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Fore! WME/IMG Close Acquisition Of Golf Agency Icon Sports Management

WME/IMG has closed its acquisition of golf talent agency Icon Sports Management, whose client list includes Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Icon CEO & Founder R.J. Nemer will become Senior VP/Head of Golf Clients in the Americas. In this new role, Nemer will be responsible for expanding and managing IMG’s golf client base in North America. He will work from the IMG office in Cleveland. SportsBusiness Journal first reported the move on Feb. 2. In addition to representing golfers, Icon also runs hospitality and consults with corporate clients, such as Mutual of Omaha. All of Icon's functions will roll into IMG Golf. IMG Global Head of Golf Guy Kinnings in a statement said, "Over the past two decades, Icon has blossomed into a premier agency with the respect of everyone in the golf industry." He added the announcement "further signals the growth that our golf division has enjoyed recently, and we are excited to carry this momentum through 2015 and beyond.”

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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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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