Bloomberg Business of Sports

Few athletes have the perspective of Paul Rabil. The best-known lacrosse player in history has evolved into both an entrepreneur and activist, using his platform to elevate the game, its players and a new way of thinking about sports. In his latest visit to the show (where he first announced the creation of the PLL in 2018), Rabil talks about the recent historic merger with Major League Lacrosse (...

Less than a year into his tenure running the Arizona Coyotes, Xavier Gutierrez is on the cusp of another unusual season. The former private equity investor is applying lots of business metrics to ensuring a safe season -- with a limited number of fans as the NHL season looks ahead to the first pucks dropping next week. He talks to Jason, Mike and Michael about innovations in ticket sales, as well...

Football dominates the conversation as the trio reunites for the first time in 2021. The NFL limped to the finish of its regular season, and Jason, Michael and Mike muse about how head coaching vacancies may be filled in light of the social justice issues reckoned with throughout 2020. And Barr and Lynchie sit back and watch as Jason goes off about the nearly $25 million the University of Texas is...

Michael Barr and Mike Lynch sit down with Harvard University athletic director Erin McDermott. We talk about what it’s like to switch jobs during a pandemic, how her on the court experience influences her new role and the many “hats” a modern athletic director must wear.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Michael Barr, Rich Trueman, Damian Sassower and special guest Charlie Vollmer, discuss the results of the 2020 Fantasy football championships. We break down the booms and busts from week 16 and the effect those had on the final week of the season.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Barr and Mike Lynch break down some of the biggest sports business stories of the week. Today the duo chats about the first week of NBA action, the AP’s athletes of the year and the NFL’s plan to expand the season to a 17 game schedule in 2021.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist (plus bestselling author and podcaster extraordinaire) Joe Nocera stops by to talk NCAA, plus Jason, Michael, and Mike Lynch discuss the Rose Bowl, the upcoming NHL season, and Peloton’s acquisition of Precor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Barr, Rich Trueman, and Damian Sassower reflect on week 15 of NFL action, and look ahead to week 16.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The U.S. Soccer Federation has agreed to revise its policies on working conditions for members of the National Women's Soccer team, after part of a long-running legal battle was settled early this month. Following last week's conversation with USWNT lawyer Cardelle Spangler, this week we catch up with Jamie Wine, partner at Latham and Watkins, which represents U.S. Soccer in the litigation. We dis...

The NBA returns next week, just two short months after the Lakers captured the 2020 title in the Orlando bubble. Jason and Mike get a sneak peak with NBA Deputy Commissioner, Mark Tatum. They discuss the importance of a quick turnaround for the business of basketball, the organization's relationship with corporate sponsors, and the challenges ahead for a season with teams at home and on the road....

Rich Trueman and Damian Sassower reflect on week 14 of NFL action, and look ahead to week 15. Check out Rich’s fantasy football column every Thursday on the Bloomberg Terminal.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Something went wrong across the history of the NCAA, as college football took all the oxygen and attention away from the notion of student athletes. The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has made it a mission to help fix it, and CEO Amy Privette Perko joins the show to explain how it could be a fair system -- when it comes to both economics and race -- for the 90+ percent of college a...

Michael Barr and Rich Trueman break down the first week of Fantasy "Playoffs". We discuss the sleeper picks on the waiver wire and why it might be time to bench Ezekiel Elliott. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With a resume that includes two Super Bowl championships and seven Pro Bowl appearances, our guests knows a thing or two about winning on the football field. Now he wants to take that winning track record to the fight to prevent the spread of Covid-19. We talk to Washington Football Team alum and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green about his company Halodine, the current status of his former squad and...

Adewale Ogunleye made the leap from the NFL to an MBA and, armed with hard-won knowledge about bad business deals, now has another acronym to add to the mix: being a boss at UBS. The former Bear, Dolphin and Texan is advising current and former players, as well as budding movie and pop stars, about how to keep and grow that wealth they're generating. In a wide-ranging conversation, we talk about a...

Michael Barr, Rich Trueman and Damian Sassower break down the final week of the fantasy football season. We discuss who you should pick up on the waiver wire, how to recover from a covid-19 week 12 and the best way to position your team for the playoffs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Flush with endorsements and investments from athletes like Patrick Mahomes and newly minted deals with the NFL, MLB and the NBA, the ambitions of Hyperice are massive. Invoking game-changers like Apple, Peloton, and Dyon, CEO Jim Heuther breaks down the new, booming business of recovery with Jason, Mike and Michael. They discuss how getting products onto the sidelines and into the dugout, as well...

NBA All Star Baron Davis made an impact on the league, but his longest-lasting contributions have arguably come off the court. Starting with an inspired (and lucrative) early investment in Vitaminwater, Davis has become the model for the modern athlete-as-businessman. In conversation with Jason, Mike and Michael, Davis lays out his vision for empowering others through an ever-growing platform.  Se...

We are inching ever closer to the playoffs as Week 12 is right around the corner. Are you aiming to squeak in or do you need players to secure that top spot? Well the team has a few guys who can help you. Michael Barr has made it to the last 28 in his Survival Pool. Who should he pick this week to keep him in the hunt? The guys also reminisce about the great Thanksgiving memories plus the best Tur...

There are few things less viable in a global pandemic than road races, whose business relies on thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of people gathering in close proximity. It's a massive challenge for Dave McGillivray, the director of the Boston Marathon and founder of DMSE Sports. A legend in the business, he joins Jason, Michael and his long-time buddy Lynchie to talk about the economic deva...

From a UMass standout to a stalwart defender in the NBA, Marcus Camby had a storied career. Hours after this year's unusual, virtual NBA Draft, the 17-year veteran of the league reminisces on getting picked by the two-year-old Toronto Raptors back in 1996, making good for his mistakes and the magic of owning your own barbershop (MC23 for those in the Houston area). See omnystudio.com/listener for...

 Michael Barr, Rich Trueman, and Damian Sassower look ahead to week 11 action. Rich proposed trading one of the most coveted players in fanasty football this season. Want to find out who? You gotta listen to the podcast. And check back in next week to see if Barr has advanced in his survivor pool. It's down to 35 teams and he's getting antsy. Check out Rich’s fantasy football column every Thursday...

The basics of the modern Patriots story are well-known -- six rings, Hall of Famers all around and one of the world's most valuable sports franchises. But Jeff Benedict's "The Dynasty" goes deeper than anyone has before on the Beatles-esque collaboration among an owner, a coach, and a star player. Benedict dives in and compares notes with Lynchie and Jason, bringing the Pats' business story to the...

Managing a major Division I, public university athletic department through a global pandemic -- as part of one of the most powerful conferences in the NCAA -- is pushing Patrick Hobbs to use everything he's learned as an administrator, lawyer and dealmaker. The former law school dean talks to Jason and Mike about negotiating apparel deals, the power of a conference television network and getting b...