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AD AGE's Michael Sebastian noted The Onion tomorrow is "rolling out the second season of its original web series 'Tough Season,' a mockumentary about one man's quest to become champion of his fantasy football league." The show is being produced by The Onion Labs, an "in-house creative and marketing agency, on behalf" of technology company Lenovo. Each of the 13 episodes, which run on TheOnion.com and a dedicated Lenovo site, is "roughly five minutes long and features NFL players," including Bears RB Matt Forte, Colts QB Andrew Luck and Broncos WR Wes Welker (ADAGE.com, 8/20).

TRIVIAL PURSUIT: BROADCASTING & CABLE's Paige Albiniak reported "Sports Jeopardy!" will premiere Wednesday, Sept. 24 on Sony-owned digital service Crackle and all Crackle platforms. New episodes of the sports quiz show, hosted by Dan Patrick, "will premiere every Wednesday on Crackle for a total of 52 episodes per year." More than "30,000 contestants registered online to audition for the show over the summer" (BROADCASTINGCABLE.com, 8/21).

LOOKING FOR NEW FANS: In Texas, Jordan Overturf reports a new "Spanish-language Radio Network launched by the Texas A&M athletics department's multimedia rights holder will reach Hispanic and Latino fans." Games will be "broadcast on radio stations in four markets around the state -- Houston, San Antonio, El Paso and McAllen." The network joins "55 English-language affiliates managed by Learfield Sports' Texas A&M Sports Properties" (Bryan-College Station EAGLE, 8/21).

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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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