Sports Business Radio Podcast

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Chris Koras - CEO, REP1 Baseball Mar 14, 2023

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PODCAST: Chris Koras, CEO of REP1 Baseball, joins us on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Koras and his team at REP1 negotiated a record-setting 11-year, $331M contract for client Rafael Devers with the Boston Red Sox and REP1 has 22 clients representing 8 different countries playing in the World Baseball Classic. In our discussion with Koras we discuss how REP1 was able to get the Red Sox to invest so heavily in Devers, how REP1 is recruiting clients in Latin America, we debate contract lengths and we discuss the future of how live sports is presented through the media and streaming.

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This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is also presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment.

Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment is a division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management dedicated to serving the unique and sophisticated needs of elite and professional athletes, entertainers, executives, creators, and other top talent and professionals in the sports and entertainment industry. The division consists of over 200 Financial Advisors with the Global Sports & Entertainment Director/Associate Director designation, several of whom are former professional and collegiate athletes who once embarked on a similar journey to that of today’s talent, leaders, executives and creators. Visit morganstanley.com/gse to learn more.

#Baseball #MLB #WorldBaseballClassic #SportsAgent #MarchMadness #NFL

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JoAn Scott, Managing Director of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships Mar 07, 2023

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PODCAST: JoAn Scott, Managing Director of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships, joins us to take us behind the scenes of the planning and preparation for the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships. From Selection Sunday all the way to the Final Four in Houston, we discuss this year’s TV coverage on CBS & Turner Sports, what's new about this year’s Tournament and JoAn’s busy schedule over the course of the Tournament.

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#NCAA #MarchMadness #FinalFour #Houston #SportsBusiness #CollegeBasketball #NIL

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SBR Vault - Conversations with Mark Emmert and Ted Leonsis Feb 27, 2023

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PODCAST: We step into the Sports Business Radio Vault to look back on past conversations with NCAA President Mark Emmert (Emmert is stepping down as NCAA President in June, 2023) and Monumental Sports & Entertainment Founder & CEO Ted Leonsis (Monumental’s holdings include the NHL’s Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards and WNBA’s Washington Mystics).

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This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is also presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment.

#MarkEmmert #NCAA #TedLeonsis #WashingtonCapitals #WashingtonWizards #WashingtonMystics #NHL #NBA #WNBA

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Martin Jarmond - UCLA Director of Athletics Feb 20, 2023

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PODCAST: Martin Jarmond (@MartinJarmond), UCLA Director of Athletics, joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Jarmond, who was hired by the Bruins in 2020 and is one of the youngest Athletic Directors at a Power 5 conference, discusses the rich history of UCLA athletics (120 national championships) and how that history is being taught to current UCLA athletes, UCLA’s pending move to the Big Ten Conference and what that means for their student athletes and to the university from a financial standpoint, how the university is assisting its student athletes with navigating NIL (Name, Image & Likeness), playing in the competitive Los Angeles sports and entertainment market and UCLA’s apparel deal with the Jordan Brand.

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#UCLA #Bruins #BigTen #NIL #NCAA #CollegeSports #StudentAthlete #MartinJarmond #SportsBusiness

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Super Bowl LVII Recap Feb 14, 2023

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PODCAST: Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Executive Producer Bryan Griggs look back on Super Bowl LVII in Arizona. From the best Super Bowl commercials to the sports gambling hits and misses to the winners with future endorsements to the Apple Music Halftime show with Rihanna, we cover all of the aspects of the big game.

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#NFL #SuperBowl #Advertising #Endorsements #SportsGambling

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Peter O'Reilly - NFL EVP Club Business & League Events Feb 07, 2023

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PODCAST: Peter O’Reilly, NFL Executive Vice President of Club Business & League Events, joins Sports Business Radio to take us Behind the Scenes for Super Bowl LVII in Arizona. O’Reilly and his team at the NFL are responsible for overseeing the planning and production of Super Bowl week, the big game and the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show.

We also preview Super Bowl LVII and give you the latest information on everything from the cost of a Super Bowl ad on Fox, to the latest ticket prices for the big game, to how much is likely to be wagered on one of the most bet on sporting events in the world. You will have all of the information you need when you sit down to watch Super Bowl LVII between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on February 12.

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#NFL #SuperBowl #SuperBowlLVII #Events #PeterOReilly #Advertising #Football #ChiefsKingdom #FlyEaglesFly #Arizona

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Rachel Baker - Duke University Men's Basketball General Manager Jan 31, 2023

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Rachel Baker (@RachRoseBaker), General Manager of Duke University Men’s Basketball, joins Sports Business Radio for a conversation from the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Baker, who had previously worked at Nike and in the NBA and WNBA, was hired to this newly created position at Duke in June 2022. In this exclusive position, Baker specializes in helping players enhance their personal and professional skill sets, capitalize on strategic partnerships including NIL opportunities and work to support players in navigating the opportunities and challenges that come with being a student-athlete at the highest level.

Baker discusses her career path thus far, being a woman working in the sports industry, leading an elite men’s basketball program and what Duke is doing specifically to help its student-athletes with everything from navigating NIL deals to supporting their mental health. We also look inside of Duke University men’s basketball program - from how the program taps into its incredible network of Duke basketball alumni to how the Kameron Krazies secure tickets to home basketball games at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Also on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio, Sandra L. Richards (@SandraLRichards), Head of Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment, joins Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger for a major announcement about a partnership between Morgan Stanley GSE and Sports Business Radio.

This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment.

#DukeNation #Duke #RachelBaker #Basketball #NBA #WNBA #Nike #WomeninSports #WomeninBusiness #MorganStanley #SandraRichards #FinancialEducation #SportsBusiness

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John Wetzel - Longtime NBA Coach & Player Jan 23, 2023

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John Wetzel, longtime NBA Coach and former NBA player as well as Virginia Tech basketball Hall of Famer, joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Wetzel served as a coach for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings and was a player with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Atlanta Hawks. Wetzel discusses the highlights of his lengthy coaching career, working alongside Head Coaches John MacLeod and Rick Adelman, the Trail Blazers teams that advanced to the NBA Finals (Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter) in 1990 and 1992 and the standout Kings teams that came close to reaching the NBA Finals (Chris Webber and Vlade Divac). Wetzel also discusses his Hall of Fame college career at Virginia Tech and playing on the same Lakers team with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and Hawks team with Pistol Pete Maravich. If you are a fan of 1970’s - 1990’s NBA basketball, you will love this conversation.

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SBR Vault - Conversations with Stephanie McMahon and Brendan Hunt Jan 15, 2023

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PODCAST: We look back at past Sports Business Radio conversations with Stephanie McMahon , the now former WWE Co-CEO, as well as Brendan Hunt, the Co-Creator and Actor (Coach Beard) from the hit TV series TED LASSO, on this Vault episode.

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Val Ackerman - BIG EAST Conference Commissioner, Basketball Hall of Famer Jan 10, 2023

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PODCAST: Val Ackerman, BIG EAST Conference Commissioner, Founding President of the WNBA, the first woman to serve as the President of USA Basketball and Basketball Hall of Fame joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Ackerman discusses her trail blazing career as a woman executive working in sports, the early days of her career working side-by-side with late NBA Commissioner David Stern in the NBA league office and her current role as Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference. She also tells us what needs to be done to continue to grow women’s sports and how the college sports landscape might continue to evolve with NIL, conference realignment and other changes.

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