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533: Sophie Whitesell on How The Giving Game Podcast Is Promoting the Charitable Mission of Athletes

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532: Former MLB Player Travis Snider on How 3A Athletics Is Fixing Youth Sports

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531: ZRG Turnkey's Rick Alessandri on Building a Career in Executive Search

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530: Former NBA Head Coach Stan Van Gundy on Leadership & Coachability in the Modern Era of Basketball

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529: Play-by-Play Announcer Jamie Watson on Making Sports Accessible Through Audio Description

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528: UT Austin’s Chris Plonsky talks Building a College Athletics Powerhouse

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527: Sirius XM’s Chris Childers on Why College Football Can't Save Itself

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526: Andrew Cooper on Why Collective Bargaining Is the Only Real Fix for College Sports

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525: Sportico's Kurt Badenhausen on What It Takes to Value a Sports Franchise

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524: George Moreira on How Capelli Sport Became the Kit Behind Cape Verde's World Cup Cinderella Story

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523: Janet Marie Smith on Designing the Fan Experience from Camden Yards to Dodger Stadium

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522: Liz Robbins on Writing "See It to Be It" with Billie Jean King

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521: Disruptive Play's Michael Cohen and Jeff Nathenson Break Down the Sports Media Creator Economy

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520: Dan Mannix on How Underdog Is Disrupting the Sports Marketing Agency Model

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519: Mike "Wally" Walczewski on 37 Years as the Voice of the NBA Champion New York Knicks

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518: Marc Horine on How For Soccer Is Powering the 2026 World Cup

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517: Adam Zimmerman on How the Atlanta Braves Built a Brand Beyond Baseball

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516: Danny Funt on the Hidden Costs of Legalized Sports Gambling

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515: Steve Wasik on Growing VKTRY Gear from Startup to Acquisition

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514: Jerome Allen on Player Engagement and the NBA’s Global Future

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513: Melissa Jacobs Breaks Down the Youth Sports Industry

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512: Morgan Cato Talks Leading Player Operations at the NBPA

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511: Harvey Schiller on the Life and Legacy of Ted Turner

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510: Sheila Sickau on How the Kansas City Chiefs Are Growing Flag Football Participation

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509: Patrick Crakes on the True Economics of Sports Media Rights

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508: Yeshiva Athletic Director Greg Fox on how the Maccabees are Revolutionizing College Hoops

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507: Ken Davidoff discusses his new book, 101 Lessons from the Dugout

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506: Cam Smith on How Substack Hands Creators Control of Their Work and Audience

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505: Inside ESPN’s Innovation Engine with Kevin Lopes

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504: Joe Favorito and Tom Richardson Discuss March Madness, Golf Innovation, and the Future of Sports Media

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503: Sports Investment: Navigating the Current Landscape

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502: Praxis AI’s David James Clarke IV on Digital Twins, AI, and the Future of Sports Expertise

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501: Playing the New Front Nine: How Golf is Evolving for a New Audience

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500: Uly and Ernesto on Bringing New Fans to Football Through Humor and Social Media

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499: The Philly Sports Guy, Jamie Pagliei, on Turning Philadelphia Fandom into a Full-Time Brand

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498: Phoenicia Sport & Entertainment CEO Chris Lencheski Talks NASCAR, F1, and the Future of Global Motorsports Investment

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497: Next League Co-Founder Dave Nugent Talks Building Tech Stacks That Drive Fan Growth

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496: SMAC Entertainment’s Jose Diaz on Managing Talent and Creating Media That Scales

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495: Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation President & CDO Dedan Brozino on CFP & LA28

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494: Dystany Spurlock on Becoming the First African-American Woman to Race the NASCAR ARCA Series

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493: Daniel Shi and Shivaas Gulati on Using AI to Modernize the Sports Business

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492: Olympic Gold Medalist and 2-Time Division UFC Champion Henry Cejudo Talks Life After the Octagon

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491: Chris Stone on Why Sports Coverage and Media Isn’t Dying, It’s Fragmenting

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490: The Expanding Business of Sports, Fashion, and Pop Culture

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489: From Germany to the NFL, Markus Kuhn on Growing Football Worldwide

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488: Unified WBA and WBO Champion Xander Zayas on having a Championship Mindset

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487: Jesse Linder and Callie Brownson on Building the Women’s Flag Football Pathway to LA 2028

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486: Lawrence Hamm Jr. on What it Takes to Host the 2027 NFL Draft in Washington D.C.

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485: The Boston Globe’s Tara Sullivan on Covering the Patriots and the State of Sports Journalism

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484: UPenn Wharton’s Ken Shropshire Examines NFL Hiring, Governance, and Power

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483: Greg Cosell Talks Film Study, QB Development, and Super Bowl Matchups

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482: Brian Billick on Football Technology, Player Safety, and the Evolution of the Game

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481: Wim Sweldens on Kiswe’s Playbook for Interactive Sports and Music Streaming

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480: Kicking Off Super Bowl Week with Ben Fischer from SBJ

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479: Steve Kuhn Talks Building a Non-Gambling Prediction Platform for Sports Fans

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478: Jay Marine on Amazon Prime Video and How Rebundling Is Affecting Sports Media

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477: Austin Emile on Becoming the Youngest FIFA-Licensed Agent in the U.S.

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476: Jeff Aubry Gives an Inside Look at the G-League’s Next Gen Players Union

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475: John Giannini Talks College Basketball in the NIL Era

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474: Chris Pearlman Discusses How the Premier League Rights Model Inspired Aggregate Sports

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473: Ward Selman on Chasing the Olympics and Breaking Barriers in Lebanon

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472: Manik Bambha Talks Building the Streaming Engine Behind Modern Sports

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471: Laura Dixon on Building the Trade Association Pro Sports Never Had

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470: How Mark Neifeld Made the Sport Fishing Championship ESPN-Worthy

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469: Coach Dave Clawson Talks NIL, Donor Power, and the Future of College Football

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468: Aliyah Funschelle on Building her Brand and the Creator Economy in Women’s Sports

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467: Kati Fernandez Discusses her Journey from ESPN to TOGETHXR

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466: Mike Abdenour on the Evolution of Athletic Training

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465: Ken Belson Discusses the Evolution of the NFL from the 90s to Today

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464: How the school paper led Ben Malcolmson to the Super Bowl

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463: Ann Kletz on the Business Boom in Women's Sports

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462: Coach Q on Consistency, Culture, and Championship Mindsets

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461: Charece Williams on the business of building brands in sport

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460: How AI Is Shaping the Future of Sports Training

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459: Shripal Shah on AI, Sports Fans, and the Future

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458: Chris Blivin talks Digital Collectibles and Emerging Tech

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457: The Pro Tennis Playbook with Randy Walker

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456: Fiona Green on the Game-Changing Power of Data in Sports

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455: Justin Papadakis on the USL's growth engine

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454: Peter Robert Casey talks digital innovation and hoops

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453: Pet Berisha on the crypto industry's journey to mainstream

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452: Director Jimmy Jenkins on the making of Nothing But A Winner: The Alabama Football Story

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451: Carl Thomas on the core values of leadership

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450: Carla Varriale-Barker talks Sports Law and Education in the age of AI

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449: Joseph Caporoso on the content creator economy

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448: Mandy Gutmann on building a sports league from scratch

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447: Micky Lawler on the unrivaled growth of women's basketball

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446: Marc Horine on U.S. Soccer’s Growth and the Club World Cup

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445: Calvin Sibert on Using NBA Math Hoops to Transform Education Through Sports

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444: Dan Solomon discusses baseball equipment entrepreneurship

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443: Max Iger on sports consumption trends

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442: Peter Scott talks innovation in digital sports media

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441: Karen Lorenzo Discusses the Launch of League One Volleyball

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440: Samuel Hymes on sports diplomacy

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439: Dee Kundra on FC Bayern Munich’s US Strategy & Club World Cup 2025

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438: Maher Labban on the business of sports awards

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437: Alex Kopilow on Content Strategy and the Mets’ Digital Evolution

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436: Gene McCarthy Discusses Leadership Lessons from the Top of the Sports Industry

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435: Mets House goes LIVE in NYC!

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434: Joe Favorito and Tom Richardson on the Latest Trends Shaping the Sports Industry