Menu
Franchises

SOUTH FL NEWS: KEEP SMILEY'N B/C YOU GOT ANOTHER EXTENSION

          Marlins President Don Smiley's "inability to raise
     enough money to buy the club again has delayed his purchase
     of the team," according to Barry Jackson of the MIAMI
     HERALD.  Marlins Owner Wayne Huizenga has given Smiley
     another deadline extension to raise money.  Meanwhile, agent
     Joe Cubas' bid for the team "also has been delayed."  Cubas
     "claims he has enough money to buy the team, but sources say
     he continues to seek investors" (MIAMI HERALD, 7/28). 
          SEASON TIX: The Heat said that "most of its 10,000 or
     so" season-ticket holders renewed by last week's deadline. 
     The NHL Panthers have sold "slightly more than 16,000 season
     tickets" in their new 19,088-seat arena "and have 2,800
     additional requests to process" (MIAMI HERALD, 7/27).

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.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1998/07/28/Franchises/SOUTH-FL-NEWS-KEEP-SMILEYN-BC-YOU-GOT-ANOTHER-EXTENSION.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1998/07/28/Franchises/SOUTH-FL-NEWS-KEEP-SMILEYN-BC-YOU-GOT-ANOTHER-EXTENSION.aspx

CLOSE