Sports Business Radio Podcast

NFL Sponsors - How have they prepared for a work stoppage? Greg Busch, Executive VP of GMR Marketing joins us to discuss. We also chat with Joe Favorito about how the Cinderella schools in this year's NCAA Tournament are making the most of their moment in the spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Shaheen - NCAA Interim EVP of Championships & Alliances (Head Honcho of March Madness) joins us to discuss the expansion from 65 to 68 teams for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championships as well as the tourney's new 14-year, $10.8 billion TV deal with CBS and Turner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Robinson - Yahoo! Sports joins us to discuss the allegations against the Ohio St. and Oregon football programs. Robinson and Yahoo! Sports broke the stories detailing the improprieties of both programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest from the NFL bargaining table with Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports. What needs to happen for the owners and players to reach a deal? We discuss. We also catch up with Rand Getlin of ThePostgame.com to discuss several controversial college football stories breaking this week. And we bring you the headlines of the week including a deadline extension for the Sacramento Kings and NBC's desire to charge a record setting amount for Super Bowl spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NFL CBA 101 - we'll break down main issues with NFL CBA and tell you what the key components are in order to get a deal done. Maury Brown from The Business of Sports Network joins us to discuss. We also discuss the huge deals that went down at the NBA deadline and how those deals will affect the bottom line for the teams involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd Ramasar, NBA agent for BDA Sports joins us to discuss the growing number of business opportunities for NBA players in China. We also discuss how the market for shoe endorsement deals has dried up. Brian Learst, President of QuintEvents stops by to talk with us about his company's VIP ticket packages for this weekend's NBA All-Star Game as well as the company's packages for other big events like the Super Bowl and Kentucky Derby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Dunn - NFL agent for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, Packers LB Clay Matthews, Jets QB Mark Sanchez and Ravens LB Ray Lewis amongst many others joins us to discuss marketing opportunities for Rodgers and Matthews after their victory in Super Bowl XLV as well as his thoughts on the current NFL collective bargaining agreement negotiations. We also recap Super Bowl XLV - from the missing seats to our review of the best and worst ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We examine the big business of Super Bowl XLV with Darren Rovell, CNBC sports business reporter who joins us from Dallas. We also look back on our conversation with Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers before he became a superstar - prior to the 2005 NFL Draft. Rodgers walked us through the process he went through when deciding to leave Cal early, as well as what criteria he used for selecting the business people he would surround himself with. read more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ponturo, Sports Marketing Guru and former Vice-President of Global Media and Sports Marketing for Anheuser-Busch for 26 years joins us to share everything you'll ever want to know about Super Bowl ads. We also examine the huge TV numbers from the AFC and NFC Championship games. And we share our favorite athlete interview of the year so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon Wertheim, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated joins us to discuss his new book "Scorecasting" which uses analytics to dispel many popular sports myths. We also examine three of the strangest press conferences from the world of sports that took place this past week. We bring you the latest sports business headlines of the week including the University of Texas' gigantic TV deal with ESPN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We recap the big business of the BCS National championship game with Rachel Baribeau who covers the SEC for TideSports.com. We also give you the record setting numbers for the NFL for wild card weekend. And we bring you up to date on the latest coaching hires in the NFL and college football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Hancock - BCS Executive Director joins us on the weekend leading up to the BCS National Championship game. Hancock discusses the controversial BCS system as well as breaks down how the money from playing in BCS games is divided. We also talk to Anna Campbell, producer of the new documentary "Hood to Coast - the movie". And we bring you the sports business headlines of the week including a number of coaching changes in the NFL and college football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio unveils its Top 10 sports business stories of 2010 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio Top 20 Sports Biz Stories of 2010. This week we unveil stories 20-11 and on our January 1st show we unveil our Top 10 Sports Biz Stories of 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Robinson NFL reporter for Yahoo! Sports joins us to discuss the latest from the NFL CBA negotiations, the future of the Minnesota Vikings after the collapse of the roof at the Metrodome and the renaissance of Eagles QB Michael Vick. We also bring you the latest sports business headlines of the week including the financial terms of the new contracts of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee and Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bring you the latest from the MLB Winter League Baseball Meetings in Orlando with Maury Brown from the BizofBaseball.com. We also dissect the deal that will have the NBA assuming ownership of the New Orleans Hornets. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best of Sports Business Radio featuring conversations with BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best of Sports Business Radio featuring a look back at conversations with NCAA President Mark Emmert and Hollywood screenwriter and Executive Producer for the major motion picture "Secretariat" Mike Rich. Happy Thanksgiving from the team at Sports Business Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dissecting the Cam Newton investigation with Rand Getlin of Synyrgy Sports. We also examine the latest proposal from the NFLPA to NFL owners as well as Tiger Woods' foray into social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ric Bucher ESPN's NBA Insider stops by to help us break down the main issues on the table being discussed during the league's Collective Bargaining negotiations. Will there be a work stoppage? What might the league look like post-agreement? We tell you. Paul Swangard, Managing Director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center joins us to discuss the innovative new format being discussed for the NHL All-Star game. We also give you the headlines of the week including Tom Brady's newest endorsement deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We recap the business and TV ratings for the 2010 World Series won by the San Francisco Giants. We also examine the Minnesota Vikings controversial decision to waive star WR Randy Moss this week. Finally we tell you which former sports figures won and lost at the polls this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports reporter and co-author of the book Death to the BCS joins us to discuss one of the more polarizing topics in sports. Wetzel's book discusses the dysfunction of the NCAA I-A college football postseason as well as offers some solutions for making the college football postseason more lucrative and exciting. We also discuss the start to the 2010-11 NBA season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Emmert - new NCAA President stops by for a visit and discusses topics ranging from cracking down on agents, penalizing the proper perpetrators and postseason Division I college football. You'll also get a sense of Emmert's management style as well as what he likes to do in his free time during the conversation. Listen to this conversation as well as some of the best conversations over the years on Sports Business Radio at http://sportsbusinessradio.com/audio/interviews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rand Getlin, President and Founder of Synrgy Sports joins us to discuss the confession by longtime sports agent Josh Luchs in Sports Illustrated that he paid 30 college athletes. We also discuss the staggering amounts of money the NFL will lose if they don't have a new collective bargaining agreement in place by March. And we break down Nike's new uniform and apparel deal with the NFL that goes into effect in 2012. Finally, we give you the TV ratings for the MLB playoffs thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Geoff Petrie - Sacramento Kings President of Basketball Operations joins us to discuss his efforts to rebuild the NBA team into a playoff contender. Petrie also shares his thoughts on a new arena for the Kings. Paul Westhead, the only coach to win an NBA and WNBA title stops by to visit. Westhead, now the head women's basketball coach at the University of Oregon, was the head men's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount when the team advanced to the Great Eight of the NCAA Tournament following the death of LMU star Hank Gathers in 1990. We also discuss the business of the MLB playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Rich, Hollywood screenwriter, joins us to discuss his latest movie, Disney's "Secretariat", about the 1973 Triple Crown winner and the horse's owner, Penny Chennery Tweedy, played by star Diane Lane. Rich, who has brought us movies such as "Finding Forrester", "The Rookie" and "Radio", takes us behind the scenes into the world of movie making during an in-depth conversation. "Secretariat" opens October 8th in theaters everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Windhorst, who has covered LeBron James since James was in high-school joins us to discuss James' offseason decisions that led to his departure from Cleveland to Miami. We also discuss the future of the Cleveland Cavs without LeBron James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal joins us to discuss the record-setting ratings for the NFL on TV so far this season and some of the factors that may be contributing to the enormous viewership. We also catch up with social media expert Chris Mike who tells us which athletes and sports leagues are making the best use of social media to enhance their brands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We examine several expensive cuts for NFL teams. We also catch up with sports marketing expert and Sports Business Radio blogger Jared Melzer, who joins us from Madrid, Spain to discuss ideas for how to activate sports marketing sponsorships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NFL 2010 season preview with Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best of Sports Business Radio with New Orleans Saints GM Mickey Loomis, Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian and San Diego Chargers GM AJ Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take an in-depth look at the difficult and thankless job of an NCAA compliance officer and discuss how athletic departments are trying to protect themselves from NCAA sanctions with Rand Getlin, Founder of Synrgy Sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich Cho, Portland Trail Blazers GM stops by to talk about his new position with the NBA team as well as his ascension from NBA intern to General Manager. We also discuss how the on the course decline of Tiger Woods is impacting TV ratings, sponsorships and attendance for PGA Tour events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Sanders, Chief Marketing Officer of BDA Sports joins us to discuss how the sports endorsement market has changed after the fall of such high profile athletes as Tiger Woods, Ben Roethlisberger and Michael Vick. We also bring you the sports business headlines of the week. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/sbradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best of Sports Business Radio. We look back on interviews with Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg and Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra. We also break down the issues that could keep NFL players off the field for the 2011 season with Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Swangard from the Warsaw Center at the University of Oregon joins us to discuss how pro sports agents are impacting college athletic programs. We also discuss Sports Illustrated's Fortunate 50 list detailing the highest earning athletes in sports as well as the latest Harris Poll detailing the most popular athletes. We recap the 2010 British Open and discuss the changes made to USC's Athletic Department this week. Follow SBR on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sportsbusinessradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ric Bucher, ESPN NBA Insider joins us to discuss a potential work stoppage in the NBA next summer as well as this offseason's free agent frenzy. We also look back at the legacy of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner with Maury Brown from the Bizofbaseball.com. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sbradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miami Heat President of Business Operations Eric Woolworth joins us to discuss how the signing of NBA superstar LeBron James will impact the business and brand of the Miami Heat. Ethan Skolnick of the South Florida Sun Sentinel stops by to discuss how LeBron James' signing with the Miami Heat affects the NBA and the Heat's positioning in South Florida. We also analyze the manner in which LeBron James announced his decision to join the Miami Heat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Ma, author of the new book The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big In Business and the focus for the hit Hollywood movie "21" joins us to discuss his new book and how the lessons of blackjack can be applied to making better decisions in sports and business. Ma also analyzes the key factors that elite NBA free agents LeBron James and Dwyane Wade should be considering when deciding where to sign their next contract. We also discuss the NBA free agent signings thus far and how these signings might affect the NBA collective bargaining discussions a year from now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We recap the business of the U.S. Open, we give you the TV ratings for the NBA Finals and FIFA World Cup and we revisit recent conversations with NBA Commissioner David Stern and Coca-Cola CMO for North America Bea Perez on this week's edition of Sports Business Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rand Getlin, President and Founder of Synyrgy Sports joins us to take an in-depth look at the recent penalties levied against USC, how much money the Trojans could have saved if they had been more compliant and how much the school profited during the years during when the violations occurred. We also discuss the current landscape in college sports where financial gain is the top priority for most programs as well as the agents trying to prey on college athletes. In our headlines we look at the FIFA World Cup TV ratings and attendance numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We examine NCAA conference realignment and discuss the impact of FIFA World Cup soccer on the popularity of soccer in the United States with sports business reporter Tim Lemke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Brinegar, Head Pro at the new Old Macdonald golf course at Bandon Dunes golf resort joins us to discuss the opening of the course that is expected to be named the number one golf course you can pay to play in the United States. Maury Brown of the Bizofbaseball.com stops by to discuss the botched call that cost Tiger P Armando Galarraga a perfect game and how the call may lead to the use of expanded replay in MLB. We also discuss the biz of the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup finals. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business Radio celebrates its 500th episode by looking back on some of our favorite moments over the past 499 episodes during a 6-year span. Thanks for listening over the years! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take an in-depth look at "Team LeBron" and the people who will play a major part in orchestrating which NBA team LeBron James signs with this summer. We also share some changes to the Sports Business Radio team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Business writer Tim Lemke stops by to discuss the latest with the sales of the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL and the Texas Rangers of MLB. Bill Squadron of BloombergSports.com joins us to discuss how Bloomberg is utilizing the companies business technologies to bring pro sports teams and fans unique sports information and technologies that will change how we watch sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bea Perez, Chief Marketing Office for Coca-Cola North America joins us to discuss the sports marketing efforts for one of the biggest brands in the world. We also recap the business headlines from the Kentucky Derby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Stern, NBA Commissioner joins us to discuss the state of the NBA as well as give us an update on the Collective Bargaining Agreement discussions. We also examine the alarmingly low attendance numbers in Major League Baseball during the first month of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We break down the economics of the NFL Draft with Yahoo! Sports NFL reporter Charles Robinson. Brian sounds off about the NBA's long, drawn out playoff schedule. And we bring you the headlines of the week including the NCAA's huge new broadcast rights deal with CBS/Turner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We recap the latest edition of The Masters - including the TV ratings, the endorsement portfolio for 2010 champ Phil Mickelson and the return to golf for Tiger Woods. We also look at what the Pittsburgh Steelers are doing to deal with the off the field problems of two of their most high profile players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices