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Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announced that Major League Soccer is coming to the Queen City during an event at the Mint Museum on Dec. 17.Melissa Key / Charlotte Business Journal

 

From the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic

Bridgestone executives Amber Holm, VP, marketing consumer and customer engagement; Christine Karbowiak, EVP, vice chair, chief administrative officer and chief risk officer; CMO Philip Dobbs; and CFO Amanda Mathis attend the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day in Dallas.Nicole Lee / NHL
Dallas Stars Foundation President Marty Turco; NHL Chief Brand Officer/EVP Brian Jennings; Terry Flowers, headmaster, St. Philip’s School & Community Center; Dallas Stars President Brad Alberts; and Dallas Stars players Denis Gurianov, Anton Khudobin, Jamie Oleksiak and Jason Dickinson attend the Winter Classic legacy initiative event at the St. Philip’s School & Community Center in South Dallas for the donation of a new ball hockey court.Brian Babineau / NHLI via Getty Images

 

#PowerForward

The Atlanta Hawks closed out 2019 with a Lady Ballers Holiday Clinic Powered by Georgia Power at Decatur High School on Dec. 31. During an afternoon #PowerForward session ESPN basketball analyst Andraya Carter led a panel discussion with Atlanta Dream head coach Nicki Collen; Pharlone Toussaint, Atlanta program officer at the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA; and NASM Elite Trainer Sondi Carter.Kyle Hess Photography

 

In the studio with Broadway Joe

16W Marketing co-founders Frank Vuono and Steve Rosner joined Pro Football hall of famer Joe Namath at a recent studio taping of television program “Game Time with Boomer Esiason.”Steinlight Media

 

 

 

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SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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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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