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"Those two to three weeks leading up to it were absolutely amazing. Calgary went from a backwater town onto the world stage. Everybody knew where Calgary was" -- Frank King, who chaired the organizing committee for the '88 Calgary Games, on wanting the city to bid to host another Winter Olympics (CALGARY SUN, 2/11).

"To be honest, everybody ought to take a deep breath. The reality is nothing really happens before the 2015 season" -- Mike Jones, chief policy adviser to St. Louis County Exec Charlie Dooley, on speculation that the Rams could relocate to L.A. if upgrades are not made to Edward Jones Dome (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 2/11).

"We do this not just to honor Bryce Harper, but because we also need to sell some cars" -- Nevada-based Findlay Toyota Marketing Dir Rick Glenn, on the car dealership hosting Bryce Harper Day on Friday. Harper is from Findlay, Nev. (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 2/10).

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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