The CUSP Show

Maurice Eisenmann joins Joe this year’s last episode of the CUSP show for an in-depth conversation on eSports. Maurice Eisenmann, who was born and raised in Amsterdam, is currently the producer of The CUSP Show and is also a student at the Columbia University Sports Management program. He is an avid video gamer and eSports expert who has done academic research on the booming industry. He also is a...

Welcome to the CUSP Show, Basketball Edition. For the next couple of weeks, we will have an additional podcast where we dive into the stories of the people that make Columbia Men’s and Women’s Basketball so great.   For our sixth episode, we have Jerry Sherwin joining us. If you have ever been to a Columbia Basketball event, you have seen Jerry. Jerry has been involved with the Columbia Basketball...

Brian McIntyre and Terry Lyons join Joe this week for a conversation on public relations at the NBA. Brian oversaw public relations activities for every major NBA event from 1982 through 2010, including The Playoffs, The Finals, NBA All-Star, the NBA Draft, the NBA Draft Lottery, the McDonald’s Championship and other events. He was heavily involved in the launch of both the WNBA and the NBA Develo...

Welcome to the CUSP Show, Basketball Edition. For the next couple of weeks, we will have an additional podcast where we dive into the stories of the people that make Columbia Men’s and Women’s Basketball so great. For our fifth episode, Meghan Roxas, Columbia University’s Graduate Manager of the Women’s Basketball team, joins us this week for a conversation on the daily life of someone working in...

Ross Greenburg joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on sports television. Ross is the Emmy award winning filmmaker behind Ross Greenburg Productions. He served as Vice President and Executive Producer of HBO Sports from 1985-1990, Senior Vice President and Executive Producer from 1990-2000, and then President of HBO Sports from 2000-2011. Ross is recognized as one of the most innovative...

Welcome to the CUSP Show, Basketball Edition. For the next couple of weeks, we will have an additional podcast where we dive into the stories of the people that make Columbia Men’s and Women’s Basketball so great. For our fourth episode, Jonathan Safir, Columbia University’s Director of Men's Basketball Operations, joins us this week for a conversation on the daily behind the scenes at the Columbi...

Anthony Caponiti joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on the inner works of a sports festival. Anthony is the Co-Founder of Hashtag Sports® , a next-gen thought  leadership platform and week-long innovation festival in New York City that celebrates the convergence of sports, digital media, and technology. Hashtag Sports reaches a global community of over 50,000 industry leaders, influenc...

Welcome to the CUSP Show, Basketball Edition. For the next couple of weeks, we will have an additional podcast where we dive into the stories of the people that make Columbia Men’s and Women’s Basketball so great. For our third episode, we have Quinton Adlesh and Nate Hickman, two star players of the Men’s Basketball team, joining us this week for a conversation on their experiences as Basketball...

Welcome to the CUSP Show, Basketball Edition. For the next couple of weeks, we will have an additional podcast where we dive into the stories of the people that make Columbia Men’s and Women’s Basketball so great. For our second episode, we have Tori Oliver and Camille Zimmerman, two key players of the Women’s Basketball team, joining us this week for a conversation on their lives as Columbia Lion...

Chris Lencheski joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on working for a sports investment company and the sports business success that is Drag Racing. Chris is one of the most well respected professionals in the global sports and entertainment landscape. With over 20 years of professional experience, he has authored industry-setting standards and practice guidelines followed by major entit...

Welcome to the CUSP Show, Basketball Edition. For the next couple of weeks, we will have an additional podcast where we dive into the stories of the people that make Columbia Men’s and Women’s Basketball so great.  For our inaugural episode, we have Jim Engels and Megan Griffith, the coaches of Men’s and Women’s Basketball, joining us this week for a conversation on the intricacies behind coaching...

Stephanie Rudinck joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on telling stories and brand management. Stephanie Rudnick is an seasoned brand management and communications strategist with nearly 20 years’ experience across numerous industries - sports, entertainment, lifestyle, technology, travel, luxury, advertising, experiential and marketing. Rudnick opened her consultancy in early 2015 and...

Frank Golding joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on digital sports media. Frank Golding is an entrepreneur and the former Head of Sport for North America at Google, overseeing North America sports deals for YouTube. He has built sports partnerships for leagues, teams and athletes – across professional, college and high school entities — helping them connect more deeply to YouTube’s one...

Ezra Kucharz joins Tom this week for a conversation on digital sports media. Ezra has more than 20-years’ experience creating, evolving, and managing a number of leading Internet properties.  He presently serves as a Special Advisor to the CEO of the CBS Corporation.  He served as President of CBS Local Digital Media.  In this role, Kucharz oversaw online and mobile business across CBS RADIO’s 117...

Barry Neuberger joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on sponsorships in college athlethics. Barry has been working as Columbia’s first Associate Athletics Director for Sports Marketing since 2005.Barry has spent over thirty years in college sports marketing, with significant experience in athletics administration at numerous NCAA institutions. Prior to his arrival at Columbia, he also he...

Harrie Bakst joins Tom and Joe this week for a conversation on sports-philantrophy. Harrie is the founding partner of Weinstein Carnegie Philanthropic Group, one of the leading philanthropic advisory companies.  Bakst leads the sports side of the business and co-manages client relationships with James Blake, Cam Newton, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Save The Children, Sean Penn’s J/P Hai...

Mandy Antoniacci, Inc. Magazine columnist and sports business analyst, joins hosts Joe and Tom this week to talk about identifying future trends in the sports industry. Mandy gives her view on the rise of women in executive positions and the overall growth in attention given to women's sports. She reveals how social media, including the visual medium of Instagram, has helped her promote her own pe...

As the 2016 NFL season gets underway we're joined this week by Hussain Naqi, SVP International Development for the Jacksonville Jaguars, to talk about his franchise's unique role in growing the game outside the United States. With the Jaguars committed to an annual game at London's Wembley Stadium through 2020, Hussain explains some of the ways the franchise is cultivating a fanbase across the Atl...

James Appell, who arrived in New York City a year ago after a career as a sportswriter in Europe, joins hosts Joe and Tom this week to give his perspectives on the Columbia University Sports Management program. James talks about some of the tough lessons he learned about getting ahead in one of the most competitive job markets in the United States, and also about how taking a journalist's view of...

Kyra Barry, Team Leader for the USA Olympic Women’s Wrestling Team, came by the Columbia campus to talk about her summer with the team in Rio de Janeiro. Kyra returns from Rio as part of a team which made history, with Helen Maroulis becoming the first US woman wrestler ever to win Olympic gold. Kyra talks us through her rise to the top of women’s wrestling in the United States, including her role...

Joining the show this week is Scott Soshnick, sports business reporter for Bloomberg, who gives his perspective on how money and sports mix. Scott explains Bloomberg’s interest in the business of sports, where he finds his information about the finances of sports teams, and why in doing his job he’s happy to never set foot in a locker room. He gives his view on where the next wave of major sports...

Host Joe is flying solo this week, and joining him is former Arizona Cardinal turned entrepreneur Adrian Wilson. Adrian tells us how he moved from a stellar NFL career into the cut-and-thrust of the retail trade, and his Arizona sneaker store High Point. He lifts the lid on his parallel career as an NFL scout, and how keeping an eye on the next generation of football talent also informs how he man...

Joining the show this week is Carla Varriale, attorney with Havkins Rosenfeld Ritzert & Varriale, to talk about some of the major legal issues facing the sports industry today. In the wake of New York State finally legalising Mixed Martial Arts - the last state to do so in the US - Carla talks about the reasons for the delay, and the sport's future potential. She also gives her view on the legalit...

Joining The CUSP Show by phone this week is Donna Goldsmith, SVP Consumer Products, Partnership Marketing and International Event Licensing at Tough Mudder, to explain how running 12 miles through mud has become one of the most popular pastimes for thousands of people around the world. Donna explains her plans for the continued growth of Tough Mudder, especially in the merchandising and licensing...

Neil Glat, President of the New York Jets, is our guest this week, as NFL pre-season kicks into gear. Neil dives into the subject of the NFL's potential for international growth, after several years of successful staging of matches at London's Wembley Stadium. He picks out the growth markets to watch, both for the Jets and the NFL as a whole. And Neil explains how an NFL team creates a healthy org...