Sports Business Radio Podcast

Peter O’Reilly (@ploreilly) - Senior Vice President of Events and Club Business Development for the NFL takes us behind the scenes for the planning and production for Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, including the game itself, the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show, Super Bowl Live, the Super Bowl Experience and Super Bowl Opening Night. O'Reilly and his staff are responsible for planning and executing the production for the Super Bowl, Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show, Pro Bowl, NFL Draft and NFL International games for the NFL. Peter has overseen the planning and production of these events for the NFL since 2014. O'Reilly also discusses the future locations for the Super Bowl and NFL Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauri Markkanen (@MarkkanenLauri), Chicago Bulls power forward and one of the bright young stars in the NBA, joins us to discuss his NBA career thus far, growing up in his native Finland, his love for Hockey and his partnership with Neste (@NesteGlobal), which is a company based in Helsinki and focuses on how to better our earth's environment and what he is personally doing to reduce our earth's carbon footprint, including giving up red meat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pete McPartland, Chairman, President & CEO of Sentry, the Title Sponsor of the Sentry Tournament of Champions PGA TOUR event at Kapalua Golf Course in Maui joins Brian Berger to discuss why his company made the decision to enter into a 5-year sponsorship deal with the PGA Tour and why they specifically chose the TOC event at Kapalua to sponsor. Berger attended the 2019 Sentry TOC in Maui and offers his firsthand experience at the PGA Tour event won by Xander Schauffele, who shot a course-record 62 during the final round to win the tournament. We also discuss Clemson's thrashing of Alabama in the College Football Playoff Championship game and the sagging market for tickets and interest in a game pitting teams who had met previously in the same game. And in our headlines we give you the numbers for NFL attendance in 2018 as well as share details of the league's new deal with Caesar's Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs count down Sports Business Radio's Top 10 Sports Business stories of 2018. They also reflect on some of their favorite interviews on Sports Business Radio in 2018 and they preview the biggest sports business stories ahead for 2019. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from the team at Sports Business Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oliver Luck (@OliverLuckXFL), Commissioner of the XFL (@XFL2020) sits down with Brian Berger at the Sports Business Radio Road Show presented by Boingo (@Boingo) at The Players' Tribune in New York City in front of a studio audience of students from Montclair State University's School of Communication and Media as well as invited guests for an in-depth conversation. Luck discusses the XFL, which will launch in February of 2020, including the cities that will have teams, rules for XFL games, broadcast and OTT partnerships, salaries for XFL players and structure for the league and teams. Luck also discusses his past roles with NFL Europe, the Houston Dynamo, Athletic Director at West Virginia, Executive VP with the NCAA and as an NFL QB for 5 years with the Houston Oilers. Oliver Luck also talks about his relationship with his son, Indianapolis Colts star QB Andrew Luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Higgins (@MHiggins) - CEO and Co-Founder of RSE Ventures, Vice Chairman of the Miami Dolphins and a Shark on ABC's hit TV show "Shark Tank". Higgins takes us behind the scenes and into the "Shark Tank". He shares whether he's investing his own money or not and how much information is provided about the companies making their pitches on the hit TV show. Higgins also discusses his company RSE Ventures, which is a partnership with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross. Higgins shares the elements he looks for in order to invest in a company and previews sectors that will be hot for investments in the future. Higgins also discusses his role as press secretary for the City of New York on 9/11 during one of the biggest crisis in U.S. history. Learn more about Matt and RSE Ventures at www.rseventures.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TJ Adeshola (@TJay) - Head of U.S. Sports Partnerships @Twitter joins us to discuss the growth of the social media platform and his role negotiating partnerships with U.S sports league, athletes and properties. TJ discusses the factors Twitter takes into consideration when determining what kind of content to bring to the platform, how athletes are using Twitter to speak out on non-sports issues while building their global brands and the success of live video programming that allows for real-time conversations on Twitter. TJ also discusses how esports/gaming and sports gambling will impact Twitter in the future. We also discuss how hashtags and emojis are created on the platform. Follow Sports Business Radio on our verified Twitter account @SBRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Osborn (@KarenOsborn22), Founder of the non-profit organization Kusewera (@Kusewera) joins us for a special Thanksgiving edition of Sports Business Radio. Kusewera’s mission is to empower and educate children in Malawi, Africa through active and creative PLAY. Osborn, a life-long athlete, started this non-profit organization after a trip to Malawi in 2008 changed her life. Now her organization is impacting thousands of children in Africa. Learn more about Kusewera during this inspiring conversation with Karen. Brian Berger and Bryan Griggs discuss what they are most thankful for and even provide some of their favorite Thanksgiving recipes. Happy Thanksgiving to our listeners and social media followers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs discuss the Sports Business Radio podcast winning a Cynopsis Media Award for Best Podcast at the recent Cynopsis Media Awards in New York City. Berger outlines the problems that Major League Baseball is facing moving forward and the warning signs that are already surfacing.  Berger and Griggs also discuss the recent mishandling of crisis situations at the University of Maryland, Ohio State, Michigan State, Penn State, Florida State and Baylor - and how the NCAA fits into the equation. And Berger and Griggs reflect on their trip to Miami for recent interview with Miami Dolphins President Tom Garfinkel and Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra. They also preview the big names who will be joining Sports Business Radio for the remainder of 2018. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by the Robinhood app (@RobinhoodApp). Robinhood is an investing app that lets you buy and sell stocks, ETFS, options, and cryptos- all commission-free. Robinhood is giving Sports Business Radio listeners a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help build your portfolio! Sign up at SBRADIO.robinhood.com today to take advantage and to start building your portfolio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jordi Bertomeu - President, Chairman and CEO of Euroleague Basketball (@Euroleague) joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on the growth of the league, the league's partnership with IMG, having NBA legend Tony Parker on board as an owner of their club in Lyon, France, the transition from Euroleague to the NBA by Luka Doncic, when Euroleague may have a team in the UK, the world-class atmosphere at Euroleague Final Four and the challenge of managing a pro sports league that has clubs across 13 different countries, which makes for a mix of cultures, economies and politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices