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          TV/VIDEO: Evander Holyfield will defend his WBA
     heavyweight title against Henry Akinwande on June 6 at MSG. 
     Showtime will handle PPV distribution for the fight (N.Y
     DAILY NEWS, 3/24)....BROADCASTING & CABLE's John Higgins
     writes that Cablevision Chair Charles Dolan's interest in
     buying the Yankees may stem from SportsChannel's experience
     in Philadelphia, where Comcast took control of the 76ers and
     Flyers and launched Comcast SportsNet.  One media exec:
     "Chuck learned his lesson in Philadelphia" (BROADCASTING &
     CABLE, 3/23)....After CBS "failed to offer" Marcus Allen the
     job he sought with the network, Allen will return to the
     Chiefs for the final year of his contract (K.C. STAR, 3/24).
          PUBLISHING: In Akron, Michael Weinreb reviews ESPN
     Magazine, calling it SI "for slackers."  Weinreb: "What I
     want from a sports magazine is simple: Compelling writing,
     great photography.  The Magazine has that.  Now I wish they
     would cool it with the inside jokes" (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL,
     3/24)....The Sporting News' VP/Sales Jay Burzon told AD
     AGE's James Brady that after TSN's December relaunch, ad
     pages are up 89% in January (AD AGE, 3/23 issue).

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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