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President Obama is attending today's Oregon State-Maryland men's basketball game at Comcast Center, as Michelle Obama's brother, Craig, is OSU's coach. UM is asking fans to arrive "as early as possible" due to increased security precautions (WASHINGTON POST, 11/17).

A source said that Univ. of South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney is "leaning toward signing with Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports" for representation (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 11/15).

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said that there "have been no recent talks with DirecTV and Charter Cable officials" regarding the impasse on carriage of the Pac-12 Networks. Scott: "Our team reached out, but there has been no movement" (L.A. TIMES, 11/16).

Sources said that Road America in Wisconsin "could host its first NASCAR Sprint Cup race" in '15. The track has hosted the NASCAR Nationwide Series since '10 (SHEBOYGAN DAILY, 11/17).

An NFL Women's Apparel Style Lounge will be at Sports Authority Field at Mile High today for the team's game versus the Chiefs. The pop-up lounge "will feature women's NFL apparel for sale, a DJ and 'fanicures'" (DENVERPOST.com, 11/16).

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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