Sports Business Radio Podcast

Jeff Attinella (@Jeff_Attinella1) - Goalkeeper for @MLS Western Conference Champion Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) joins us to discuss the mindset of a goalkeeper, the Timbers' magical run to the MLS Cup last season, the state of Major League Soccer and being an entrepreneur with a children's book publishing company and his new "J to Z" podcast with Timbers teammate Zarek Valentin.  In our headlines segment, Brian Berger and Bryan Griggs discuss how the shoe market has changed for Duke basketball sensation Zion Williamson following his shoe blowout and injury last week and we also discuss the allegations against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and how those allegations impact his future and the Patriots' future. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio.  Subscribe to the Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Tunein, Stitcher or AudioBoom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs discuss a variety of topics including why NOW is the time for James Dolan to sell the New York Knicks. Berger and Griggs also recap the 2019 NBA All-Star weekend and the Daytona 500 and they explain the NFL's settlement with and Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram on @SportsBusinessRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASCAR star Kevin Harvick (@KevinHarvick) - 2007 Daytona 500 winner & 2014 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion joins us to discuss this Sunday's Daytona 500 as well as his diverse business interests, which include an athlete management company, radio show on SiriusXM, endorsement partners and charitable foundation. Harvick tells about how he got his start in racing and how his race car is being turned into beer cans via a promotion with Busch Beer. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Boingo (@Boingo). Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger (former Portland Trail Blazers executive) and longtime NBA Insider Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) combine their deep network of NBA contacts and vast knowledge of the league to do the deep dive into the current landscape of the NBA on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. As the 2019 NBA Trade Deadline approaches, we discuss: - LeBron’s Conflict of Interest with Klutch Sports - 2 Emotional People - Kyrie Irving and Danny Ainge - Headed for a Divorce? - Is Kevin Durant to the Knicks a Foregone Conclusion? - Future of Anthony Davis - Would You Trade Zion for Any Current NBA Player? Download the Bucher & Friends daily podcast on iTunes. Follow them on Twitter @BucherFriends This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by ZipRecruiter & the Robinhood App. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs preview all aspects of Super Bowl LIII between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. From sports gambling (overall money wagered on the game, prop bets and how the new sports gambling laws in the U.S. will impact this year's betting) to Super Bowl commercials (cost for a thirty-second ad, lineup of advertisers, celebrities appearing in ads) to the music lineup at the top Super Bowl parties and the Pepsi Halftime Show to the TV ratings for the most watched program of the year. We'll even tell you what the most popular food items are and how much of each item is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. You'll be the smartest person at your Super Bowl party if you spend an hour with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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