM of NBC-owned WNBC-TV (WALL STREET JOURNAL,
1/19)....The Tribune Co. completed its $95M purchase of Houston
station KHTV from Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment.  KHTV is
an affiliate of Time Warner's WB Network, of which Tribune holds
a minority stake (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 1/19)....For the first time,
Super Bowl play-by-play will be broadcast in the Navajo language.
KTTN-AM in Arizona is expected to broadcast the game to 250,000
or more people (ARIZONA DAILY STAR, 1/19)....TNT will premiere
"The Super Bowl at 30:  Big Game America," an hour-long special
from NFL Films and the Turner Network, on Monday at 8pm ET
(PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 1/18).

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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