Sports Business Radio Podcast

Ryan Murphy (@ryan_f_murphy) - 3-Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer and world-record holder, joins Sports Business Radio to discuss his preparation for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for this summer. Murphy shares details about his training regimen, and how the 1-year delay due to the pandemic has impacted him. As a graduate of University of California, Berkeley and the Haas School of Business, Murp...

Peter O’Reilly (@PLOReilly), NFL Executive Vice President of Club Business and League Events joins us to take us Behind the Scenes for the planning of Super Bowl LV in Tampa Bay. O’Reilly is the NFL executive who oversees the planning for the Super Bowl, Pepsi halftime show and the NFL Draft. This year’s Super Bowl will look much different than any other Super Bowl previously due to the pandemic....

Eddie George (@EddieGeorge2727), @NFL legend & Heisman Trophy winner joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. George played 9 Seasons with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and is the Titans all-time leading rusher. He was the #NFL Rookie of the Year in 1996. In college, George starred at Ohio State and was the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner. George has been a big success in his post-foot...

PODCAST: Robert Sarver, Phoenix Suns, Managing Partner joins us for a wide-ranging conversation. Sarver, who led the purchase of the Suns in 2004, discusses the Suns’ new $50M Verizon 5G Performance Center, the $250M renovation to the Suns’ home arena, Talking Stick Resort Arena, and his hands on approach to overseeing both projects. Sarver also shares why Suns GM James Jones and Head Coach Monty...

PODCAST: Anna Isaacson, SVP of Social Responsibility for the NFL, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about the league’s efforts with Social Justice as well how the league’s policies regarding domestic violence and sexual assault have changed over the past 7 years since the Ray Rice incident. The NFL recently reached over $95M in grants to organizations as part of its “Inspire Change” initiat...

Kara Lynn Joyce (@KaraLynnJoyce) - 3-Time Olympian and Founder and CEO of Lead Sports Co (www.leadsportsco.com) joins us to discuss the launch of an online academy for female athletes, how she has pivoted during COVID from an in-person annual event to online offerings and her battle against USA Swimming to protect her small business/women owned business. Joyce also discusses the postponement of th...

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PODCAST: CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia), former New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers star pitcher joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. The 2009 World Series champion and 2007 AL Cy Young award winner is one of three African Americans in MLB history with 250 career wins and 3000 career strikeouts. He is only the third left handed pitcher in MLB history with...

Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Sports Business Radio Co-Founder Keith Forman project the top sports business trends to pay attention to in 2021. Visionary guests like Mark Cuban, Arthur Blank, Al Guido, Cathy Engelbert and Mary Carillo have shared hints about where things are headed when they joined us on Sports Business Radio in 2020. We pull nuggets of wisdom from them as well as ma...

Mary Carillo, Member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, HBO Real Sports correspondent, Olympics correspondent for NBC, Commentator for the National Dog Show and longtime tennis commentator, joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Carillo discusses her most recent feature for HBO Real Sports where she interviews several “Super Fans” who are missing out on attending games...

Arthur Blank, Owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) and Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD), Co-Founder of Home Depot (@HomeDepot) and Author of the new #book “GOOD COMPANY” joins Brian Berger on Sports Business Radio this week. Blank discusses his upbringing, the core values he’s utilized over the course of his #business career, the story behind his purchase of the At...

The Sports Business Radio Virtual Road Show presented by Boingo features an in-depth conversation with soccer legend and Angel City FC Founding Investor Abby Wambach (@AbbyWambach) and Angel City FC (@WeAreAngelCity) President Julie Uhrman (@JUhrman). Dawn Callahan, Chief Marketing Officer for Boingo (@Boingo), joins portions of the conversation as well. Wambach and Uhrman discuss how Angel City F...

PODCAST: Nigel Travis (@NigelTravis), Chairman of the Board of Dunkin’ Brands (@dunkindonuts) and Chairman and Co-Owner of Leyton Orient FC (@LeytonOrientFC), joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation this week. Travis, who is also a Board Consultant for Papa John’s and has served in senior roles for Blockbuster and Burger King, discusses the recipe for building successful global...

Mike Hackman, President of Sports Strategies & Solutions and former longtime Nike and Jordan Brand executive discusses working for over two decades in sports marketing at Nike, the company’s approach to working with athletes and how Nike’s focus on sports marketing is changing. Hackman shares memorable stories about Nike and Jordan Brand events he ran, including Michael Jordan’s “Flight School”. H...

Bubba Watson (@BubbaWatson), Pro Golfer and Two-Time Masters Champion joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Watson discusses his business portfolio, which includes partnerships with cbdMD, PING and Oakley as well as the businesses he owns, which includes a stake in the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Minnesota Twins minor league baseball affiliate), Bubba’s Sweet Spot and the Pensaco...

Danita Johnson (@DanitaJohnson), President & COO of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks joins us this week on Sports Business Radio. Johnson discusses the growth opportunities that exist in women’s sports, how she is navigating the pandemic, what the “new normal” may look like, an uptick in TV ratings for the WNBA in 2020 and the “Change Has No Offseason” social justice campaign the Sparks are leading t...

John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ), Sports Business Journal Media Reporter joins us to discuss the ever-changing sports media landscape. We review the latest TV ratings for the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, discuss the future of streaming (and continuing trend of cord cutting), examine the future of RSN’s and we reflect on the life of Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, who was part of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball...

Mark Cuban (@MCuban) - Governor of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and a Shark on the hit ABC TV show Shark Tank joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on Sports Business Radio. Cuban discusses this unique NBA season and what lies ahead for the league. He discusses his strong relationships with his Mavericks players and coaches and how the organization is utilizing its platforms to speak out on socia...

Jaydon Grant (@JaydonGrant) - Defensive Back for the Oregon State University football team joins us on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Grant shares the perspective of a student athlete who is practicing and playing college football games in the midst of a pandemic. He also discusses the rights of student athletes, social justice, mental health and how he made Oregon State’s football...

Eric Mussleman (@EricPMusselman), Head Coach Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball team joins us to discuss coaching his team during a pandemic, the difficult conversation he had with his team last March that their season was coming to an abrupt end, how the Razorbacks are preparing for the upcoming 2020-21 college basketball season, how being the son of a coach has helped prepare him for his role...

Brendan Hunt (@BrendanHunting), Co-Creator and actor on the hit Apple TV + show TED LASSO, takes us inside the making of the cleverly scripted show. Jason Sudeikis (@JasonSudeikis) plays Ted Lasso (@TedLasso), a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer. Hunt discusses his longtime friendship wit...

PODCAST: The Sports Business Radio Road Show presented by Boingo features a conversation with LA28 (@LA28) Olympics & Paralympics Chief Revenue Officer Kathy Carter (@KCarter2028).  Carter discusses her career, LA28’s new branding which was unveiled last week, LA28’s partnership with NBC, what lies ahead for the Tokyo (2021) and Paris (2024) Games, how to plan for world-class events that take plac...

PODCAST: Shannon Furman (@FurmBiz on Twitter), Emmy-Award winning Producer and Director for NFL Films and HBO’s “Hard Knocks” joins us to take us behind the curtain for the making of the popular TV show that is in its 15th season and this year features an inside look at training camp with the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. From shooting training camp and managing a quick editing...

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Wendell Carter Jr. (@WendellCarter34), Chicago Bulls starting center and former Duke basketball star, joins us on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio.  Carter Jr. has teamed with Republic and The Players Impact. The Players’ Impact (TPI), a venture platform built to empower current and retired athletes in business, announced a strategic partnership with Republic, a securities crowdfunding...