Sports Business Radio Podcast

Michael Palisi, EVP, Collegiate Services for Van Wagner joins us to discuss how the sponsorship and media rights landscape are changing in college athletics during the pandemic. Palisi shares with us how Van Wagner is structuring these deals and what could become the “new normal” in the future. Keith Forman, Co-Founder of Sports Business Radio and Founder/CEO of Fresh Cup of Perspective joins Bria...

F. King Alexander, President of Oregon State University and former President at Louisiana State University joins Sports Business Radio for an insightful look at the current state of college athletics from the President’s seat. How are athletic departments funded and what is the breakdown of the economics of a typical athletic department budget? What is the relationship between the NCAA and its mem...

Andy Loughnane, President of Austin FC of MLS joins us to discuss his club’s launch in 2021 in their new soccer-only stadium. Loughnane also shares insight on why Austin FC is ripe for success as the first major league pro sports franchise in Austin and how the club is well positioned in a city that is home to many tech giants. Uday Ahuja, Managing Director for RSE Ventures joins us to discuss wor...

Gracie Gold (@GracieGold95 on IG), Two-time U.S. National Champion and Olympic Figure Skater joins us in advance of her appearance in the upcoming HBO Documentary THE WEIGHT OF GOLD. Gold discusses the mental and emotional toll the pressure that being an elite athlete has had on her, spending her entire life focused on a 4-minute performance on the ice at the Olympics and at the U.S. Figure Skatin...

Deandre Jordan (@Deandre), Brooklyn Nets center and Olympic gold medalist, joins us on Sports Business Radio. Jordan discusses his many off the court partnerships, including with eco-friendly companies like Beyond Meat and Arvin Goods, as well as what he looks for in a business partner. His show “The Mindful Life” airs on PlayersTV. Jordan tells us why he changed to a vegan diet 2 years ago. We al...

Jeff Attinella (@Jeff_Attinella1), goalkeeper for the Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) of Major League Soccer (@MLS) takes us inside the MLS bubble at DisneyWorld in Orlando. What are the protocols that have been put in place by MLS and the Timbers, how is Jeff training with his teammates and what is it like playing matches with no fans in attendance? Jeff give us his firsthand perspective from Orlan...

PODCAST: Jeff Curtin (@Jeff_Curtin), Portland Trail Blazers Director of Broadcasting join us to take behind the scenes of his team’s preparation to broadcast games remotely once NBA play resumes in Orlando in late July. How is his broadcast talent and tech staff preparing in Portland, how will he work with the NBA and its national broadcasters in Orlando who will provide a “World Feed”, what innov...

Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger is joined by Sports Business Radio Co-Founder Keith Forman for a discussion on the current sports landscape amidst the COVID pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. Will any U.S. team sport actually complete a season in 2020 as the NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and NWSL all get set to restart in July and operate in a world without a COVID vaccine? Will the...

Chip Schaefer - Chicago Bulls Director of Performance Health and winner of 11 NBA championships with the Michael Jordan/Scottie Pippen/Phil Jackson led Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990’s and the Kobe Bryant/Shaquille O’Neal/Phil Jackson led dynasty of the 2000’s joins Sports Business Radio for an in-depth conversation. Schaefer won 6 rings with the Bulls and 5 rings with the Lakers. He shares sto...

Chris Keiser, VP of Operations and Finance at Dream Golf, Developers for Bandon Dunes golf resort (@BandonDunesGolf) joins us to discuss the business of golf, the enormous success of the Bandon Dunes golf resort and the opening of the new world-class Sheep Ranch golf course on the southern coast of Oregon. Bandon Dunes golf resort opened in 1999 and will host the 2020 U.S. Amateur in August. Pacif...

Ken Griffey Jr., (@TheRealKenGriffeyJr on Instagram), Baseball Hall of Famer and one of the best MLB players ever, joins us on Sports Business Radio for an in-depth conversation to discuss his incredible career, longtime relationship with Nike, recent investment with Players TV (other Players TV partners include Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony) and the type of content he wants to create. Griffey Jr...

David Fizdale, Former New York Knicks and Memphis Grizzlies Head Coach and longtime Miami Heat Assistant Coach joins Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger for a lengthy conversation about race and the Black Lives Matter movement. Fizdale grew up in South Central Los Angeles and was often the victim of police profiling and brutality. He also lived in Los Angeles during the Rodney King trial and s...

Carolyne Savini (@carolynesavini) - Head of North America at Nolan Partners, an Executive search firm specializing in sports & entertainment & Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University joins us on this edition of Sports Business Radio. What does the hiring/employment landscape look like now? And how may it evolve in a COVID/post COVID world? If you’ve been furloughed or laid off what can or shoul...

Paul Westhead (@CoachWesthead), the only Head Coach to win both a NBA Title (Los Angeles Lakers, 1980) and WNBA Title (Phoenix Mercury, 2007) joins us for a wide-ranging conversation that covers his incredible basketball career. Westhead invented “The System”, which has led to record-breaking scoring including his 1989-90 Loyola Marymount team setting an all-time single season scoring record of 12...

Pau Gasol (@PauGasol), 2-Time NBA Champion, 6-Time NBA All-Star, 2002 NBA Rookie of the Year joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Gasol discusses his Hall of Fame career, his relationships and what he learned from Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich, attending medical school and nearly becoming a doctor (his parents both worked in the medical profession), his love...

John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ), Sports Media reporter for the Sports Business Journal joins us to discuss sports media coverage during the COVID19 pandemic. We discuss the return of NASCAR and PGA Golf this past weekend, the 10-part documentary "The Last Dance" about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, how the pandemic may change the sports media landscape including upcoming media rights deals for th...

Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs discuss the latest headlines with NASCAR’s restart this Sunday and potential re-starts by the NBA, MLB and MLS. They also discuss how Arizona and Florida have reopened for sports and are actively recruiting teams from states that are closed for sports to come play in their states. Monica Spoelstra Metz (@MoSpo on Instagram...

Joe Favorito (@JoeFav), longtime Sports PR and Marketing thought leader joins Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger for a wide-ranging conversation about which leagues, teams, brands and individuals have been “doing it right” during COVID19. Favorito and Berger discuss best practices as well as what the new normal could look like in the sports world post COVID19. In our headlines segment, we bre...

Marshall Glickman, CEO of G2 Strategic and European sports expert, as well as former President of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, joins us to examine how COVID19 has impacted the sports landscape in Europe and what the “new normal” may look like in the future. Ian Fitzpatrick, General Manager of Sport at the University of Western Australia in Perth, joins us to examine how COVID19 has impacted t...

John Smoltz, Baseball Hall of Famer and Lead Analyst for Fox Sports’ baseball coverage joins us on Sports Business Radio. Smoltz was a Cy Young Award winner and 8-time MLB All-Star during his 21-year MLB career. He led the Atlanta Braves to 14 consecutive division titles and 5 World Series appearances, winning the championship in 1995. He is the only pitcher in MLB history with 200 wins and 150 ca...

David Scott is a veteran television journalist and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel's first Producer/Correspondent. His work as a network news producer has won some of the industry’s highest honors, including five News and Documentary Emmy awards.  Scott joins Sports Business Radio to discuss his eye-opening segment on HBO Real Sports that explores the role sports leagues and organizations domestica...

Peter O’Reilly (@PlOReilly) - EVP, Club Business & League Events for the NFL, joins us to take us Behind the Scenes on the planning for the 2020 NFL Draft, which was conducted virtually for the first time ever. O’Reilly oversees the planning of the Super Bowl, NFL Draft, Pro Bowl and all major events for the league. O’Reilly discusses all of the coordination between the league and NFL GM’s and Coa...

PODCAST: Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging discussion about lessons learned from legendary University of Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summit, starring for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, broadcasting on the NBA on TNT, Co-Hosting the “Ledlow and Parker” podcast with Kristen Ledlow, appearing in the new Budweiser “Whassup” commercial with co-stars Dwyane Wad...

We enter the Sports Business Radio vault to re-visit conversations with David Falk (longtime agent for Michael Jordan) and Tinker Hatfield (Nike shoe designer and Michael Jordan's partner on design for the Air Jordan line of shoes). Falk discusses how he and Jordan changed the marketing blueprint for athletes. Hatfield discusses his collaboration with Jordan on the Air Jordan line, which has sold...

Sports Business Radio Roundtable with SBR Host Brian Berger and SBR Co-Founder Keith Forman. Berger and Forman discuss the current sports landscape, which sports are well positioned to return at some point in 2020 and what the “new normal” could look like coming out of COVID19. They also outline how the return to sports will be determined in large part by state Governors and not by league Commissi...