Keeping Score
Sports Business Analyst Rick Horrow talks with the playmakers, deal makers and rule makers in the world of sports. Plus, he gives his take on items in the news using his 30 years of experience doing deals for teams, leagues and players in the $750 billion business of sports. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Managing a team like a business
For Joe Maddon, managing the Chicago Cubs means acting like a CEO. The long-time baseball veteran talks about his leadership style and why advocating for his players is a top priority. Plus, sports business expert Rick Horrow offers his take o...
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Braves bet big on ‘mini city’
In this bonus episode of Keeping Score, the executives who drove the Atlanta Braves’ blockbuster $672 million public-private stadium deal talk about the ‘mini city’ they built next to the ballpark and how it’s become a business model for pro sports org...
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Life after the bell rings
Former middleweight champion Andre Ward discusses the difficulty boxers have transitioning from the fight game to the world of business and entertainment.
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Angela Stanford plays the long game
A pro for 18 years, golfer Angela Stanford understands the pressure of the game better than most. She’s golfed her way to six LPGA tour wins, including her first major title this week, and honed her business acumen for a life beyond the links. Plus, sp...
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The NFL’s new playbook
Beyond controversy and CTE, National Football League team executives must navigate a treacherous set of new market conditions. Indianapolis Colts’ COO Pete Ward talked about some of the challenges and what the league must do to stay on top.
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The other side of Nick Saban
The Alabama coach talks about growing up in West Virginia and how playing football prepared him for life.
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Remembering John McCain
The Arizona senator had strong feeling on sports, and in a 2016 conversation expounded on the NFL’s ill-fated ‘pay for patriotism’ black eye and why he wouldn’t want ‘a single dime of taxpayer dollars’ spent on subsidizing sports venues.
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The NBA’s new game
Milwaukee Bucks boss Peter Feigin talks about what opening a new arena means in an industry where a franchises increasingly depend on both their physical and virtual assets.
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In Indianapolis, an economy built on sports
Ryan Vaughn, the President of the Indiana Sports Corp., explains how the city plotted a commitment to sports in the 1970s and why it’s still paying off today.
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Digging, and spiking, for gold
Rising volleyball star Sara Hughes still has her grandmother doing her taxes but that hasn’t stopped brands such as Nike from wanting a piece of her – both on the beach and on Instagram, ahead of the 2020 Olympics.
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Minor leagues win some major deals
With 40 million fans a year, Minor League Baseball offers a big upside for sponsors. Maury Gallagher, founder and CEO of Allegiant Airlines, talks with sports business expert Rick Horrow about why he’s inked a marquee sponsorship with the minors. Plus,...
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The NFL looks to the next generation
Facing renewed controversy over player protests, the NFL is working to maintain its position as one of America’s most popular pastimes. This week sports business expert Rick Horrow sits down with Roman Oben, the NFL’s VP in charge of youth and high sch...
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Baseball’s minor leagues move beyond ‘Asparagus...
Kent Heyman, CEO of digital content solutions company ISM Connect explains how minor league baseball is harnessing the power of technology to create a sprawling business with a nationwide footprint.
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The reach of the Ripken empire
The CEO of the famous baseball family’s foundation explains why finding kindred spirits and strong local partners are at the core of its efforts to help America’s kids.
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Place your bets – on sports
Legal sports betting could soon come to a state near you after last month’s Supreme Court ruling opened the doors to states that want to regulate and tax the activity. But there are a lot of unanswered questions about where and how legal sports wagerin...
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Esports emerging
Arlington, Texas may already be the home of the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers but its mayor Jeff Williams told Keeping Score host Rick Horrow about the city’s plans to become middle America’s esports mecca.
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How sports made Indianapolis into a ‘big league...
Indiana Pacers Sports & Entertainment Vice Chairman Jim Morris discusses how his NBA franchise has helped develop the Indianapolis community – from the court to the city’s thriving downtown.
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Victory in virtue
Philanthropies mine teams, leagues, and big events to fund causes.
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Drivers, start your engines…
The Indy 500 is one of the oldest events in American sports but the business end of racing – and most major sports – is rapidly changing to ratchet up fan engagement and deliver even bigger sponsorship dollars. No one knows that better than Mark Miles,...
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Making deals on and off the field
Rick Horrow digs into David Tepper’s deal to buy the Carolina Panthers but on the more genteel side of sports, Octagon entertainment’s Andy Bush says a field of increasingly demanding sponsors means deal-making is tougher than ever.
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At Indy, driving change
The one thing that hasn’t changed in Indy Car racing since Lyn St. James was among the sport’s pioneering women: Drivers have to keep sponsors happy. As this year’s Indy 500 approaches, she’s now training more women on how to navigate the fastest of tr...
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From old mine to gold mine
The world knows Mosaic as a major global company in the decidedly unglamorous business of digging potash and phosphate. It has, however, turned a spent mine in central Florida into The Streamsong Resort, a modern golf development with a few sustainable...
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Sports Dollars and the Draft
Drafting impact players – like NFL teams will try to do Thursday – is one part of being a successful franchise. Building an economy around your team and city is another. Veteran sports executive Steve Patterson explains how he’s trying to do that with ...
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From the battlefield to the playing field
A medical startup funded in part by the U.S. Defense Department wants to bring medical treatment built for Navy Seals to the sports world.
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The art of the sports deal
Joseph Leccese, one of the sports industry’s most influential lawyers, explains why a tech giant is likely to be a major player next time big TV rights deals are in play.
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