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The Brewers' Ryan Braun (center-r) and Christian Yelich (r) are new investors in a Milwaukee developmentscott paulus, milwaukee business journal

Brewers LF RYAN BRAUN and RF CHRISTIAN YELICH are "making 'significant' investments into the ongoing redevelopment of the former Shops of Grand Avenue in downtown Milwaukee." The pair "anticipated their investment in The Avenue project would produce both social and financial benefits." The Avenue co-Owner TONY JANOWIEC said that Braun and Yelich are "among roughly 12 equity investors in the development" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 8/13).

MAKING A RUN FOR IT: Former MLBer CURT SCHILLING is "considering a run for Congress in Arizona." Schilling is an "outspoken conservative and avid" fan of PRESIDENT TRUMP. He said on a radio show over the weekend that he is "absolutely considering" a run for one of Arizona's five congressional districts currently held by Democrats (BOSTON HERALD, 8/14). There is "no guarantee that Schilling will actually run for office." When asked what district he plans to run in, Schilling said, "One of the blue ones." His campaign is "still in the formative stage" (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/14).

NAMES: Redskins CB JOSH NORMAN and Saints LB DEMARIO DAVIS “helped pay the $50,000 bail” for 22-year-old college student and farmworker JOSE BELLO, who was imprisoned for 89 days after “reading a poem criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a public meeting in May” (WASHINGTON POST, 8/14)....Numerous coaches and community members yesterday “led more than 200 Columbus youths ages 8 to 14” at the Browns mini-clinic, a “partnership between the Columbus recreation and Parks Department and the Browns.” The camp “featured an offensive and defensive station, as well as a third where games of flag football were played” (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 8/14).

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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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