

Sports Business Radio Podcast
Brian Berger
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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Oct 31, 2022 • 1h 7min
Colin Hanks (@ColinHanks), Actor/Director/Producer + Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB), Co-Founder, Hall of GOATS
PODCAST: Colin Hanks (@ColinHanks), Actor, Director and Producer of the forthcoming HBO Sports documentary “Say Hey, Willie Mays”, which debuts on November 8th on HBO and streams on HBO Max, joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Hanks, who is a huge San Francisco Giants fan, previews the documentary about the life and baseball career of Hall of Fame Willie Mays. Hanks also discusses the future documentary he’ll be teaming on with Ryan Reynolds that will showcase the life of late actor John Candy. And Hanks shares his founder’s story for his handkerchief company - Hankskerchiefs.Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB), Fox Sports College football analyst, 2004 Heisman Trophy winner and Co-Founder of Hall of GOATS joins us to share some exciting news about what Hall of GOATS has coming up in the near future. Leinart also shares his thoughts on the college football season thus far and how things may unfold the rest of the season.LISTEN to this conversation on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH these 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.#ColinHanks #MattLeinart #WillieMays #MLB #CFB #NFL #NWSL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 24, 2022 • 1h 55min
SBR Vault - Conversations with Pau Gasol, Mark Messier & Andre Iguodala
PODCAST - We step into the Sports Business Radio Vault for this “Champions Edition” featuring past conversations with NBA champion Pau Gasol, NHL champion Mark Messier and NBA champion Andre Iguodala.LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. SUBSCRIBE to 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.#NBA #NHL #PauGasol #MarkMessier #AndreIguodala #Business #Investing #Charity #SportsBiz #Champions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 18, 2022 • 1h 6min
Isaiah Austin - Former basketball star at Baylor University & current NBA League executive
PODCAST: Isaiah Austin, former basketball star at Baylor University and current NBA League executive joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation.Austin discusses being the #1 ranked basketball player for most of his high school career, starring at Baylor University and then being diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome during a physical days prior to the 2014 NBA Draft. After the diagnosis, the NBA restricted Austin from playing in the NBA. But NBA Commissioner Adam Silver befriended Austin and offered him a job at the NBA League Office and Austin is bringing his basketball acumen - on and off the court - to the league and to the elite junior basketball ranks to help others.Austin has an inspirational story that you will want to hear.LISTEN to this conversation on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH this conversation 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.#IsaiahAustin #NBA #USABasketball #Baylor #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 11, 2022 • 48min
Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd), 2-Time FIFA World Player of the Year
PODCAST: Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd), 2-Time FIFA World Player of the Year, 2-Time World Cup Champion, 2-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, USWNT Soccer legend, Minority Owner of Gotham FC of the NWSL, Teqball Ambassador and Author of the book “When Nobody Was Watching - My Hard Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World”, joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation.Lloyd discusses her iconic career, the state of women’s soccer and what still needs to be done for women’s sports, being an ambassador for Teqball and what lies ahead for her post soccer career.LISTEN to this conversation on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. WATCH this conversation 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.#CarliLloyd #USWNT #GothamFC #Teqball #WorldCup #FIFA #WomeninSports #NWSL #Author #Podcast #Soccer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 4, 2022 • 48min
Ryan Leaf - Former NFL QB & Current Host of "The Straight Line with Ryan Leaf"
Ryan Leaf (@RyanDLeaf), the #2 pick in the 1998 #NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and Heisman Trophy candidate at Washington State, joins Sports Business Radio for a candid and raw conversation about his life, NFL career, incarceration, addiction and how he has turned his life around.Leaf is now a Dad, keynote speaker, Host of a new sport talk show “The Straight Line with Ryan Leaf” and he is the subject of the 10-episode podcast series, “BUST”.Leaf discusses the mistakes he has made in his life, but he shares what he has learned from those mistakes and how he is using his experiences to help others. His story is a MUST listen.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or at www.sportsbusinessradio.com. WATCH this conversation on the Sports Business Radio YouTube channel.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.Sports Business Radio is also presented 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. #Football #NFL #RyanLeaf #MentalHealth #WashingtonStateCougars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 26, 2022 • 1h 44min
SBR Vault - Conversations with Erik Spoelstra, Pete Carroll & Eric Musselman
PODCAST: This week we step into the Sports Business Radio Vault for a look back at past conversations with Head Coaches Erik Spoelstra of the NBA’s Miami Heat, Pete Carroll of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and Eric Musselman of the University of Arkansas men’s basketball team.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. Compete against Berger and Griggs in Best Ball Mania III.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. #HeadCoaches #NBA #NFL #CollegeBasketball #MiamiHeat #SeattleSeahawks #ArkansasBasketball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 19, 2022 • 1h 10min
Nigel Travis - Leyton Orient FC Chairman - The Business of European Football
Nigel Travis (@NigelTravis), Chairman and Co-Owner of Leyton Orient FC (@LeytonOrientFC), joins us on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. We look inside the Business of European football from the ownership perspective. Travis, who grew up a Leyton Orient fan and attended the games with his family, was the CEO of the Dunkin' Brands group from January 2009 to July 2018. He has served on the Board at other corporations, including Papa John’s, Abercrombie and Blockbuster.Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1881, they are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professional level, and are known to their fans by their nickname "the O's". Find their website at LeytonOrient.com. Last week on Sports Business Radio we focused on the football operations side of European football with Leyton Orient Football Director Marin Ling.Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger also discusses his experience attending the Arsenal vs Brentford FC game - the highest level of soccer he’s watched in person. The game was also attended by TED LASSO actors Jason Sudekis and Brendan Hunt.And Berger shares his experience being in London for the historic funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.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. Compete against Berger and Griggs in Best Ball Mania III.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. #Football #Soccer #Europe #England #SportsBusiness #SBRinEurope Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 7min
Sports Business Radio on Location in Europe
PODCAST: Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger starts his tour of Europe by examining sports business in England. Berger, who is embedded with EFL League Two football club Leyton Orient (@LeytonOrientFC), has a conversation with Leyton Orient’s Director of Football, Martin Ling. Ling educates us on the different levels of football in Europe, promotion and relegation, how much footballers earn and what a team’s payroll for its roster looks like.Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1881, they are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professional level, and are known to their fans by their nickname "the O's". Find their website at LeytonOrient.com.Berger also shares his experiences in London thus far, including arriving on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s death (and how that has impacted the sports world in England) and a visit to the pub featured on the Emmy-Award winning TV series TED LASSO.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. Compete against Berger and Griggs in Best Ball Mania III.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. #Football #Soccer #Europe #England #SportsBusiness #SBRinEurope Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 5, 2022 • 1h 29min
SBR Vault - Maria Sharapova, John McEnroe & Mary Carillo
We step into the Sports Business Radio Vault for past conversations with tennis greats Maria Sharapova, John McEnroe and Mary Carillo.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. Compete against Berger and Griggs in Best Ball Mania III.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. #Tennis #MariaSharapova #JohnMcEnroe #MaryCarillo #USOpen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 30, 2022 • 53min
Sandy Montag - CEO of The Montag Group
PODCAST: Sandy Montag , CEO of The Montag Group, joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. His agency reps 200 of the top sportscasters including John Madden, Jim Nantz, Bob Costas, Scott Van Pelt, Mike Tirico, Mary Carrillo and James Brown. Montag discusses how his train rides across the U.S. with John Madden led to Madden becoming his first client and the remarkable partnership the two had over the course of Madden’s career. Montag reflects on how the agent industry has evolved and he shares hints on the art of negotiating as well as the best ways for students to break into sportscasting.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. Compete against Berger and Griggs in Best Ball Mania III.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. #Sportscasting #Agent #Broadcasting #Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


