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"It's become a tradition to have it here. I played in the one in Miami, too, and this is just a little bit more special. A lot of guys wouldn't come if it wasn't here" – Broncos CB Champ Bailey, on the NFL possibly moving the Pro Bowl from Hawaii (Honolulu STAR-ADVERTISER, 1/29).

"I see basketball as being the 21st century sport and the Warriors becoming the team of the 21st century" – Warriors investor and Tibco Software CEO Vivek Ranadive, who wants to incorporate real-time technology to improve player performance and crowd experience at games (S.F. CHRONICLE, 1/30).

"They still have three-and-a-half years to go. I find it hard to believe that there won't be a solution to that building situation" – NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, on Islanders Owner Charles Wang's efforts to replace or refurbish Nassau Coliseum (NEWSDAY, 1/29).

"If you look at that parallel from social networking to fantasy sports, and the competition there between CBS, ESPN, NFL and Yahoo, it seems like a smart strategy" – Brand Networks CEO Jamie Tedford, on CBS Digital's plans to open its site to developers (BOSTON HERALD, 1/29).

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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