Sports Business Radio Podcast

C.J. O'Donnell (@CJAODonnell), IndyCar Series, Chief Marketing Officer joins us to discuss IndyCar Series racing. A great look inside the business of IndyCar racing. IndyCar recently signed a deal with NBC/NBCSN as the series' exclusive broadcast partner and interest in the sport continues to increase at the race track, on TV and on social media. IndyCar is looking for a new series title sponsor as Verizon drops off at the end of this year and they are looking for new ways to engage fans young and old. C.J. takes us into the pits, tells us how much the average car and race season costs race teams and we discuss Brian Berger's ride in a 2-seater at 180mph with Arie Luyendyk Jr. We also discuss the huge sports business implications of Tiger Woods' 80th PGA Tour victory - his first in 1,876 days. We breakdown the record-setting TV ratings for NBC and how Tiger's win is likely to lead to new sponsors for him. Also on this week's podcast, we announce the date, location and guest of our upcoming Sports Business Radio Road Show presented by Boingo (@Boingo) when we take our show on the road and interview a Featured Guest in front of a studio audience. Follow us on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio and on Twitter @SBRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill McBride Baxter (@J_McBrideBaxter), sports agent to coaches, athletes and media, joins us to discuss the overall landscape of the sports agent industry & what skills are needed to be a successful sports agent; her dealings with her coach and athlete clients; what responsibility college coaches have to report activity like domestic violence or abuse; what promises should and shouldn't be made to athlete clients when recruting them; and growing up around sports with her father being a longtime college football coach and her husband being a current football coach at the University of Southern California.  This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is brought to you by the Robinhood app (@Robinhoodapp). Robinhood is an investing app that lets you buy and sell stocks, ETFS, options, and cryptos - all commission-free. The app is a great tool for first time investors looking to ease their way into the stock market. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Berger and Sports Business Radio Executive Producer Bryan Griggs discuss the 17th anniversary of 9/11, the start of the NFL regular season and the contenders and pretenders, the Khalil Mack trade from the Oakland Raiders to the Chicago Bears, Serena Williams vs chair umpire Carlos Ramos at the U.S. Open and Berger's IndyCar experience riding in an IndyCar at 140 mph. Jeff Rubin, CEO and Co-Founder of the app SportsMe (@TheSportsMe) joins the show to discuss the fast rising app that is connecting sports fans around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kerri Walsh Jennings (@KerriLeeWalsh), 5-time Olympic Volleyball star, 3-time gold medalist, 1-time bronze medalist and Founder of the new p1440 event series joins us on Sports Business Radio. Kerri discusses p1440 (@platform1440) and how the new event series will blend beach volleyball with health & wellness, music and youth athlete development to better serve the growing volleyball community. Kerri also outlines the differences in pay between p1440 and the AVP Tour that has left many players struggling to earn a living. Walsh Jennings also discusses juggling being a mother to 3 while also being an elite athlete and business woman. Kerri is setting her sights on the #Tokyo2020 Olympic games and winning gold one last time before she retires from Olympic competition. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is brought to you by INDOCHINO (@Indochino). Made to measure suits for men. Go to www.indochino.com and enter the code SBR at checkout to receive 50% off your custom made suit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rudy Cline-Thomas, business partner of Golden State Warriors star Andre Iguodala and one of the Founding Partners of the Bloomberg Players' Tech Summit, joins Brian Berger to discuss #investing, #startups, #sportstech, #SiliconValley, his partnership with Iguodala, what the duo looks for in companies they are investing in and how the approach to business is changing for pro athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger recaps his experience after attending the exclusive Players' Tech Summit at Bloomberg in San Francisco. Athletes who attended the event included Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, Jaylen Brown, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Joe Montana and Baron Davis.  We also discuss Tiger Woods' big impact on the TV ratings for the 2018 PGA Championship and the University of Maryland's admission of guilt with the death of football player Jordan McNair. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Zip Recruiter. 80% of companies who post a job using Zip Recruiter find a quality candidate in the first 24 hours. Our listeners can try Zip Recruiter for FREE at www.ziprecruiter.com/SBR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stacy Lewis (@Stacy_Lewis), LPGA Golfer and former LPGA Player of the Year discusses golf, women's sports, her sponsor KPMG's groundbreaking decision to pay her during her current maternity leave and donating her prize money from winning last year's Cambia Portland Classic to her hometown of Houston for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Jim Kozimor, Chief Strategy Officer for Sports ETF’s joins us to discuss his company's ProSports Sponsors Fund, which tracks the ProSports Sponsors Index - an equally-weighted index designed to measure the performance of companies which are official partners of U.S. Pro Sports Leagues: Football – Baseball – Hockey – Basketball; or a national sports broadcaster with rights agreements with the aforementioned leagues.  This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Zip Recruiter. 80% of employers who post on Zip Recruiter find a quality candidate within the 1st day. Our listeners can try Zip Recruiter for FREE at www.ziprecruiter.com/SBR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Declan Bolger (@DecBolger), SVP & CMO of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment joins us to discuss his role overseeing the sports marketing for the Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Colorado Rapids (MLS), Colorado Mammoth (NLL), Pepsi Center and Altitude Sports & Entertainment (RSN). Bolger is the rare sports executive who has worked in several U.S. pro sports leagues including the NBA (Nuggets and Trail Blazers), NHL (Avalanche and Florida Panthers), MLS (League Office and Rapids), MLB (Pittsburgh Pirates) and NLL (Mammoth). Bolger also takes us through the recent rebrand of the Denver Nuggets, including their new uniforms for the 2018-19 NBA season. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by INDOCHINO (@Indochino). Go to Indochino.com now and purchase a customized suit for 50% off the normal price when you enter the passcode SBR at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sophia Berger interviews Olympian Lindsey Vonn, New York Knicks Rookie Kevin Knox and MMA star Rose Namajunas on the Orange Carpet at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Sports Awards in Los Angeles.  We also recap the British Open with Tiger Woods' big impact on the TV ratings and discuss Kevin Love's extension with the Cavs amongst other topics in our sports business headlines of the week segment. This week's podcast is presented Boingo Wireless (@Boingo). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN), ESPN NBA reporter, joins us to discuss LeBron James' move to the Los Angeles Lakers, whether or not this is the last season the current NBA champion Golden State Warriors team will stay intact and how an "integrity fee" from legalized sports gambling in the U.S. could impact player signings in the NBA in the future. Sandra Greer, Insight Director for @MKTG, joins us from London to share insightful findings from the company's 2018 "Frontier Report" with us, which looks at the impact of sponsorships, ROI on sponsorship investments and how companies are activating sponsorships effectively. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is brought to you by @ZipRecruiter. 80% of employers who post on Zip Recruiter find a quality candidate within the 1st day. Job seekers love it too, with over 8 million jobs posted on their website. Our listeners can try Zip Recruiter for FREE at www.ziprecruiter.com/SBR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices