Sports Business Radio Podcast

Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated Sr. Writer, joins us to discuss the state of tennis as well as the NBA labor situation. Maury Brown from the BizofBaseball.com also stops by to discuss the Los Angeles Dodgers bankruptcy filing this week. We also bring you the latest from the NFL and NBA bargaining tables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside the Los Angeles Dodgers mess with Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. We also examine the latest from the NFL and NBA bargaining tables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forrest Lucas of Lucas Oil and Bill Duffy, BDA Sports NBA agent join us on Sports Business Radio this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is NBC/Comcast's $4.3B investment in the TV/Digital rights to the Olympic Games from 2014-2020 a good investment? Also, USC and Ohio State football programs find themselves dealing with more problems this week. And the latest from the NFL and NBA bargaining tables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside the Ohio State football/Jim Tressel scandal with Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports - the reporter who broke the story about Tressel's violations. We also bring you the headlines of the week including the latest from the NBA and NFL CBA negotiations. And we break down the TV ratings for the NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pete Carroll - Seattle Seahawks head football coach & Executive VP of Football Operations joins us to discuss his first year in Seattle as well as what he and his staff are doing to prepare for the season in the midst of a lockout. We also step into the Technology Lab with Gidge Moody of Nike Golf who shares insight with us on some of the latest Nike Golf club offerings as we head into the summer...

Gavin Maloof - Sacramento Kings Co-Owner joins us to discuss why his family decided to keep the Kings in Sacramento for at least one more season instead of relocating the team to Anaheim. Maloof also discusses what his family needs in order to keep the Kings in Sacramento for the long term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Larry Scott - Pac-12 Commissioner joins us to discuss the conference's new multi-billion dollar broadcast and digital rights deal. We also bring you the headlines of the week including the fine levied against the Fiesta Bowl by the BCS. And we discuss two sports superstars who made headlines this week - LeBron James and Tiger Woods. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Dissecting the new multi-billion dollar Pac-12 TV contract. We also review the TV ratings for the NFL Draft and the NBA Playoffs. And we examine the PR nightmare of the week in our "Caught in the Crosslights" segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trying to make sense of the NFL labor battle between owners and players with Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports NFL reporter. What are the rules of the NFL as they exist today? What are the next steps the owners and players will take? We discuss. We also examine the latest with the Los Angeles Dodgers after MLB assigned Tom Schieffer as monitor and trustee this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Ric Bucher - ESPN NBA Senior Reporter joins us to discuss the NBA Playoffs as well as the latest with the NBA Collective Bargaining negotiations. Tom Ziller from SacTownRoyalty.com joins us to dissect the economics of the Kings relocating out of Sacramento. We also discuss MLB taking over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the NHL's new TV contract with NBC/Versus and the release of the NFL's 2011 regular s...

Rand Getlin - ThePostgame.com joins us to discuss high interest lockout loans being secured by NFL players that could leave the players bankrupt in the future - while the middlemen offering the loans cash in. We also discuss several NBA sports business notes including a countdown of the players with the top selling jerseys this season. And we give you our thoughts on the Barry Bonds verdict this p...

Celebrating the 7th anniversary of Sports Business Radio. We look back at Brian Berger's 2008 conversation with golf icon Jack Nicklaus on Sports Business Radio on the 25th anniversary of his stunning victory at The Masters at the age of 46. We also examine MLB's top sports business storylines for the 2011 season with Maury Brown from the BizofBaseball.com. Thanks to our loyal listeners for 7 fant...

Norwood Teague, VCU Athletic Director joins us to discuss the men's basketball team's trip to the Final Four and how the exposure from the NCAA Tournament has impacted the athletic department and the university. We also examine the headlines of the week including Barry Bonds' trial as well as the firing of Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NFL Sponsors - How have they prepared for a work stoppage? Greg Busch, Executive VP of GMR Marketing joins us to discuss. We also chat with Joe Favorito about how the Cinderella schools in this year's NCAA Tournament are making the most of their moment in the spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Shaheen - NCAA Interim EVP of Championships & Alliances (Head Honcho of March Madness) joins us to discuss the expansion from 65 to 68 teams for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championships as well as the tourney's new 14-year, $10.8 billion TV deal with CBS and Turner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Robinson - Yahoo! Sports joins us to discuss the allegations against the Ohio St. and Oregon football programs. Robinson and Yahoo! Sports broke the stories detailing the improprieties of both programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest from the NFL bargaining table with Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports. What needs to happen for the owners and players to reach a deal? We discuss. We also catch up with Rand Getlin of ThePostgame.com to discuss several controversial college football stories breaking this week. And we bring you the headlines of the week including a deadline extension for the Sacramento Kings and NBC's desire t...

NFL CBA 101 - we'll break down main issues with NFL CBA and tell you what the key components are in order to get a deal done. Maury Brown from The Business of Sports Network joins us to discuss. We also discuss the huge deals that went down at the NBA deadline and how those deals will affect the bottom line for the teams involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd Ramasar, NBA agent for BDA Sports joins us to discuss the growing number of business opportunities for NBA players in China. We also discuss how the market for shoe endorsement deals has dried up. Brian Learst, President of QuintEvents stops by to talk with us about his company's VIP ticket packages for this weekend's NBA All-Star Game as well as the company's packages for other big events li...

David Dunn - NFL agent for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, Packers LB Clay Matthews, Jets QB Mark Sanchez and Ravens LB Ray Lewis amongst many others joins us to discuss marketing opportunities for Rodgers and Matthews after their victory in Super Bowl XLV as well as his thoughts on the current NFL collective bargaining agreement negotiations. We also recap Super Bowl XLV - from the missing seats to our...

We examine the big business of Super Bowl XLV with Darren Rovell, CNBC sports business reporter who joins us from Dallas. We also look back on our conversation with Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers before he became a superstar - prior to the 2005 NFL Draft. Rodgers walked us through the process he went through when deciding to leave Cal early, as well as what criteria he used for selecting the b...

Tony Ponturo, Sports Marketing Guru and former Vice-President of Global Media and Sports Marketing for Anheuser-Busch for 26 years joins us to share everything you'll ever want to know about Super Bowl ads. We also examine the huge TV numbers from the AFC and NFC Championship games. And we share our favorite athlete interview of the year so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Jon Wertheim, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated joins us to discuss his new book "Scorecasting" which uses analytics to dispel many popular sports myths. We also examine three of the strangest press conferences from the world of sports that took place this past week. We bring you the latest sports business headlines of the week including the University of Texas' gigantic TV deal with ESPN. Lear...

We recap the big business of the BCS National championship game with Rachel Baribeau who covers the SEC for TideSports.com. We also give you the record setting numbers for the NFL for wild card weekend. And we bring you up to date on the latest coaching hires in the NFL and college football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices