Sports Business Radio Podcast

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

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

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

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

Ben Sutton, Chairman Emeritus of IMG College joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of collegiate sports media rights and the collegiate landscape. Brec Bassinger, actress and star of the Nickelodeon hit TV show "Bella and the Bulldogs" talks to Sophia Berger about the show based on a Female QB who plays on an all-boys football team. Andrew Muscato, filmaker, discusses his latest documentary “Doped: The Dirty Side of Sports” airing on Epix. #BenSutton #IMG College #BrecBassinger #Nickelodeon #BellaandtheBulldogs #GirlPower #AndrewMuscato Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Jones, GM of Kapalua Golf & Tennis resort in Maui and Michael Chupka, Director of Communications for Bandon Dunes Golf resort in Oregon join the show to discuss their world class golf resorts and the business of golf. #Kapalua #Bandon Dunes #GolfBiz Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Hoenig, Editorial Director for The Players' Tribune and Jeter Publishing joins us to discuss the first-of-its-kind digital media company, founded by Derek Jeter where athletes communicate directly with fans. Hoenig, who oversaw ESPN Publishing including ESPN the Magazine for 20 years, also weighs in on the current state of the media. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Eccles, Co-Founder & CEO of the multi-billion dollar daily fantasy sports game Fan Duel joins us to discuss his company's origin and meteoric rise as well as its deals with teams and leagues throughout the sports world. We also bring you the sports business headlines of the week. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tucker Kain, Los Angeles Dodgers CFO joins us to discuss the new Dodgers + R/GA accelerator program. Tyler Marciniak stops by to discuss the #pass4prostate campaign around the September 5 USA vs Australia rugby match at Soldier Field in Chicago. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CJ McCollum, Portland Trail Blazers guard, joins the show to discuss his breakout performance during the 2015 NBA playoffs, his aspirations to be a journalist, the NBA CBA, social media and why he flies commercial and coach. Brian Cheek, Director of Business Development, Sports for Postano stops by to discuss the latest innovations from Postano including the new ability to integrate Periscope into Postano visualizations. read more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices