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Florida Fiestas: Rap Game's Best Gather To Celebrate Miami, Music

Miami continues to rock and roll during Super Bowl week, as the EA Sports Bowl at Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest on Thursday night featured performances by RICK ROSS, LIL WAYNE, MIGOS, TRICK DADDY, TRINA, LUDACRIS, 2 CHAINZ, BALL GREEZY, YO GOTTI and FABOLOUS. Several performers "paid tribute" to KOBE BRYANT (AP, 1/31)....LIZZO performed for two hours at a pre-Super Bowl concert Thursday night, singing a duet at one point with HARRY STYLES. Lizzo also took time to celebrate and remember Bryant (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 1/31). 

KINGS OF SOUTH BEACH: The DraftKings House in South Beach will be open Friday and Saturday from 1:00-10:00pm ET. BRIAN WESTBROOK, CAM JORDAN, CARLOS HYDE, CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY, DESMOND HOWARD, ERIC KENDRICKS, KYLE RUDOLPH, LARRY FITZGERALD, MALCOLM JENKINS, MARVIN JONES, MAXX CROSBY and NATE BURLESON are expected to drop by (THE DAILY).

WELCOME TO THE GRONK SHOWROB GRONKOWSKI has been in the area this week "spreading the word" about his Gronk Beach Party slated for Saturday. Gronkowski and friends were at Miami club E11even on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday, he was seen at Bodega Taqueria y Tequila "downing tacos and spreading the word." The Gronk Beach Party will "feature open bars, tons of food, and performances by top artists" including DIPLOKASKADEFLO RIDACARNAGE and Rick Ross (N.Y. POST, 1/29). Meanwhile, Gronkowski appeared on CNBC Friday to discuss balancing his personal image with taking sponsorship money from those who may not align with his values. Gronkowski said, "It gets a little too hectic. I was young and at that age, you really don't know when you are in your 20s. You're just trying to take it in for the money and that's not what it's all about. You've got to learn those values. You've got to learn those lessons. I just want to stick to things that I truly believe in" ("Worldwide Exchange," CNBC, 1/31).

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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