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Australian Football League commentator HARRY BEITZEL died, aged 90. The former Victorian Football League umpire was 3AW’s top AFL commentator for 16 years and was described as football’s "first multi-media superstar." He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in '06 (HERALD SUN, 8/14). ... Indian cricketer RAVI ASHWIN will join Worcestershire County Cricket Club for the remainder of the county season "with an eye on broadening his experience of conditions before next year's Test series in England." CHETESHWAR PUJARA is expected to rejoin Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club for a second stint as its overseas player (London GUARDIAN, 8/14).

OFFICIAL PUSH: Real Madrid's CRISTIANO RONALDO was "banned for five matches after pushing referee RICARDO DE BURGOS BENGOETXEA" during his club's 3-1 Spanish Super Cup first-leg win at Barcelona on Sunday. Ronaldo's 24 minutes as a substitute saw him score a "superb goal," pick up a booking for removing his shirt during the celebration and then "quickly receive a second yellow" after De Burgos Bengoetxea ruled the Portugal captain had dived to try to win a penalty. Ronaldo reacted to being sent off "by pushing De Burgos Bengoetxea." The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) banned Ronaldo for one match "for drawing the red card and the other four for pushing the official" (ESPN.com, 8/14).

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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