Sports Business Radio Podcast

PODCAST: We step into the Sports Business Radio Vault to look back on past conversations with NCAA President Mark Emmert (Emmert is stepping down as NCAA President in June, 2023) and Monumental Sports & Entertainment Founder & CEO Ted Leonsis (Monumental’s holdings include the NHL’s Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards and WNBA’s Washington Mystics).LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH conversations on the Sports Business Radio YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by InsideTracker. InsideTracker is the ultra-personalized performance system that analyzes biomarker data from your blood, DNA, lifestyle and fitness tracker to help you optimize your body and reach your health & wellness goals. InsideTracker transforms your body’s data into true knowledge, meaningful insights and customized action plans of evidence-backed nutrition, fitness and lifestyle recommendations. Founded in 2009 by leading scientists in aging, genetics and biometric data from MIT, Tufts, and Harvard, InsideTracker’s mission is to improve the healthspan of people everywhere so they can enjoy longer, healthier lives - adding life to their years and years to their life. For a limited time, you can get 20% off the entire Inside Tracker store. Just go to InsideTracker.com/SBR and save 20% today.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is also presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment.Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment is a division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management dedicated to serving the unique and sophisticated needs of elite and professional athletes, entertainers, executives, creators, and other top talent and professionals in the sports and entertainment industry. The division consists of over 200 Financial Advisors with the Global Sports & Entertainment Director/Associate Director designation, several of whom are former professional and collegiate athletes who once embarked on a similar journey to that of today’s talent, leaders, executives and creators. Visit morganstanley.com/gse to learn more.#MarkEmmert #NCAA #TedLeonsis #WashingtonCapitals #WashingtonWizards #WashingtonMystics #NHL #NBA #WNBA  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Martin Jarmond (@MartinJarmond), UCLA Director of Athletics, joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Jarmond, who was hired by the Bruins in 2020 and is one of the youngest Athletic Directors at a Power 5 conference, discusses the rich history of UCLA athletics (120 national championships) and how that history is being taught to current UCLA athletes, UCLA’s pending move to the Big Ten Conference and what that means for their student athletes and to the university from a financial standpoint, how the university is assisting its student athletes with navigating NIL (Name, Image & Likeness), playing in the competitive Los Angeles sports and entertainment market and UCLA’s apparel deal with the Jordan Brand.LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH Sports Business Radio on our YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.This edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Boingo (@Boingo). Now more than ever, staying connected is what matters most. Email SBRadio@Boingo.com to find out more about how Boingo can help your venue stay connected. Visit www.boingo.com.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is also presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment.Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment is a division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management dedicated to serving the unique and sophisticated needs of elite and professional athletes, entertainers, executives, creators, and other top talent and professionals in the sports and entertainment industry. The division consists of over 200 Financial Advisors with the Global Sports & Entertainment Director/Associate Director designation, several of whom are former professional and collegiate athletes who once embarked on a similar journey to that of today’s talent, leaders, executives and creators. Visit morganstanley.com/gse to learn more.#UCLA #Bruins #BigTen #NIL #NCAA #CollegeSports #StudentAthlete #MartinJarmond #SportsBusiness  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs look back on Super Bowl LVII in Arizona. From the best Super Bowl commercials to the sports gambling hits and misses to the winners with future endorsements to the Apple Music Halftime show with Rihanna, we cover all of the aspects of the big game.LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH Sports Business Radio on our YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Underdog Fantasy - the Official Gaming Partner of Sports Business Radio and the fastest growing fantasy app. The Underdog Fantasy app is available at Underdogfantasy.com, on iOS, and on Android.We’ve got a SPECIAL OFFER FOR SPORTS BUSINESS RADIO LISTENERS: New users get up to $100 matched on their first deposit when they use the code SBR. So download the app at underdogfantasy.com and then enter the promo code SBR to get up to $100 to play with. This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is also presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment.Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment is a division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management dedicated to serving the unique and sophisticated needs of elite and professional athletes, entertainers, executives, creators, and other top talent and professionals in the sports and entertainment industry. The division consists of over 200 Financial Advisors with the Global Sports & Entertainment Director/Associate Director designation, several of whom are former professional and collegiate athletes who once embarked on a similar journey to that of today’s talent, leaders, executives and creators. Visit morganstanley.com/gse to learn more.#NFL #SuperBowl #Advertising #Endorsements #SportsGambling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Peter O’Reilly, NFL Executive Vice President of Club Business & League Events, joins Sports Business Radio to take us Behind the Scenes for Super Bowl LVII in Arizona. O’Reilly and his team at the NFL are responsible for overseeing the planning and production of Super Bowl week, the big game and the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show.We also preview Super Bowl LVII and give you the latest information on everything from the cost of a Super Bowl ad on Fox, to the latest ticket prices for the big game, to how much is likely to be wagered on one of the most bet on sporting events in the world. You will have all of the information you need when you sit down to watch Super Bowl LVII between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on February 12.LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts and podcast platforms everywhere. WATCH Sports Business Radio on our YouTube channel by visiting www.sportsbusinessradio.com.FOLLOW Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram and Tik Tok @SportsBusinessRadio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment.Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment is a division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management dedicated to serving the unique and sophisticated needs of elite and professional athletes, entertainers, executives, creators, and other top talent and professionals in the sports and entertainment industry. The division consists of over 200 Financial Advisors with the Global Sports & Entertainment Director/Associate Director designation, several of whom are former professional and collegiate athletes who once embarked on a similar journey to that of today’s talent, leaders, executives and creators. Visit morganstanley.com/gse to learn more.#NFL #SuperBowl #SuperBowlLVII #Events #PeterOReilly #Advertising #Football #ChiefsKingdom #FlyEaglesFly #Arizona  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel Baker (@RachRoseBaker), General Manager of Duke University Men’s Basketball, joins Sports Business Radio for a conversation from the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Baker, who had previously worked at Nike and in the NBA and WNBA, was hired to this newly created position at Duke in June 2022. In this exclusive position, Baker specializes in helping players enhance their personal and professional skill sets, capitalize on strategic partnerships including NIL opportunities and work to support players in navigating the opportunities and challenges that come with being a student-athlete at the highest level.Baker discusses her career path thus far, being a woman working in the sports industry, leading an elite men’s basketball program and what Duke is doing specifically to help its student-athletes with everything from navigating NIL deals to supporting their mental health. We also look inside of Duke University men’s basketball program - from how the program taps into its incredible network of Duke basketball alumni to how the Kameron Krazies secure tickets to home basketball games at Cameron Indoor Stadium.Also on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio, Sandra L. Richards (@SandraLRichards), Head of Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment, joins Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger for a major announcement about a partnership between Morgan Stanley GSE and Sports Business Radio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment.Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment is a division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management dedicated to serving the unique and sophisticated needs of elite and professional athletes, entertainers, executives, creators, and other top talent and professionals in the sports and entertainment industry. The division consists of over 200 Financial Advisors with the Global Sports & Entertainment Director/Associate Director designation, several of whom are former professional and collegiate athletes who once embarked on a similar journey to that of today’s talent, leaders, executives and creators. Visit morganstanley.com/gse to learn more.#DukeNation #Duke #RachelBaker #Basketball #NBA #WNBA #Nike #WomeninSports #WomeninBusiness #MorganStanley #SandraRichards #FinancialEducation #SportsBusiness  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Wetzel, longtime NBA Coach and former NBA player as well as Virginia Tech basketball Hall of Famer, joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Wetzel served as a coach for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings and was a player with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Atlanta Hawks. Wetzel discusses the highlights of his lengthy coaching career, working alongside Head Coaches John MacLeod and Rick Adelman, the Trail Blazers teams that advanced to the NBA Finals (Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter) in 1990 and 1992 and the standout Kings teams that came close to reaching the NBA Finals (Chris Webber and Vlade Divac). Wetzel also discusses his Hall of Fame college career at Virginia Tech and playing on the same Lakers team with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and Hawks team with Pistol Pete Maravich. If you are a fan of 1970’s - 1990’s NBA basketball, you will love this conversation.LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH Sports Business Radio on our YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Underdog Fantasy - the Official Gaming Partner of Sports Business Radio and the fastest growing fantasy app ever released with investors that include Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, Adam Schefter and Jared Goff.The Underdog Fantasy app is available at Underdogfantasy.com, on iOS, and on Android. Once you’ve downloaded the app, you can draft your dream team in minutes to win real cash prizes. Underdog's primary draft-based game type is Best Ball, an innovative form of season-long fantasy that requires no management after the draft. Participants simply draft their 20-player teams and each week they receive the points at each starting lineup spot for the players who scored the most points. There's no worries about setting your lineup, making trades, or working waiver wires to deal with. You just draft your team and that's it. Underdog also offers player Pick'em games including Rivals (head-to-head player matchups) and Over/Unders as well as daily/weekly drafts, Battle Royale tournaments, and more.We’ve got a SPECIAL OFFER FOR SPORTS BUSINESS RADIO LISTENERS: New users get up to $100 matched on their first deposit when they use the code SBR. So download the app at underdogfantasy.com and then enter the promo code SBR to get up to $100 to play with. #NBA #RipCity #TrailBlazers #Kings #VirginiaTech #Hokies  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: We look back at past Sports Business Radio conversations with Stephanie McMahon , the now former WWE Co-CEO, as well as Brendan Hunt, the Co-Creator and Actor (Coach Beard) from the hit TV series TED LASSO, on this Vault episode.LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH Sports Business Radio on our YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Underdog Fantasy - the Official Gaming Partner of Sports Business Radio and the fastest growing fantasy app ever released with investors that include Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, Adam Schefter and Jared Goff.The Underdog Fantasy app is available at Underdogfantasy.com, on iOS, and on Android. Once you’ve downloaded the app, you can draft your dream team in minutes to win real cash prizes. Underdog's primary draft-based game type is Best Ball, an innovative form of season-long fantasy that requires no management after the draft. Participants simply draft their 20-player teams and each week they receive the points at each starting lineup spot for the players who scored the most points. There's no worries about setting your lineup, making trades, or working waiver wires to deal with. You just draft your team and that's it. Underdog also offers player Pick'em games including Rivals (head-to-head player matchups) and Over/Unders as well as daily/weekly drafts, Battle Royale tournaments, and more.We’ve got a SPECIAL OFFER FOR SPORTS BUSINESS RADIO LISTENERS: New users get up to $100 matched on their first deposit when they use the code SBR. So download the app at underdogfantasy.com and then enter the promo code SBR to get up to $100 to play with.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Val Ackerman, BIG EAST Conference Commissioner, Founding President of the WNBA, the first woman to serve as the President of USA Basketball and Basketball Hall of Fame joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Ackerman discusses her trail blazing career as a woman executive working in sports, the early days of her career working side-by-side with late NBA Commissioner David Stern in the NBA league office and her current role as Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference. She also tells us what needs to be done to continue to grow women’s sports and how the college sports landscape might continue to evolve with NIL, conference realignment and other changes.LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH conversations on the Sports Business Radio YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by InsideTracker. InsideTracker is the ultra-personalized performance system that analyzes biomarker data from your blood, DNA, lifestyle and fitness tracker to help you optimize your body and reach your health & wellness goals. InsideTracker transforms your body’s data into true knowledge, meaningful insights and customized action plans of evidence-backed nutrition, fitness and lifestyle recommendations. Founded in 2009 by leading scientists in aging, genetics and biometric data from MIT, Tufts, and Harvard, InsideTracker’s mission is to improve the healthspan of people everywhere so they can enjoy longer, healthier lives - adding life to their years and years to their life. For a limited time, you can get 20% off the entire Inside Tracker store. Just go to InsideTracker.com/SBR and save 20% today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Sports Business Radio examines the crisis on the football field in the Buffalo Bills vs Cincinnati Bengals NFL game after the cardiac arrest and collapse of Bills player Damar Hamlin. Was the NFL prepared for such a crisis? Why did it take so long for the NFL to postpone the game? We share our thoughts on ESPN’s coverage of the crisis as well.Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger was behind the microphone on March 4, 1990 when Loyola Marymount All-American Hank Gathers collapsed on the basketball court and later died after a heart episode. He shares a unique perspective and how that night 33 years ago still haunts him. Last night will haunt the NFL players and coaches for a lengthy period of time and they will all need to see mental health professionals.LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH conversations on the Sports Business Radio YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by InsideTracker. InsideTracker is the ultra-personalized performance system that analyzes biomarker data from your blood, DNA, lifestyle and fitness tracker to help you optimize your body and reach your health & wellness goals. InsideTracker transforms your body’s data into true knowledge, meaningful insights and customized action plans of evidence-backed nutrition, fitness and lifestyle recommendations. Founded in 2009 by leading scientists in aging, genetics and biometric data from MIT, Tufts, and Harvard, InsideTracker’s mission is to improve the healthspan of people everywhere so they can enjoy longer, healthier lives - adding life to their years and years to their life. For a limited time, you can get 20% off the entire Inside Tracker store. Just go to InsideTracker.com/SBR and save 20% today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Sports Business Radio counts down the Top 10 #sportsbusiness stories of 2022. Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs start at 10 and count down to the top sports business story of 2022.LISTEN to this conversation on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH this episode on the Sports Business Radio YouTube channel at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Rhone, the Official Menswear partner of Sports Business Radio. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering Sports Business Radio listeners 15% off your purchase - go to Rhone.com and enter promo code SBR15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase.Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from Sports Business Radio. Thanks to all of our listeners!#SportsBusinses #SportsBusinessRadio #TopTen #2022 #YearEnd #HappyHolidays Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices