Sports Business Radio Podcast

As Nike celebrates its 50th Anniversary this month, we step into the Sports Business Radio Vault to revisit conversations with former Nike executives Mike Hackman, Mike Nakajima and Ralph Greene.They reflect on the company's partnerships with such Nike athletes as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, LeBron James and Pete Sampras. They share stories that you'll only hear from people who worked closely with the greatest elite athletes in the world.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs discuss the #sportsbusiness headlines of the week including Tom Brady’s massive deal to become the lead NFL analyst for Fox Sports upon retirement from his NFL playing career, Rich Strike’s incredible longshot victory at the Kentucky Derby, Magic Johnson joining an ownership group bidding on the NFL’s Denver Broncos, Tiger and Phil’s impact on next week’s PGA Championship and we recap the debut of the Miami Grand Prix, where the stars where out in full force.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout. Sports Business Radio is produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd) and powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports).#TomBrady #FoxSports #Media #Kentucky Derby #F1 #NBA #NFL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Jeramie McPeek (@Jeramie), longtime “Social Media QB” for a number of sports organizations, events and brands as well as former Head of Social Media for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, joins Sports Business Radio to discuss the current state of social media. We discuss Elon Musk’s recent purchase of Twitter and how that may impact the sports landscape. We give you latest monthly active numbers and targeted demos for the most popular social media platforms that are regularly utilized by sports organizations. We also contemplate the future of social media as it relates to sports.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout. Sports Business Radio is produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd) and powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports).### Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Hawkins (@Hawk), former NFL WR (played 6 seasons in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns) and Co-Founder & President of sports technology company STATUSPro (@StatusPro) joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio.Hawkins tells us how he maximized his time as a pro athlete to build relationships that have helped him as an #entrepreneur and #business person, how earning his MBA at Columbia University prepared him to become an #entrepreneur, how he and STATUS Pro made a deal with the NFL and NFLPA to launch a new virtual reality game that will hit the market this Fall, the future of VR and sports and having STATUS Pro investors such as #NaomiOsaka, #LeBronJames and #Drake has helped the company he co-founded flourish.Hawkins also discusses the upcoming NFL Draft with us and takes us inside the mindset of the Cleveland Browns (whom Hawkins played for) when it came to the signing of QB DeShaun Watson.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout. ### Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: We bring you the sports business headlines of the week including the latest on the sale of the NFL’s Denver Broncos, which streaming service is best positioned to acquire the rights to the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket”, the NHL team that former Seahawks legend Marshawn Lynch and Seattle-born rapper Macklemore have invested in, NBA regular season and playoffs TV ratings and how the USFL fared in the league’s return.Lauren Teague, Sports PR Summit partner, joins Sports Business Radio Host and Sports PR Summit Founder Brian Berger to reveal speakers and topics for the 2022 Sports PR Summit (@SportsPRSummit) coming up on May 17 in New York City.This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Linkedin Jobs. With Linkedin, you can create a free job post in a matter of minutes and reach the world’s largest professional network of over 770 million people. Post your job for FREE at Linkedin.com/SBRListen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify or at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram and Tik Tok @SportsBusinessRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs recap The Masters, including TV ratings, Scottie Scheffler’s historic start to the 2022 golf season, the return of Tiger Woods and the revenue numbers for Augusta National.We also discuss the start to the MLB season and tell you which teams have the highest and lowest payrolls.Berger and Griggs discuss the start of the 2022 NBA Playoffs and share final attendance numbers for the 2021-22 NBA season. We also discuss the Lakers firing Head Coach Frank Vogel.Sports Business Radio launched 18 years ago this week. We reflect on some of our favorite conversations over the years.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: As we celebrate our 18th anniversary this month, we step into the @SportsBusinessRadio #podcast vault to look back on past conversations with NBA superstar Damian Lillard (@DamianLillard), retired NBA star and #sports & #entertainment #entrepreneur Baron Davis (@iamBaronDavis) and #boxing legend & 6-Time World Champion Sugar Ray Leonard (@SugarRayLeonard).Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on #iTunes, #Spotify, #Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout. #SportsBusiness #DamianLillard #BaronDavis #SugarRayLeonard #NBA #boxing #basketball #entrepreneur Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST - Rodney Barnes, Executive Producer & Writer for the HBO Max series “Winning Time - The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” joins us on this week’s episode of Sports Business Radio. Barnes offers an insightful look behind the scenes into the show from creation to casting to writing. Brian Berger and Bryan Griggs also discuss this week’s Sports Business Radio headlines including two stacked men’s and women’s basketball Final Four’s in New Orleans and Minneapolis, funding approval for a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills and Kevin Burkhardt’s promotion at Fox Sports to replace Joe Buck as the network’s lead NFL play-by-play announcer.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Nate Checketts - Co-Founder and CEO of Rhone (@Rhone), joins Sports Business Radio for a conversation. it isn't easy starting a company and it’s especially difficult to compete in the crowded menswear category. But Rhone, which launched in 2014, has figured out the void that was in the marketplace for performance driven clothing for men. Nate will share his Founder’s story, why Rhone is much more than just a menswear company and what the future of “athleisure" is. Late NBA Commissioner David Stern was one of Rhone’s early investors and current NBA star Jimmy Butler is a Rhone partner. In our sports business headlines segment, we discuss the NFL QB carousel, Deshaun Watson’s record-setting contract with the Cleveland Browns, a busy MLB hot stove and a thrilling first week of March Madness.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JoAn Scott, Managing Director of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships, joins Sports Business Radio to take us behind the scenes of March Madness. From Selection Sunday all the way through to the Final Four, Scott discusses the operations and planning behind the mega-event. She also tells us what’s new with the men’s tournament this year.In our sports business headlines segment, we discuss the return of Tom Brady for his 23rd season, the end of the MLB work stoppage and a return to baseball, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to ESPN and we make our picks for March Madness.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or 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 @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is 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. 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. Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout. #MarchMadness #NCAA #Basketball #WomeninSports #JoAnScott #SportsBusiness #SportsBusinessRadio #BrianBerger  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices