Tech of Sports

Coach Brian Bohannon, of Kennesaw State joins Rick this week. Hired on March 24, 2013 and tasked with building a football program from scratch, Bohannon embraced the challenge and quickly turned Kennesaw State into the best five-year start-up program in college football history in 2019 with a 48-15 overall record, two Big South Conference championships, three straight appearances in the FCS Playof...

Great guest this week… Rick is joined by Gary Green. Prominent businessman Gary Green is living the dream of every sports fan as the owner of four professional sports teams: the United Soccer League’s Union Omaha and MiLB’s Omaha Storm Chasers, Richmond Flying Squirrels and Montgomery Biscuits. Now, the native New Yorker is teaming with Jet Linx Aviation –founded in Omaha, Nebraska and with...

Rick is joined by comedian, turned skateboard coach, George Wang this week. May marked the start of AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI which stands for Asian American/Pacific Islander, is an important and impactful month for Pan-Asian individuals everywhere in the face of #StopAsianHate, and as we navigate the changing landscape for AAPI folk in the media at large. While we have made great strides for prog...

Peggy Sullivan joins Rick this week. Peggy is the Author of the book, “Happiness Is Your Responsibility”. The book is a combination of emotion, humor, and straight talk to inspire others to believe and see how they can have the life they want. By sharing practical wisdom and touching personal stories, Peggy provides insight into how to cultivate what makes people happy through a set of...

Rick is joined by author and lawyer, Jotham S. Stein this week. What does it mean to negotiate like a CEO? How important are employment agreements? How can you learn to protect yourself and your family if the worst does happen? These are all questions that Jotham S. Stein addresses in his book Negotiate Like a CEO , with the goal of equipping individuals with the tools they need to safeguard thems...

Rick is joined by Ohio State starting quarterback this week on ‘Tech of Sports!” Stroud is Express’ first-ever Collegiate Athlete Style Ambassadors along with fellow local Columbus collegiate football player Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He spent his true freshman year at Ohio State as a backup to Justin Fields. He did not attempt any passes but had a 48-yard rushing touchdown. Stroud was...

Rick is joined by Dave Duecker, CEO of Bike.com this week. Bike.com is officially live! The online marketplace looks to become the one-stop-shop for both experienced bicyclists and those graduating from training wheels. They have created a community where anyone interested in riding can come to learn, explore and purchase a bike, while also ensuring that customers will have a best-in-class experie...

Even though I’m not an RVer, I think about traveling the country in an RV often. This week, Rick is joined by Joel Holland, travel expert and CEO of Harvest Hosts , a membership platform for RVers to find unique overnight stays. Harvest Hosts, a membership program giving RVers access to unique overnight stays, finds that in a recent survey, 63% of respondents sleep in parking lots–such as Wa...

Just days before the 2022 Masters Tournament, Atlanta entrepreneur Edgar Evans Jr. happily released his signature golf shoe, “The Edgar 1’s.” The shoe was created to inspire the world and provide the youth of underserved communities with golf resources. Evans joins Rick this week to talk about his shoes, golf and more! A native of Augusta, Georgia, Evans learned the game of golf by watching the Go...

Rick is joined by internet and baseball sensation, Zack Hample this week. Hample has attended games at 61 different MLB stadiums and snagged more than 11,000 balls in the stands including Mike Trout’s 1st career home run and Alex Rodriguez’s 3,000th hit. Hample gives his tips for catching baseballs at games and his favorite ballparks. Zack is also the subject of a new feature-length do...

Kevin Gallagher joins Rick this week to talk his new book and “saving baseball.” SAVE THE GAME is a grass roots initiative to invigorate Major League Baseball and increase youth participation in the game; the initiative was launched by the nine-year veteran former MLB player Jeff Frye (Rangers, Red Sox, Rockies, Blue Jays), and two New York college standouts – Kevin Gallagher (Pa...

WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested a month ago in Moscow’s main airport. On Thursday it was announced that she would be held without trial until at least May 19th. She currently faces charges that could carry a sentence of up to 10-years in prison. Upon arrival in Moscow during her seventh season playing professional basketball in Russia during the WNBA’s off-season, Griner was arrested for al...

Rick is joined this week on ‘Tech of Sports’ by Kyle Groth, CEO of Whiskers . Whiskers’ Made-in-the-USA golf laces coordinate in style and color with the footwear and apparel brands PGA Tour players and amateur golfers’ wear. Crafted with ultra-durable poly-nylon tech weave and high-grade aglets, they are available in multiple styles, flat and oval shapes, and 30- to 45-inch lengths. B...

Rick is joined by Mark DiMassimo of DiGo this week. March 13th is the start of March Madness, and as many fans begin thinking about their brackets, companies should also begin thinking about their advertising strategies. How can companies use advertising during March Madness to ensure desired behavior changes are met among consumers? Mark DiMassimo, Founder & Creative Chief of DiGo, a creative...

What’s new from GolfLogix ? Pete Charleston, Co-founder and President stops by ‘Tech of Sports’ this week. Charleston co-founded Premium Cigars International and helped take the company public on the Nasdaq. Charleston served as vice president of sales for Premium Cigars International, where he successfully launched an in-store humidor program in over 10,000 retail outlets, negot...

Great to talk with another rower this week, Dani Hansen, Team USA Paralympic athlete in Rowing and a Hydrow athlete. Hansen is a 6’1″ rower from Modesto, Cal. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. She has won a gold medal and five silver medals from the World Rowing Championships and a silver medal from the 2016 and 2020 Paralympic Games. Hansen is the only two...

Rick is joined by former Olympic rower, Aquil Abdullah this week. He was appearing at CES 2022 at the Hydrow booth. Hydrow, the leading and only at-home connected rower that streams the live on-water experience of rowing live to users home had a great area at CES this year. The booth was equipped with the brands’ category-leading rowers built on patented electromagnetic tech that auto adjusts 240...

Rick is joined by former Major League pitcher and owner of the latest RockBox Fitness , DJ Mitchell. Fitness in Marietta, Ga. will never be the same. A former college, Minor League and Major League pitcher, DJ has many great stories to share and his unique philosophy when it comes to fitness. DJ worked his way up through the Yankee organization and hold the rare distinction of being traded for a f...

One of my favorite things at CES in 2022 was a little fan ventilation system for facemasks. Joined by Eric Fouchard this week on ‘Tech of Sports’ to talk about the groundbreaking Aeronest. Attach Aeronest to your mask, push the button : « et voilà » , you are now breathing effortlessly !! Thanks to its magnetic attach system (patent pending) Aeronest adapt at a glance on your everyday...

Rick is joined by Jeff Morin this week on ‘Tech of Sports.’ Jeff us the CEO and Co-Founder of Liteboxer . Liteboxer uses technology to bring about positive and lasting change through fitness. Punch into a new routine. Punch past your limitations. Jeff Morin is a MIT-educated engineer and certified personal trainer with an eye for both physical and technological performance. Jeff led ma...

Rick talks with the Ambassador of France to the US, Philippe Etienne this week on ‘Tech of Sports.’ Étienne served as chief diplomatic adviser to the President of France , Emmanuel Macron , from 2017 to 2019. He was nominated as ambassador of France in the United States effective September 2019. He was in Las Vegas last week leading the French Tech delegation, which was huge. Lots of i...

Rick is joined by Gabby Thomas this week. Thomas won both a silver and bronze in Tokyo and is the third fastest woman all-time in the 200 meters. A graduate of Harvard University, she studied neurobiology and global health as an undergraduate. While at Harvard, Thomas won 22 conference titles across her three years of athletics in six different events, setting the school and Ivy League records in...

Rick is joined by Paul Shirley this week as he has a new book! The Process is the Product. Here’s the lesson Paul Shirley has learned: it doesn’t matter if it’s professional sports, writing, public speaking, engineering, or acting—there will never be enough money, fame, or success to justify all the work if you can’t enjoy the work itself. You have to fall in love with the process. In The Pr...

Rick is joined this week on “Tech of Sports” by former Golf Channel and FOX Sports broadcaster, Holly Sonders . Her story is an incredible one, rising to fame through golf broadcasting and becoming one of the first “womenpreneurs” in the Sports and modeling world through social media. Holly is candid and insightful as the former college golfer talks about NIL deals, how she...

Great to be joined by the legendary Dave Heeren this week. Dave has seen NBA games since 1947 and has a new book out taking statistics and the TENDEX Method into account to rank the top-75 NBA players of all-time. The book is Seventy-Five . Dave is an award-winning journalist and author of 18 books. He invented his pioneer statistics system (later known as TENDEX) during his sophomore year at the...