Sports Business Radio Podcast

John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ), Sports Media reporter for the Sports Business Journal joins us to discuss sports media coverage during the COVID19 pandemic. We discuss the return of NASCAR and PGA Golf this past weekend, the 10-part documentary "The Last Dance" about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, how the pandemic may change the sports media landscape including upcoming media rights deals for the NFL, NBA, MLB and MLS, how NBC may pivot this summer without live Olympics coverage and we examine the growth of streaming platforms as more people continue to cut the cable cord. This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by FIVERR.  Fiverr’s marketplace helps you get more done with less. Fiverr connects businesses with freelancers who offer hundreds of digital services including graphic design, copywriting, web programming, podcast editing, photography, film editing, and more. Take Five and check out FIVERR.com (http://fiverr.com/) and you will receive 10% off your first order by using our code SBR. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs discuss the latest headlines with NASCAR’s restart this Sunday and potential re-starts by the NBA, MLB and MLS. They also discuss how Arizona and Florida have reopened for sports and are actively recruiting teams from states that are closed for sports to come play in their states. Monica Spoelstra Metz (@MoSpo on Instagram), Certified Holistic Health Coach and Healthy Eating Expert joins us to share tips on strengthening our immune system, developing healthy heart habits, improving our BMI and creating the best exercise and fitness routines for ourselves during COVID19. Try Monica’s FREE 5-Day Pantry Cooking Challenge May 18-22 by registering at http://monicametz.com/challenge. She will show you how to step up your pantry game through daily emails and Facebook Live videos. Monica is also the daughter of sports marketing author Jon Spoelstra and the sister of Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. This edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by cbdMD - the Official CBD partner of Sports Business Radio. From their award-winning sleep drops to a full line of CBD products for pets, cbdMD product is THC-free and the highest quality CBD. Save 25% off at checkout when using the promo code SBR. Visit www.cbdmd.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Favorito (@JoeFav), longtime Sports PR and Marketing thought leader joins Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger for a wide-ranging conversation about which leagues, teams, brands and individuals have been “doing it right” during COVID19. Favorito and Berger discuss best practices as well as what the new normal could look like in the sports world post COVID19. In our headlines segment, we break down MLB’s proposal for a 2020 baseball season to its players (MLBPA). That proposal was submitted by MLB owners to the MLBPA this week. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes or Spotify. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. This episode of Sports Business Radio is presented by Mizzen and Main (@MizzenandMain). Worn by pro athletes such as Phil Mickelson and JJ Watt, Mizzen and Main makes the most comfortable, wrinkle-free dress shirts, dress pants and shorts you will ever wear. Use the promo code SBR at checkout and save $10 off your purchase. Visit www.mizzenandmain.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marshall Glickman, CEO of G2 Strategic and European sports expert, as well as former President of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, joins us to examine how COVID19 has impacted the sports landscape in Europe and what the “new normal” may look like in the future. Ian Fitzpatrick, General Manager of Sport at the University of Western Australia in Perth, joins us to examine how COVID19 has impacted the sports landscape in Australia. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes or Spotify. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. This edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by cbdMD. cbdMD is the Official CBD partner of Sports Business Radio and has a wide variety of CBD oil products ranging from classic CBD oil tinctures to topicals, gummies and even CBD for your pets. The cbdMD sleep drops have changed the life of Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger by allowing him to get a better night of sleep. All cbdMD products are THC-free, third party tested and backed by a 60-day, money back guarantee - so there’s no risk. From NFL veterans like Nate Burleson and future hall-of-famer Steve Smith Sr. to two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, cbdMD is tested and trusted by people who know pain. cbdMD is offering all Sports Business Radio listeners 25% OFF your order when you go to www.cbdmd.com and use the promo code SBR at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Smoltz, Baseball Hall of Famer and Lead Analyst for Fox Sports’ baseball coverage joins us on Sports Business Radio. Smoltz was a Cy Young Award winner and 8-time MLB All-Star during his 21-year MLB career. He led the Atlanta Braves to 14 consecutive division titles and 5 World Series appearances, winning the championship in 1995. He is the only pitcher in MLB history with 200 wins and 150 career saves. Smoltz discusses being raised by parents who played the accordion at an elite level, where his passion for the game of baseball developed, why it is so important for young athletes to play multiple sports instead of specializing in a sport, the importance of being mentally tough as well as focused, his close friendship with fellow Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, his love for the game of golf and why qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open was one of the highlights of his athletic career, his work with Fox Sports including his terrific rapport with his FS1 teammate Joe Buck, his reasons for not being on social media and his favorite baseball movies. You’ll learn a lot by listening to this conversation with one of baseball’s all-time greats and a person who has been highly successful with anything he has ever put his mind to. This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by cbdMD. cbdMD is the Official CBD partner of Sports Business Radio and has a wide variety of CBD oil products ranging from classic CBD oil tinctures to topicals, gummies and even CBD for your pets. The cbdMD sleep drops have changed the life of Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger by allowing him to get a better night of sleep. All cbdMD products are THC-free, third party tested and backed by a 60-day, money back guarantee - so there’s no risk. From NFL veterans like Nate Burleson and future hall-of-famer Steve Smith Sr. to two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, cbdMD is tested and trusted by people who know pain. cbdMD is offering all Sports Business Radio listeners 25% OFF your order when you go to www.cbdmd.com and use the promo code SBR at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Scott is a veteran television journalist and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel's first Producer/Correspondent. His work as a network news producer has won some of the industry’s highest honors, including five News and Documentary Emmy awards.  Scott joins Sports Business Radio to discuss his eye-opening segment on HBO Real Sports that explores the role sports leagues and organizations domestically and overseas may have had in the spread of COVID-19 in the crucial days and weeks when the virus took root and became a pandemic. Scott also ponders when it may be safe to return to live sports with mass gatherings. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts.  Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter O’Reilly (@PlOReilly) - EVP, Club Business & League Events for the NFL, joins us to take us Behind the Scenes on the planning for the 2020 NFL Draft, which was conducted virtually for the first time ever. O’Reilly oversees the planning of the Super Bowl, NFL Draft, Pro Bowl and all major events for the league. O’Reilly discusses all of the coordination between the league and NFL GM’s and Coaches, the 58 prospects that were sent “broadcast kits” to set up in their homes and the three networks that broadcast the draft - ESPN/ABC/NFL Network. O’Reilly also discusses the aspects of the virtual draft that could be carried forward to future NFL Drafts. A record audience of 55 million people tuned in to watch the three-day NFL Draft and $100M was raised for charity for organizations battling COVID19. Takeo Spikes (@TakeoSpikes51) - Former 15-year NFL star with the Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles joins us to discuss his “Behind the Mask” podcast and book as well as discuss his transition from the playing field to post-career in business. Spikes also weighs in on QB Joe Burrow's transition from LSU to the Cincinnati Bengals as the #1 pick in the recent NFL Draft since Spikes was drafted by the Bengals in 1998. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts. Access podcast archives dating back to 2007 for interviews with the biggest names in sports and business. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging discussion about lessons learned from legendary University of Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summit, starring for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, broadcasting on the NBA on TNT, Co-Hosting the “Ledlow and Parker” podcast with Kristen Ledlow, appearing in the new Budweiser “Whassup” commercial with co-stars Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union, Chris Bosh and D-Nice and Parker weighs in on the future of women’s sports. Sports Business Radio also shares thoughts on the first-ever virtual NFL Draft. Subscribe to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We enter the Sports Business Radio vault to re-visit conversations with David Falk (longtime agent for Michael Jordan) and Tinker Hatfield (Nike shoe designer and Michael Jordan's partner on design for the Air Jordan line of shoes). Falk discusses how he and Jordan changed the marketing blueprint for athletes. Hatfield discusses his collaboration with Jordan on the Air Jordan line, which has sold more shoes than any other basketball shoe in history. Listen to Sports Business Radio on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by FIVERR - digital freelance services, on demand, from a trusted marketplace. Use the code SBR to save 10% when you visit FIVERR.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio Roundtable with SBR Host Brian Berger and SBR Co-Founder Keith Forman. Berger and Forman discuss the current sports landscape, which sports are well positioned to return at some point in 2020 and what the “new normal” could look like coming out of COVID19. They also outline how the return to sports will be determined in large part by state Governors and not by league Commissioners and University Presidents. And sports organizations will have to work harder than ever to get that shrinking disposable dollar from fans. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices