Sports Business Radio Podcast

Sports Business Radio focuses on the issues and people directly impacting the world of sports business. Guests on the show offering an insider's perspective include pro sports league executives, agents, college athletics administrators, sports apparel company reps, ad agency executives, media executives & athletes. Follow us on: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube

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NBA & NHL Playoffs/NFL Draft Recap Edition of S...
We dive into the NBA and NHL Playoffs TV ratings as well as tell you what the local TV ratings were for NBA and NHL teams for the 2018-19 season on this week's edition of Sports Business Radio. Which teams saw the biggest increase and decrease in TV ra...
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Jeff Levick, CEO - The Players' Tribune
Jeff Levick (@JeffLevick), CEO of The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) joins us for an in-depth conversation to discuss Derek Jeter's digital publishing company. From The Players' Tribune's various content platforms, to their distribution and monetiz...
51 min
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Inside the Business of Tiger Woods' win at The ...
Sports Illustrated golf writer Daniel Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) joins us to discuss Tiger Woods' historic and emotional win at The Masters - Woods' 5th green jacket and his 15th major. From the record-setting TV ratings for CBS to the sponsors tha...
44 min
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Celebrating 15 Years of Sports Business Radio -...
BONUS podcast to celebrate 15 years of Sports Business Radio. Our show launched on April 11, 2004.  During this podcast, Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs reflect on the 15 year history of the show. We al...
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN NBA Insider and Author of...
Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) joins us to discuss his new book LeBron Inc., which takes a look at the inner workings of the business empire that LeBron James and his team have built. Windhorst discusses how James has scored big with equity deals ins...
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Jeanie Buss - Los Angeles Lakers owner at the S...
The Sports Business Radio Road Show presented by Boingo with Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss (@JeanieBuss). The wide-ranging conversation took place on the campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles before a studio audience of students a...
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Blake Lawrence, Co-Founder & CEO - Opendorse
Blake Lawrence (@Blake_Lawrence), Co-Founder & CEO of Opendorse (@opendorse) joins us on this week's edition of Sports Business Radio. Lawrence, a former football player at the University of Nebraska, launched Opendorse in 2012\. Since then, Opendorse ...
51 min
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JoAn Scott, Managing Director of the NCAA Men’s...
Step inside March Madness with JoAn Scott - Managing Director of the Men’s Basketball Championships for the NCAA joins us to take us behind the scenes for this year's NCAA Tournament. Scott discusses how she oversees the operations for one of America's...
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Kara Lynn Joyce (@KaraLynnJoyce) - Olympian & F...
Kara Lynn Joyce (@KaraLynnJoyce), 4-time Olympic medalist & 3-time Olympic swimmer, 18-time NCAA champion and Founder & CEO of the LEAD Sports Summit (@leadsportssummit) joins us to discuss her annual event that connects young female athletes with acco...
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Kevin Lavelle (@KevinSLavelle) - Founder & CEO ...
Kevin Lavelle (@KevinSLavelle), Founder & CEO of men's dress shirt company Mizzen and Main (@MizzenandMain) joins us to discuss how the company is cleverly parlaying relationships with high profile athletes like Phil Mickelson and JJ Watt into increase...
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Jeff Attinella (@Jeff_Attinella1) - Portland Ti...
Jeff Attinella (@Jeff_Attinella1) - Goalkeeper for @MLS Western Conference Champion Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) joins us to discuss the mindset of a goalkeeper, the Timbers' magical run to the MLS Cup last season, the state of Major League Soccer and...
44 min
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Why NOW is the time for James Dolan to Sell the...
Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs discuss a variety of topics including why NOW is the time for James Dolan to sell the New York Knicks. Berger and Griggs also recap the 2019 NBA All-Star weekend and the Dayton...
45 min
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NASCAR star Kevin Harvick (@KevinHarvick) Dayto...
NASCAR star Kevin Harvick (@KevinHarvick) - 2007 Daytona 500 winner & 2014 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion joins us to discuss this Sunday's Daytona 500 as well as his diverse business interests, which include an athlete management company, r...
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The Current State of the NBA with Ric Bucher (@...
Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger (former Portland Trail Blazers executive) and longtime NBA Insider Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) combine their deep network of NBA contacts and vast knowledge of the league to do the deep dive into the current landscap...
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Super Bowl LIII Primer
Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs preview all aspects of Super Bowl LIII between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. From sports gambling (overall money wager...
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Peter O’Reilly (@ploreilly) - NFL SVP of Events...
Peter O’Reilly (@ploreilly) - Senior Vice President of Events and Club Business Development for the NFL takes us behind the scenes for the planning and production for Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, including the game itself, the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime ...
38 min
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Lauri Markkanen (@MarkkanenLauri) - Chicago Bul...
Lauri Markkanen (@MarkkanenLauri), Chicago Bulls power forward and one of the bright young stars in the NBA, joins us to discuss his NBA career thus far, growing up in his native Finland, his love for Hockey and his partnership with Neste (@NesteGlobal...
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Pete McPartland - Chairman, President & CEO of ...
Pete McPartland, Chairman, President & CEO of Sentry, the Title Sponsor of the Sentry Tournament of Champions PGA TOUR event at Kapalua Golf Course in Maui joins Brian Berger to discuss why his company made the decision to enter into a 5-year sponsorsh...
45 min
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Sports Business Radio's Top 10 Sports Business ...
Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs count down Sports Business Radio's Top 10 Sports Business stories of 2018. They also reflect on some of their favorite interviews on Sports Business Radio in 2018 and they p...
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Oliver Luck, XFL Commissioner at Sports Busines...
Oliver Luck (@OliverLuckXFL), Commissioner of the XFL (@XFL2020) sits down with Brian Berger at the Sports Business Radio Road Show presented by Boingo (@Boingo) at The Players' Tribune in New York City in front of a studio audience of students from Mo...
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Matt Higgins (@MHiggins) - Shark on ABC's "Shar...
Matt Higgins (@MHiggins) - CEO and Co-Founder of RSE Ventures, Vice Chairman of the Miami Dolphins and a Shark on ABC's hit TV show "Shark Tank". Higgins takes us behind the scenes and into the "Shark Tank". He shares whether he's investing his own ...
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TJ Adeshola (@TJay) - Head of US Sports Partner...
TJ Adeshola (@TJay) - Head of U.S. Sports Partnerships @Twitter joins us to discuss the growth of the social media platform and his role negotiating partnerships with U.S sports league, athletes and properties. TJ discusses the factors Twitter takes in...
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Thanksgiving Edition of Sports Business Radio
Karen Osborn (@KarenOsborn22), Founder of the non-profit organization Kusewera (@Kusewera) joins us for a special Thanksgiving edition of Sports Business Radio. Kusewera’s mission is to empower and educate children in Malawi, Africa through active and ...
25 min
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The Problems that MLB is Facing Going Forward
Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs discuss the Sports Business Radio podcast winning a Cynopsis Media Award for Best Podcast at the recent Cynopsis Media Awards in New York City. Berger outlines the problems ...
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Jordi Bertomeu - President, Chairman and CEO of...
Jordi Bertomeu - President, Chairman and CEO of Euroleague Basketball (@Euroleague) joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on the growth of the league, the league's partnership with IMG, having NBA legend Tony Parker on board as an owner of their clu...
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