Sports Business Radio Podcast

On this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio, we step into our podcast vault to revisit conversations with Baseball Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and John Smoltz and future Baseball Hall of Famer CC Sabathia. Listen to conversations with these three baseball legends on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd).#Baseball #HallofFame #MLB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sue Bird (@S10Bird), 4-Time WNBA champion with the Seattle Storm, 5-Time Olympic Gold Medalist with Team USA, 2-Time NCAA Champion with UConn and one of the greatest women’s basketball players ever joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio.Bird discusses how she maintains the motivation to win even after winning championship after championship and she shares the traits that make for a great leader. Bird discusses what needs to be done to continue to grow women’s sports, she discusses what she looks for in a business partner and she gives us hints as to what lies ahead for her post-playing career. Bird also discusses the interaction between elite athletes and the media and how that relationship could be examined.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.Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) - ESPN’s Lead College Football Analyst, former Ohio State football star and Author of the new book “Out of the Pocket: Football, Fatherhood and College Gameday Saturdays”, joins this week's edition of Sports Business Radio.Herbstreit discusses why now was the time to write his memoir, he reflects on his childhood growing up with divorced parents and he shares his perspective of being a Father himself now to 4 sons. He also discusses his challenging times as a college football player at Ohio State, his path in the broadcasting industry that has led to him being the foremost voice for college football and he walks us through his busy schedule during the college football season.Herbstreit's book is out in bookstores everywhere and available at amazon.com.Subscribe to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Amazon Music. Please rate and review our podcast. Access our nearly two decades of podcast archives at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon), Chief Brand Officer for WWE, joins Sports Business Radio to discuss WWE SummerSlam (August 21 on Peacock), growing up in the McMahon household around wrestling and show business, co-parenting 3 daughters with her husband Triple H, the recipe for compelling storylines, what elements make for a WWE superstar and WWE’s lucrative partnership with Peacock. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd).Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's edition of Sports Business Radio, we enter the Sports Business Radio Vault and look back on conversations with Los Angeles Lakers Governor Jeanie Buss, tennis legend and ESPN tennis commentator Chris Evert and WNBA star and NBA on TNT Candace Parker. Three powerful women who share their wisdom during their conversations with Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger.Subscribe to the Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports and produced by Griggs Productions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: We examine the first month of NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) in college sports from the student athlete perspective. Jaydon Grant (@JaydonGrant), Oregon State University football star and Dana Rettke (@Dana_Rettke), University of Wisconsin volleyball star, join Sports Business Radio to discuss how they are navigating the new NIL landscape thus far. They also share insight on the overall experience of being a student athlete in 2021. This is a MUST listen for student athletes, coaches, compliance officers and anyone working in an athletic department.We also look at the Tokyo Olympics TV ratings thus far, a frenzied MLB trade deadline and start to NBA free agency and a report that the Buffalo Bills could be on the move if they don’t get funding for a new stadium in Buffalo.Subscribe to and rate 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.Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd).#SportsBusiness #NIL #StudentAthlete #NCAA #Endorsements #SportsBusinessRadio #OregonState #Wisconsin #JaydonGrant #DanaRettke #BrianBerger #SportsBiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Costas, 29-time Emmy winner and the only broadcaster to receive Emmys in the news, sports and entertainment categories, joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Costas discusses his return to HBO as Host of BACK ON THE RECORD WITH BOB COSTAS, which debuts on July 30 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.In this wide-ranging conversation, Costas discusses why he is returning to HBO, his process for interviewing people (and who his favorite interview of all-time is with), how he prepared to call Play-by-Play for some of the most iconic events of the past 30 years including the NBA Finals, Olympic Games, Super Bowls, U.S. Open Golf Championships and Triple Crown races and he shares remarkable stories of his Hall of Fame broadcasting career.Costas weighs in on whether or not the Tokyo Olympics should be taking place, the high cost of hosting the Olympic games and what the future for MLB looks like with the current labor agreement set to expire before the beginning of the 2022 MLB season.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.Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd).#BobCostas #Media #TV #SportsBusiness #Olympics #HBO #Streaming #Interviews #HallofFame #Broadcasting #Radio #VinScully #Baseball #SportsBusinessRadio #BrianBerger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Swift, the Emmy nominated actor who plays Leslie Higgins on the hit TV show TED LASSO, joins Sports Business Radio to preview Season 2, which debuts on Apple TV Plus on July 23. Swift discusses the show’s incredible popularity, why it has resonated with fans and he takes us behind the scenes to share stories about the cast and filming, which took place from January to June in England. In our sports business headlines segment, we examine Peyton and Eli Manning's new deal with ESPN/Disney, Aaron Rodgers declining Green Bay's offer to become the highest paid player in the NFL and we preview the start of the Tokyo Olympics this week.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and at www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ), Sports Media Reporter for the Sports Business Journal joins us to discuss NBC’s coverage of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics (with no fans in attendance), what ESPN might do with Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor going forward, how TNT’s “The Match” resonated with viewers, what to pay attention to this upcoming NFL season with game broadcasts (including Thursday Night Football exclusively on Amazon) and the NHL’s move from NBC to ESPN/TNT.We also discuss this week’s sports business headlines including no fans for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and the skyrocketing costs to produce those Games, TV ratings for the NBA Finals and MLB’s All-Star festivities in Denver.Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and www.sportsbusinessradio.com.Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and Instagram @SportsBusinessRadioSports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner), Sports, Entertainment and IP lawyer and Founder of Heitner Legal, as well as an NIL advocate for college athletes, joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Heitner walks us through the rules that went into effect on July 1, 2021 that will allow college athletes to capitalize on their Name, Image and Likeness. From deals that have already been secured by college athletes to what this means for university compliance departments, we cover many NIL angles in this conversation.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.Sports Business Radio is powered by Malka Sports (@MalkaSports) and produced by Griggs Productions (@GriggsProd). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices