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League Notes: Israel Reinstated As World Curling Federation Full Member

Israel got back on the int'l curling map this month when "48 of 49 World Curling Federation delegates voted to reinstate the country as a full member." The reinstatement "followed years of persistence and lobbying, and despite a lack of facilities and limited funding from the Olympic Committee of Israel and the Sports Ministry" (HAARETZ, 9/15). ... Dubai Sports Council Sport Tourism Manager Ghazi Al Madani hopes that the hosting of the annual Dubai Int'l Open Bowling Championships "will raise the standard of the sport in the country." Al Madani: "One of the main objectives in organising this championship is to give our local bowlers an opportunity to interact with top professionals from across the world" (GULF NEWS, 9/16). ... The Int'l Tennis Federation "is hoping the UAE will cash in on the full potential of hosting the world governing body's Annual General Meeting" in Dubai in a year's time. ITF AGM organizer Vicki Fecci said, "Organizing an AGM is a fantastic opportunity for any country to showcase itself before the who's who connected with the sport from across the world. I can see that next year's AGM will bring in a lot of benefits for this country" (GULF NEWS, 9/16).

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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