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Romney Backs Boston Bid For '24 Olympics, While Governor Creates Feasibility Panel

Former Massachusetts Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that he is "ready to throw his weight" behind a bid to bring the '24 Summer Games to Boston, according to Matt Stout of the BOSTON HERALD. Romney is "already calling Olympic officials and local heavyweights like [Suffolk Construction Chair & CEO] John Fish to make it happen." Romney said, "It's certainly worth exploring. I think Boston would be fantastic." He added, "I’ve spoken (with people) at the United States Olympic Committee. I think it’s very intriguing." Current Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation on Thursday "creating an 11-member panel to study" the bid's feasibility. The new Olympics committee "must be stocked with three picks by Patrick, two by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the rest by legislative leaders by its first meeting Nov. 15" (BOSTON HERALD, 11/1). The AP reported the bill that calls for the creation of the committee also requires the commission "to consult with other New England states and to seek input from local governments and organizations before making its final recommendations." It also calls on the committee "to submit draft versions of legislation that would be needed to carry out" its recommendations by March 2014. The Senate and House "both approved the Bill" before Patrick signed it (AP, 10/31).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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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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