

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
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Dec 1, 2016 • 47min
MLB & MLBPA Reach Agreement on a New CBA Deal
Maury Brown from Forbes.com joins Brian Berger to discuss the new 5-year agreement MLB and the MLBPA reached this week. What are the highlights of the deal and what is the overall financial health of MLB? We also bring you the sports business headlines of the week including expensive college football head coach buyouts and the return of Tiger Woods to the golf course. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram at sportsbusinessradio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 26, 2016 • 1h 3min
Seth Berger, Sixers Innovation Lab Director & Jim Olson, President of Vivint Smart Home Arena on Sports Business Radio
Seth Berger, @Sixers Innovation Lab Director & AND1 Founder discusses the recipe for being a successful entrepreneur as well as the new Sixers Innovation Lab. Jim Olson, President of Vivint Smart Home Arena (home of the Utah Jazz) stops by to discuss his arena's $125M rennovation and their new DAS installation done in partnership with Boingo Wireless (@Boingo). Brian Berger also discusses the start to the 2016-17 NBA season, the World Series and the NFL's handling of Josh Brown in the Sports Business Radio headlines segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 11, 2016 • 1h 1min
Shelley Duncan, former MLB player & current Hillsboro Hops Manager on Sports Business Radio
Shelley Duncan (@ShellDunc), who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Tampa Bay Rays from 2007-20013 and is now the Manager of the Hillsboro Hops (@HillsboroHops), the farm team of the Arizona Diamondbacks, joins Sports Business Radio (@SBRadio) to discuss the 2016 MLB Playoffs, his playing career, his transition to Managing, growing up in MLB clubhouses with a Dad who coached and stretching his MLB earnings post-career. We also bring you the #sportsbiz headlines of the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 21, 2016 • 53min
Amy Trask, Former Oakland Raiders CEO on Sports Business Radio
Amy Trask (@AmyTrask), an Oakland Raiders executive for 30 years, joins Sports Business Radio to discuss her career as a front office executive in the NFL, her relationship with late Raiders owner Al Davis, being a CEO in the sports world, the current state of the NFL and her book "You Negotiate Like a Girl: Reflections on a Career in the National Football League". #AmyTrask #NFL #Raiders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 14, 2016 • 39min
Marquette King, Oakland Raiders Punter on Sports Business Radio
Marquette King (@MarquetteKing on Twitter & Instagram), Oakland Raiders punter joins Brian Berger on Sports Business Radio. King discusses his rise from Fort Valley State University in Georgia to standout punter in the NFL, his philosophies on finances and taking a stand on social issues of the day and his in-season routine with the Raiders. We also bring you the headlines of the week including the NCAA's decision to move 7 championship events out of North Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 31, 2016 • 1h 8min
Ty Votaw, PGA Tour CMO on Sports Business Radio - The Business of Golf
Ty Votaw, PGA Tour CMO & VP of the International Golf Federation joins Brian Berger for an in-depth conversation about the business of golf on Sports Business Radio. Stephen Arendt, Head Golf Pro at Kapalua's Plantation Course (home to the PGA Tour's Tournament of Champions every January) also joins the show to discuss Kapalua's award-winning courses and how Kapalua is getting youth involved with golf. #PGATour #Kapalua #Golf #SportsBiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 9, 2016 • 49min
Kara Lynn Joyce, Olympic Swimmer on Sports Business Radio
3-time Olympian & 4-time Olympic medalist Kara Lynn Joyce joins Brian Berger on this week's edition of Sports Business Radio. They discuss the current Olympic model, the cost around hosting the Olympics and Kara shares her first-hand experience as a former Olympic athlete. #KaraLynnJoyce #Rio2016 #Olympics #sportsbiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 1, 2016 • 40min
Chris Evert on Sports Business Radio
Tennis icon and ESPN tennis broadcaster Chris Evert joins Brian Berger for a wide-ranging conversation on Sports Business Radio. Evert discusses her legendary career that saw her win 18 Grand Slams, being a marketing star during her playing career, her transition to broadcasting, the state of tennis and her work with her apparel company Chrissie by Tail and her Evert Tennis Academy. #ChrisEvert #tennis #SportsBusinessRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 6, 2016 • 55min
Brian Windhorst, ESPN NBA reporter discusses NBA landscape on Sports Business Radio
Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) joins Brian Berger on Sports Business Radio to discuss LeBron James' future after winning a title in Cleveland, Dwyane Wade's future, Kevin Durant's decision to join the Golden State Warriors, the record money being spent in NBA free agency and what to expect from next summer's CBA negotiations. Also, Lauren Teague (@LaurenTee) stops by to discuss the Sports PR Summit Social Media Workshop (@SportsPRSummit) coming up on July 20 at Twitter HQ in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 16, 2016 • 40min
Mark King - adidas Group North America President
Mark King, adidas Group North America President, joins Sports Business Radio to discuss the U.S. Open, marketing U.S. athletes in other countries and his favorite adidas shoe amongst other sports business topics. 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


