

Sports Business Radio Podcast
Brian Berger
Sports Business Radio focuses on the issues and people directly impacting the world of sports business. Guests on the show offering an insider's perspective include pro sports league executives, agents, college athletics administrators, sports apparel company reps, ad agency executives, media executives & athletes. Follow us on: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Episodes
Mentioned books

Mar 25, 2016 • 46min
Mark King, adidas Group North America President on Sports Business Radio
Mark King, adidas Group North America President, joins Sports Business Radio to discuss adidas and the traits the company looks for when partnering with an athlete or team. King also discusses his own sports business podcast - Extraordinary Happens: Competing in Sports, Business and Life. We also review the sports business headlines of the week. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @sbradio. #MarkKing #adidas #sportsbiz #ExtraordinaryHappens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 10, 2016 • 40min
JoAn Scott - NCAA Managing Director for Men's Basketball Championships
JoAn Scott, Managing Director for the Men's Basketball Championships joins this week's edition of Sports Business Radio to discuss orchestrating March Madness, what's new for the 2016 Tournament including the move of the Final Four telecast to TBS and her career path that includes stops at USA Basketball, Nike and now the NCAA. #JoAnScott #NCAA #MarchMadness #FinalFour #SportsBusiness Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 2, 2016 • 40min
Danny Keens, Head of Sports Partnerships for Twitter, on Sports Business Radio
Danny Keens, Head of Sports Partnerships for Twitter, joins Sports Business Radio for an in-depth conversation about social media and Twitter. #Twitter #SocialMedia #SMSports #SportsBiz #DannyKeens #SportsBusinessRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 25, 2016 • 50min
Sports Business Radio Talks Sports Technology with the Phoeninx Suns & Boingo Wireless
Jason Rowley, President of the Phoeninx Suns, discusses the NBA team's innnovative approach to the business-side of sports including a first of its kind data-inclusive ticket plan. Doug Lodder, Boingo Wireless Senior VP joins the show to discuss Boingo's title sponsorship of the 2016 Sports Business Radio Road Shows as well as give us insight on some of the latest sports technologies. #JasonRowley #PhoenixSuns #NBA #DougLodder #BoingoWireless #sportstechnology #sportsbiz #SportsBusinessRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 5, 2016 • 57min
Super Bowl 50 Sports Business Preview
David Schwab, Managing Director of Octagon First Call and celebrity and brand partnership expert joins the show to help us preview the Super Bowl 50 commercials and discuss which athletes are primed to help their brand the most on Super Bowl Sunday. Brian Gordon of the Engine Shop stops by to discuss the top Super Bowl 50 parties, including the exclusive ESPN party the Engine Shop is producing. Brian Cheek from Postano joins the show to discuss Super Bowl 50 social media and the latest social media efforts from Postano. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio. #SB50 #sportsbiz #SuperBowlads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 2, 2016 • 34min
adidas Group North America President Mark King on Sports Business Radio
Mark King, adidas Group North America President, joins Sports Business Radio to discuss his role at adidas, his 34 years leading TaylorMade and the debut of his new podcast - Extraordinary Happens: Competing in Sports, Business and Life. We also discuss the sports business around Super Bowl 50, the firing of Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt and the controversy surrounding Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @sbradio. #MarkKing #adidas #sportsbiz #ExtraordinaryHappens #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 14, 2016 • 1h 7min
Sports Business Radio Covers the NFL's Return to LA
Sports Business Radio provides in-depth coverage of the NFL's return to Los Angeles. Jon Wertheim, Executive Editor of Sports Illustrated and best-selling author, discusses the NFL's return to Los Angeles as well as his new book out on Feb 2nd: THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SPORTS: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon. Matthew Mitten, President of the Sports Lawyers Association joins the show to discuss the sports legal ramifications for the Rams move to Los Angeles as well as potential legal hurdles for the Chargers and Raiders. Mitten represented Harris County, Texas when the Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee. #NFLtoLA #JonWertheim #ThisIsYourBrainOnSports #SportsBusiness Radio #SportsLawyersAssociation
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 17, 2015 • 1h 14min
Sports Business Radio Top 10 Sports Business Stories of 2015
Sports Business Radio counts down the Top 10 sports business stories of 2015. We also talk with Doug Lodder of Boingo Wireless about the wireless experience for fans and venue operators at sports venues. #TomBrady #DeflateGate #DailyFantasy #FIFA #SportsBiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 2, 2015 • 1h 21min
Jeanie Buss interview at Sports Business Radio Road Show at USC
Los Angeles Lakers co-owner and President Jeanie Buss joins Brian Berger at the Sports Business Radio Road Show presented by Boingo Wireless from the campus of the University of Southern California for an in-depth, wide-ranging conversation in front of USC student athletes and sports business students. Buss discusses Kobe Bryant’s recent retirement announcement, his career and moving ahead into the next era of Lakers basketball; the lessons she learned from her father Dr. Jerry Buss; her complex relationship with her brother Jim Buss who oversees Basketball Operations for the Lakers; Lakers head coach Byron Scott; NBA Commissioner Adam Silver; behind the scenes at NBA Board of Governors meetings; the Lakers continued support for Lamar Odom; the future of daily fantasy; her fondest memories from her days as a student at USC; the potential of the NFL to LA; suggestions for finding a job in sports; the role of analytics in sports; tech and connectivity in sports; and her advice for women in sports. #SBRadioUSC #USC #Lakers #JeanieBuss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 12, 2015 • 1h 30min
SBR 11 November 2015
Jill Stelfox, VP & GM of Zebra Technologies stops by to tell us about her $4B company based in large part on what is called Enterprise Asset Intelligence -- turning physical information into digital information and how they are helping sports teams and broadcasters gather analytics in real time. Jeremy Darlow, author of the book “Brands Win Championships” and Director of Brand Marketing for football and baseball at adidas joins us. Justin Garrity, President of Postano tells us about a new service called Hashtag Analytics that helps sports teams and brands track social media conversations in an effective manner. Rob Schack, Global Head of Sports & Strategic Projects at Reuters News Agency tells us about how the company is evolving including a new service called Sports Desk Direct. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices