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“I hope the school will provide another after-school option from children while reminding society of great values like teamwork, discipline and confidence, that can’t be taught from textbooks but from playing sports” – Former NBAer Yao Ming, on opening the NBA Yao School in Beijing (CHINADAILY.com, 10/16). 

"His stature within the hockey community is significant and meaningful, and his importance is as great as that of any player, past or present” – Hockey HOFer Bobby Orr, in his new autobiography, on the CBC’s Don Cherry. Orr believes Cherry belongs in the Hockey HOF (CP, 10/15).

“We talk about a lot of things with the team. We haven’t gotten very specific with them about the shutdown. I don’t think they’ve been real concerned with that, especially the foreign players” – Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, on discussing the government shutdown with his players (MYSANANTONIO.com, 10/15).

“This city wants the Blue Jays to remain a part of Dunedin. We are preparing for the day when we get to sit down with them” – Dunedin Mayor Dave Eggers, on plans to hold talks with the MLB team about continuing to hold Spring Training at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium (BIZJOURNALS.com, 10/15).

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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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