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Flames Players Reverse Course, Plan To Participate In Club's Charity Golf Event

An original announcement said that “no current players would attend the annual” Calgary Flames Celebrity Charity Golf Classic, but that “all changed Tuesday afternoon as the stars were being lambasted on Twitter and fan websites,” according to Wes Gilbertson of the CALGARY SUN. Flames LW Curtis Glencross said, “Everyone is kind of making us look like the bad guys.” He added, “Our ultimate goal is we’re here to support the charity” (CALGARY SUN, 9/13). Flames LW Alex Tanguay said, “With what’s going on with the owners, we’re not in favour of doing too much for the team. But this is for the right reason. Maybe we won’t do as much for the team if it goes to a lockout, but right now we’re happy to help the community” (CALGARY HERALD, 9/13). In Vancouver, Tony Gallagher writes what made the Flames' move “stand out is that it goes right to the heart of how nicey-nicey these disputes really are, even though the owners are going after the players' livelihood pretty aggressively.” Gallagher: “Why are [the players] so co-operative and passive in these matters? Sure, they're nice guys and there's no point in being miserable or small after it's over, but you have to wonder what life would be like if there was a little more acrimony and the players became a little more militant” (Vancouver PROVINCE, 9/13).

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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