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The Wait Continues: NHL Seattle Delays Unveiling Of Team Name

NHL Seattle will not unveil the team’s new name this month because of sensitivities related to the coronavirus pandemic. The club entered this year hoping to have the name selected and ready for release in Q1, but those plans are being pushed back. The city of Seattle and state of Washington have been hit hardest by the outbreak with more than 900 cases and 50 deaths, and the expansion club said it wanted to be thoughtful about the timing of any celebration related to the name. The team still working through the trademark and legal process. The club also has postponed its in-person general seat selection process earlier this month, saying that it will continue to evaluate the process and timeline. Online seat selection could be a possibility for fans in the future. The team is scheduled to begin play for the '21-22 season. A team spokesperson did say that it is “business as usual” for the construction sites for the new arena at Seattle Center and Northgate Ice Centre, which includes the team’s HQ, training facilities and three ice rinks.

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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