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Bubba Watson - Pro Golfer, 2-Time Masters Champion Oct 27, 2020

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Bubba Watson (@BubbaWatson), Pro Golfer and Two-Time Masters Champion joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Watson discusses his business portfolio, which includes partnerships with cbdMD, PING and Oakley as well as the businesses he owns, which includes a stake in the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Minnesota Twins minor league baseball affiliate), Bubba’s Sweet Spot and the Pensacola Golf Center by Bubba Watson.

Watson also discusses how he has worked with cbdMD to battle anxiety and sleep issues.

With The Masters being played in November for the first time ever, Bubba Watson tells us how he’s preparing for the major tournament he has won twice and how Augusta National may play differently in November.

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Danita Johson - President & COO WNBA’s LA Sparks Oct 20, 2020

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Danita Johnson (@DanitaJohnson), President & COO of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks joins us this week on Sports Business Radio. Johnson discusses the growth opportunities that exist in women’s sports, how she is navigating the pandemic, what the “new normal” may look like, an uptick in TV ratings for the WNBA in 2020 and the “Change Has No Offseason” social justice campaign the Sparks are leading the way on.

In our sports business headlines segment, Brian Berger and Bryan Griggs examine the polar opposite team payrolls for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays as they get set to meet each other in this year’s World Series. We also tell you about how the sports world is getting out to VOTE as election day approaches on November 3rd.

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John Ourand - Sports Business Journal - Media Reporter Oct 13, 2020

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John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ), Sports Business Journal Media Reporter joins us to discuss the ever-changing sports media landscape. We review the latest TV ratings for the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, discuss the future of streaming (and continuing trend of cord cutting), examine the future of RSN’s and we reflect on the life of Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, who was part of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball coverage for 20 years.

Brian Berger and Sports Business Radio Executive Producer Bryan Griggs bring you the sports business headlines of the week including the Los Angeles Lakers winning their 17th NBA title, how the NFL has shuffled its schedule in light of more positive COVID results and we discuss massive changes to the way Nike will be doing business in the future after more layoffs in the past 2 weeks.

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Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks Governor & Shark Tank Investor Oct 06, 2020

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Mark Cuban (@MCuban) - Governor of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and a Shark on the hit ABC TV show Shark Tank joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on Sports Business Radio.

Cuban discusses this unique NBA season and what lies ahead for the league. He discusses his strong relationships with his Mavericks players and coaches and how the organization is utilizing its platforms to speak out on social justice issues as well as make its arena available as a voting location for the upcoming elections.

Cuban also discusses Season 12 of Shark Tank, which debuts on ABC on Friday, October 16. He takes us behind the scenes into filming during COVID and helps us preview the upcoming season of the hit TV show.

The billionaire entrepreneur also shares his thoughts on how to lead successfully and what entrepreneurs should be focusing on in this “new normal”.

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Jaydon Grant (@JaydonGrant) - Oregon State Football player Sep 29, 2020

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Jaydon Grant (@JaydonGrant) - Defensive Back for the Oregon State University football team joins us on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Grant shares the perspective of a student athlete who is practicing and playing college football games in the midst of a pandemic. He also discusses the rights of student athletes, social justice, mental health and how he made Oregon State’s football team as a walk-on. Grant’s Dad, Brian Grant, starred in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat. Grant’s Mom, Gina Grant, is one of the pioneers behind the Zumba fitness empire.

Also on this edition of Sports Business Radio, we discuss the COVID19 outbreak with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and how that may impact their organization as well as the league. We preview the NBA Finals matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat, we discuss the start of the MLB Postseason and we recap the completion of a successful bubble postseason for the NHL as the Tampa Bay Lightning have taken home the Stanley Cup.

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Eric Mussleman (@EricPMusselman) - Head Coach Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 22, 2020

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Eric Mussleman (@EricPMusselman), Head Coach Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball team joins us to discuss coaching his team during a pandemic, the difficult conversation he had with his team last March that their season was coming to an abrupt end, how the Razorbacks are preparing for the upcoming 2020-21 college basketball season, how being the son of a coach has helped prepare him for his role as a Head Coach and the biggest differences in being a Head Coach in the NBA vs the NCAA (Musselman is the former Head Coach of the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings).

Keith Forman, Co-Founder of Sports Business Radio, joins us for the latest installment of our COVID19 Roundtable where we examine where the sports world currently stands, 6 months into the pandemic that shut down the sports world in March of 2020.

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Brendan Hunt - Co-Creator & Actor - TED LASSO Sep 15, 2020

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Brendan Hunt (@BrendanHunting), Co-Creator and actor on the hit Apple TV + show TED LASSO, takes us inside the making of the cleverly scripted show. Jason Sudeikis (@JasonSudeikis) plays Ted Lasso (@TedLasso), a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer. Hunt discusses his longtime friendship with Sudeikis, how they came up with the concept for the show, how they decided on Richmond (London) for the location to shoot the show, the process for writing the episodes and the work that is already underway for Season 2 of TED LASSO on Apple TV +.

Also joining Sports Business Radio for a conversation this week is John Levy (@ScoreCommish), Founder & CEO, theScore, the company behind the first and only completely integrated media and sports betting offering in the United States. Levy discusses the growth of the company as well as the future of the sports betting industry.

We also discuss the opening week of the NFL season in our Headlines segment.

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Kathy Carter - LA28 Olympics & Paralympics, Chief Revenue Officer Sep 07, 2020

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PODCAST: The Sports Business Radio Road Show presented by Boingo features a conversation with LA28 (@LA28) Olympics & Paralympics Chief Revenue Officer Kathy Carter (@KCarter2028).

Carter discusses her career, LA28’s new branding which was unveiled last week, LA28’s partnership with NBC, what lies ahead for the Tokyo (2021) and Paris (2024) Games, how to plan for world-class events that take place in 8 years and why Los Angeles will be a unique host city. Boingo CEO Mike Finley also joins Sports Business Radio Host Brian Berger and Kathy Carter for a portion of the conversation to discuss what the world of tech may look like in 2028 and how tech will impact the LA28 Games.

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Shannon Furman, Director - HBO Hard Knocks Sep 01, 2020

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PODCAST: Shannon Furman (@FurmBiz on Twitter), Emmy-Award winning Producer and Director for NFL Films and HBO’s “Hard Knocks” joins us to take us behind the curtain for the making of the popular TV show that is in its 15th season and this year features an inside look at training camp with the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. From shooting training camp and managing a quick editing turnaround to get the show on HBO each week to filming the show with two NFL teams during a pandemic, Furman allows us to see how “Hard Knocks” is made.

During this week's headlines segment, we discuss the passings and legacies of Chadwick Boseman, Lute Olson, John Thompson and Cliff Robinson.

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