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Hawks Senior VP/PR GARIN NARAIN was named an Atlanta Business Chronicle "Forty Under 40" honoree for '18. Narain, in his seventh season with the Hawks, "serves as the organization's primary media spokesperson and heads up responsibilities from media training for players and executives to one of his recent achievements -- creating the communications plan" to announce the $192.5M "transformation" of State Farm Arena (BIZJOURNALS.com, 11/16). The Atlanta Business Chronicle also named Hawks Senior VP/Community & Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer NZINGA SHAW one of three honorees for its inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Awards (BIZJOURNALS.com, 11/16).

CADILLAC COLLECTION: Bulls F JABARI PARKER, after having "purchased his first car" in '15, now owns nine of them, his "latest purchase" being a '54 Cadillac Coupe. Parker also owns a pink '65 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, but "ask him which is his favorite car, and you'll get a smirk." Parker said, "That's just like asking you who's your favorite child. But if I had to say, I'd probably say one of my Cadillacs. Maybe my '64 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. That's probably my bread and butter" (CHICAGOTRIBUNE.com, 11/19).

Betts last night spent time with Michael Jordan during the Celtics-Hornets game in CharlotteMOOKIE BETTS

NAMES: Red Sox RF MOOKIE BETTS was in attendance at last night's Celtics-Hornets game in Charlotte (TWITTER.com, 11/19)....N.Y.-based law firm Skadden, on behalf of the NCAA, NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB, secured the complete dismissal of a $150M claim brought by the New Jersey Thoroughbred Men's Association related to damages resulting from an injunction barring the NJTHA from conducting sports betting operations (THE DAILY)....Cavaliers G J.R. SMITH and his brother, former NBAer CHRIS SMITH "teamed up" to write a children's book called "HOOPSMITHS." The Mascot Books release, illustrated by KRIS CARTER, "tells the true story of two young brothers who dream of playing in the NBA but learn they need each other to succeed" (CLEVELAND.com, 11/19)....Whistle Sports "signed with CAA" shortly after raising $28M in "additional funding through a Series D round" (DEADLINE.com, 11/15)....Steve Nash Fitness World & Sports Club announced the expansion of its corporate portfolio by introducing Crunch Fitness to the British Columbia market. The organization will open five Crunch locations across BC in '19 (SNFW)....ESPN’s JOE TESSITORE will emcee the 61st National Football Foundation annual awards dinner Dec. 4 in N.Y. (TIMESUNION.com, 11/19)….Yankees P CC SABATHIA and wife AMBER renewed their wedding vows in Napa Valley last weekend. Several baseball players were among the 250 guests in attendance (PAGESIX.com, 11/19).

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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