The CUSP Show

Joe & Tom sit down with Co-Founder + General Manager of Atatlanta Media and Alumn of the Columbia Sports Management PRogram, ESMERALDA NEGRON, to discuss the company's focus on women's sports and elevating the players in the leagues.  Who they are: We are a women’s football company devoted to elevating the sport and its players. Founded by former Sky executive with expertise in sports media rights...

Joe and Tom sit down with Co-Founders of Slate Teams Eric Stark and William Brooke, to discuss their social media tool, Slate. Slate is a real-time social-content tool that allows teams to create image and video templates for Instagram, Twitter, and other social platforms. This creates the opportunity to create consistent, on-brand content using pre-approved assets. Creators can then resize, adjus...

Joe and Tom sit down with President & Co-Founder of Zoomph, Amir Zonozi as he discusses his early findings and passion for Social Media. From Presidential campaigns to being a leader in measuring sports sponsorship. Amir's entrepreneurial spirit and unwillingness to quit drove him to the success Zoomph is seeing today. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia U...

Joe and special host, Lj Holmgren, sit down with a special guest and alum of the program Neha Aggarwall. Listen as she discusses the changes in the Olympics from the time she participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics for India in Table Tennis. How her passion of her sport drove her to Columba and currently as the Head of Partnerships & Communication at Olympic Gold Quest.  -- The CUSP Show is a pr...

Joe and Tom sit down with a special guest and Senior Vice President of Marketing & Communications Liz Brown of Little League, as they discuss her path from graduate school, to working on corporate sponsorship activations to head of marketing & communications for Little League Baseball and Softball. The effects of the global pandemic on a summer classic, and how to be resilient and push forward in...

Joe and Tom sit down with special guest and SIAC Commissioner Gregory Moore, as they discuss his experienced path as a former athlete, sports attorney, author, minor league sports executive,and now NCAA conference commissioner, Gregory Moore brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and passion to the thirteen historically black colleges and universities that currently constitute the Southern Inter...

Joe and Tom sit down with special guest Dick Glover, as they discuss his experienced path from WWE, ESPN and NASCAR to launching a new media platform at Sportico. Be sure to subscribe to Sportico:  https://www.sportico.com/ -- The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports. Our presenters are...

Joe sits down with special guest M. Quentin Williams, as they discuss Q's unique path from Yonkers, Boston College, Law School, the FBI on to the sports industry, and how being pulled over one night gave him inspiration for his book and his Dedication to Community. Be sure to check out Q's Community outreach program, Dedication to Community:  http://dedicationtocommunity.org/ The CUSP Show is a pr...

Joe and Tom sit down with special guest Joe Maddon, as they discuss Joe's lessons on the value of listening in leadership to delivering key messages to young students using his platform.  Be sure to check out Joe's Organization Respect 90 -  https://www.respect90.org/ The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on...

Joe and Scott Rosner sit down with Len Elmore, as they discuss the recent events in the United States, and the role of athlete activism in steps for change today and in the future. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports. Our presenters are Joe Favorito (@Joefav), Tom Richardson (@Conv...

Part of a 3-part series from the Sloan Analytics Conference.  Joe sits down with Frank Brown, as they discuss storytelling through the lens of professional athletes, the National Hockey League and the trials through his journe. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports. Our presenters ar...

Tom and Joe sit down with Kevin Sullivan, Founder of Kevin Sullivan Communications, Inc. and Sr. Advisor, External Affairs at George W. Bush Presidential Center. Kevin has excelled at the art of storytelling. Listen to the journey full of interesting turns, including a limousine ride with President Bush. From NBC to the White House, this is a story you don't want to miss. A great listen for everyo...

Tom and Joe sit down with Raleigh Anne Gray, Senior Director, Athlete Exchange (AX) at Wasserman, and Founder of Must Love Sports. Listen to her journey from ESPN intern to Twitter and The Players' Tribune to Wasserman and the trials and tribulations and mantra to at first your don't succeed... A great discussion for everyone.  The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at C...

Tom and Joe sit down with Columbia University Sports Management Lecturer, Shareholder at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.  and the Chair of the  firm’s Sports, Recreation and Entertainment Practice Group, Carla Varriale-Barker.  Listen in as they discuss current events such as the recent announcement by the NCAA regarding student athlete’s Name, Image & Likeness rights, and how sports leag...

The Sports Management Program was at Super Bowl LIV Radio Row. Follow along with us as we speak to a wide variety of influencers in the sports industry. This episode Scott and Joe sit down with Dr. Herman Taylor and former NFL player Ricardo Lockette to discuss they safety of the game.  The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch w...

The Sports Management Program was at Super Bowl LIV Radio Row. Follow along with us as we speak to a wide variety of influencers in the sports industry. This episode Lj and Tom sit down with Tressie Rose, Sr. Director of External Communication for Hertz, as she discusses a fun activation with Super Bowl champion Jerome Bettis.  The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at C...

The Sports Management Program was at Super Bowl LIV Radio Row. Follow along with us as we speak to a wide variety of influencers in the sports industry. This episode Joe and Scott sit down with Brandon Copeland of the New York Jets and how he presents a class on financial literacy to players in the NFL.  The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You...

The Sports Management Program was at Super Bowl LIV Radio Row. Follow along with us as we speak to a wide variety of influencers in the sports industry. This episode Joe and Scott sit down with Mark Murphy, President & CEO of the Green Bay Packers & Scott Hallenbeck, CEO and Exeutive Director of USA Football.    The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia Universi...

Part of a 3-part series from the Sloan Analytics Conference.  Joe sits down with Chief Planning and Operations Officer, Sashi Brown, as they discuss the truth behind sports leadership as he has embarked on a new journey with Monumental Basketball that includes the NBA's Washington Wizards and WNBA's Washington Mystics. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia U...

Joe sits down with entrepreneur, voice of the German NFL broadcast and alum of the Program, Markus Kuhn, as he discusses growing football worldwide, his ventures on the gridiron both during his playing days and his innovation off the field.  The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports. Our...

The Columbia University's Sports Management Master's Program has been working with Anheuser Busch and its interns from the NWSL as they begin to transition their careers from the playing field to the boardroom. The NWSL athletes participated in a weeklong, intensive executive education program on the Morningside Campus during the first week of their internships in January to learn from the program...

The Sports Management Program was at Super Bowl LIV Radio Row. Follow along with us as we speak to a wide variety of influencers in the sports industry. This episode Joe and Tom C. sit down with Sports Reporter for CNBC, Jabari Young.     Follow Jabari on twitter @JabariJYoung.  The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the...

The Sports Management Program was at Super Bowl LIV Radio Row. Follow along with us as we speak to a wide variety of influencers in the sports industry. This episode Joe and Lj sit down with Christine Wixted, Partnership Manager at Twitter.   The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports. Ou...

The Sports Management Program was at Super Bowl LIV Radio Row. Follow along with us as we speak to a wide variety of influencers in the sports industry. This episode Joe and Scott sit down with the NFL's Senior Vice President of Health and Safety Innovation,  Jennifer Langton.   The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the...

The Sports Management Program was at Super Bowl LIV Radio Row. Follow along with us as we speak to a wide variety of influencers in the sports industry. This episode Joe and Lj sit down with The Action Network's Darren Rovell.   The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports. Our presenters a...