Episode 28: “Alex Silverman: Sports Business Journal on World Cup, MLS and Olympic hockey”

ALEX SILVERMAN covers soccer and hockey for Sports Business Journal. We talk here quite a bit about the World Cup to be held this summer in the United States, Canada andMexico, from the impact of the war in Iran to the politics of Trump and Infantino. Also, in the conversation: MLS and the Messi Effect, the league's TV deal with Apple TV. Alex also talks about the bounce from the Olympic hockey gold for the U.S., both the men and the women. He thinks it’s good for the men, and especially good for the fledgling women’s league, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL.) Recorded March 17, 2026THE SHOW:American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. Insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccerpublication, founded in 1971. (www.socceramerica.com) New episodes released weekly. You can get more information on the program, produced by the John Shrader Media Group, at https://shradermedia.com/John Shrader's 30 years of TV and radio sports broadcasting included MLS, NBA, NFL and NHL. He is professorof Broadcasting and Sports Media & Communication at the University of Nebraska.