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Event Notes: Women Allowed To Race In Switzerland's Cresta Run

Women will be allowed to race down the "iconic" Cresta Run toboggan track in Switzerland this season "after an 89-year ban was overturned." They were allowed to race on equal terms with men until the '20s, when it was deemed "medically dangerous." However, at a St. Moritz Tobogganing Club meeting, members voted by a two-thirds majority to allow women to ride the Cresta Run again and become members (BBC, 12/13).

Morocco will not enter the race to host the 2019 African Cup of Nations, "despite being tipped to stage the event after Cameroon was stripped of the hosting rights." After the Confederation of African Football decided to move the tournament last week because of doubts over Cameroon’s delivery of infrastructure and security fears, Morocco and South Africa were installed as early favorites to be "emergency host" (SOCCEREX, 12/13).

Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association announced Aussie cricket's awards event will be renamed the Australian Cricket Awards from '19. The announcement follows several changes to the awards in the past years to reflect the shifting landscape of Australian cricket and the increasing recognition of women's cricket and the popularity of the T20 format (CA).

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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