Sports Business Radio Podcast

The Sports Business Radio Road Show heads to Arizona State's WP Carey School of Business for Brian Berger's in-depth conversation with Arizona Diamondbacks President & CEO Derrick Hall (@DHallDBacks). The interview is conducted before a live studio audience comprised of sports business students, faculty, alumni and sports business executives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Derrick Mason, 15-year NFL veteran WR and analyst for the Big Ten Network joins us to discuss the state of the NFL, a busy week in the league with free agency and trades and NFL off the field behavior. Josh Shaw, Founder and CEO of Mission Athletecare stops by to tell us about the tremendous growth of the company that counts Dwyane Wade, Serena Williams and David Wright as equity partners. Maury B...

Shergul Arshad, CEO & Founder of Mondogoal stops by to discuss his growing fantasy soccer company as well as whether or not gambling on U.S. sports should be legalized. Brian Cheek of Postano joins the show to discuss Postano's work around the College Football Playoff as well as how teams, leagues and companies can bring their social media conversations to life via the new Postano Command Center....

Jay Parry, CEO of the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee, joins us to discuss the economic impact of Super Bowl 49 on the state of Arizona's economy as well as Jay's team's preparation in advance of hosting the Super Bowl. Brian Gordon, CEO of the Engine Shop stops by to tell us about the biggest Super Bowl parties - which brands are hosting parties, which celebrities will be attending and performi...

Sports Business Radio counts down its Top 10 Sports Business stories of 2014. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Baron Davis, former NBA and UCLA star joins for an in-depth conversation at our #SBRadioUCLA Road Show presented by Postano at UCLA's Center for MEMES on the UCLA campus on December 4th. Davis discusses his sports, business and entertainment ventures as well as his basketball career at UCLA and in the NBA in front of a live studio audience made up of UCLA students and alumni. Learn more about your...

Yogi Roth of the Pac-12 Networks joins us to discuss his inspirational documentary "Life in a Walk", a story about Yogi's walks with his dad who was diagnosed with cancer as well as an invitation for others to walk and talk with the people who are most important to them. Justin Garrity, President of Postano joins us to discuss Postano's new partnership with FISH Technologies and how they continue...

Sam Amick, NBA reporter for USA Today, joins us to dig into the NBA's new mega media rights deal and how the deal could affect the future of the NBA. Jon Wertheim, Executive Editor of Sports Illustrated and author of the new children's book "Rookie Bookie" stops by to discuss SI's coup with breaking the LeBron James to Cleveland story this past summer as well as his new book. read more Learn more...

Kevin Mawae, former President of the NFL Players Association and 16-year NFL veteran goes one-on-one with Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger to provide insight on what current and former NFL players think of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Mawae also shares his observations of Goodell's relationship with NFL owners. Mawae was the NFLPA President during the lockout in 2011 and was involved in...

An in-depth examination of the NFL in Crisis. Yahoo Sports NFL reporter Rand Getlin joins Brian Berger for a behind the curtain look at the most powerful league in U.S. sports as they are under fire for off the field controversies with marquee players Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice making negative headlines and damaging the brand of the NFL in the process. We discuss how the NFL has handled these co...

Jason Cole, NFL reporter for the Bleacher Report joins us to preview the upcoming NFL season and discuss the top sports business storylines. We also discuss Colts owner Jim Irsay's suspension and fine as well as Houston Texans DE JJ Watt's new $100M contract. Brian Cheek of Postano joins us to discuss what Postano will be doing with teams like the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals this NFL seas...

Ross Greenburg, who spent 33 years at HBO sports and has won 51 Emmy Awards joins us to discuss his new documentary "Forgotten Four", as well as explore sports on TV including skyrocketing TV rights fees to sports properties and the future of sports on TV. Craig Pintens, Associate Athletic Director at the University of Oregon stops by to discuss the innovative "Quackcave" and the social media stra...

Maury Brown from Forbes.com joins us to handicap the three finalists for Major League Baseball's Commissioner job to replace Bud Selig. We also discuss some bold moves by contending teams at the MLB trade deadline. Rand Getlin of Yahoo! Sports joins us to discuss the recent vote that is likely to make the Big 5 conferences in college athletics even stronger and will change the landscape of the NCA...

Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN), ESPN NBA Insider and someone who has covered LeBron James since James was in grade school, joins us to talk about the ramifications of LeBron's move from the Miami Heat to Cleveland Cavaliers and how the surprising chain of events that saw James return to Cleveland unfolded. Justin Garrity, Senior Vice President of Postano (@Postano) joins us to discuss Postano's...

Rebecca Feferman, Head of SX Sports, part of the SXSW lineup in Austin, Texas, joins us to discuss her growing event and how YOU could land a spot as a panelist or featured conversation at the 2015 SX Sports lineup. Peter Ruppe, President of Alchemy Global and former senior executive with Nike stops by to discuss the sports business space and what Alchemy Global is doing to be unique. We also disc...

Tiki Barber, the all-time leading rusher for the New York Giants, joins us to discuss his unique sports business Thuzio as well as top storylines from the NFL. Ric Bucher, Bleacher Report national NBA reporter and TNT broadcaster stops by to discuss the Clippers $2B sale to Steve Ballmer as well as the future of NBA star Kevin Love amongst other NBA topics. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio Learn more...

Christine Brennan of USA Today joins us to discuss the startling stats around the decline of the number of people playing golf as well as the lack of African American players in MLB. Zvee Geffen from Topps joins us to discuss how the trading card company is thriving in the digital age. Dr. Rahul Desai, our sports injury expert, stops by to discuss the epidemic of Tommy John surgeries for MLB pitch...

We're celebrating our 10th Anniversary of Sports Business Radio, which launched 10 years ago this week. SBR Co-Founder Keith Forman joins the show to take a trip down memory lane and recount some of the most memorable moments of the past decade. Rand Getlin of Yahoo! Sports joins us to discuss the NLRB's ruling with Northwestern student athletes and how the ruling impacts the college sports landsc...

Mike Golub, Portland Timbers COO and MLS Executive of the Year 2 of the past 3 seasons joins us to discuss the tremendous success of the Timbers and the growth and popularity of MLS in North America. Portland will play to the MLS All-Star game in August. Brian Cheek, Director of Strategic Accounts for Postano stops by to tell us about how Postano is enhancing the social media experience for sports...

NBA Commissioner David Stern joins Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger to reflect on his 30-year tenure as NBA Commissioner. We discuss Stern's proudest moments, biggest regrets and his future plans during the candid conversation. Brian Gordon of the Engine Shop stops by to discuss the best parties around Super Bowl XLVIII in NY/NJ. We also discuss Super Bowl commercials and overall business a...

Maury Brown of the BizofBaseball.com joins us to discuss the MLB Hall of Fame voting process and if it needs to be overhauled or tweaked in light of this past week's Hall of Fame voting results. Jason Bolt, Founder and CEO of Society43 drops by to talk to us about his company's officially licensed sports themed sunglasses and the company's deals with the NBA and 80 top collegiate sports programs....

Sports Business Radio counts down the Top 10 Sports Business stories of 2013. Happy Holidays from the team at Sports Business Radio! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Mingey, President & Co-Founder of GlideSlope (www.theglideslope.com) joins us to discuss the lead-up to the Sochi Winter Olympic Games & how Olympic sponsors are preparing their campaigns around a politically controversial Russia. Jason Cole (@JasonPhilCole), NFL reporter for the National Football Post joins us to discuss the Richie Incognito - Miami Dolphins story and take us inside an NFL l...

Christine Brennan, sports columnist for USA Today and commentator for NPR and ABC News joins us to share why she won't be referring to Washington DC's NFL team as the Redskins any more and how a nickname change could actually benefit owner Dan Snyder financially. We also discuss security at sports venues. Jon Wertheim, Executive Editor at Sports Illustrated tells us how the magazine's 5-part serie...

Rand Getlin, Investigative reporter for Yahoo! Sports stops by to discuss the autograph controversy surrounding Johnny Manziel as well as how the college sports landscape could be reshaped and modernized. Maury Brown from the BizofBaseball.com joins the show to discuss the Alex Rodriguez suspension by MLB, his appeal and what's next for the embattled slugger. We also share our thoughts on the laun...