SBJ Unpacks
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SBJ Unpacks
Sports business is facing new global economic, political, and cultural changes. Unpacks is a new series from Sports Business Journal that analyzes how current trends are impacting sports business. Listen as SBJ editors and special guests provide trusted insights to help you navigate these dynamic, c...
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SBJ Unpacks: How teams are using Balloon for streamlined collaboration
How do you avoid groupthink? How do you avoid various forms of cognitive bias? How do you make sure that each piece of information is valued and consi...

SBJ Unpacks: Return of SlamBall
Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas on Friday night will play host to the return of SlamBall, and league co-founder Mike Tollin credits an organic groundswell a...

SBJ Unpacks: NFL Preview
With opening week quickly approaching, Ben Fischer, Reggie Walker, and Xavier Hunter were joined by Jabari Young of Forbes to preview the upcoming NFL...

SBJ Unpacks: USL Soccer
SBJ's Alex Silverman is joined by USL Chief Operating Officer Justin Papadakis to discuss the state of the organization and its ambitious growth plans...


SBJ Unpacks: UFC 277 Preview

SBJ Unpacks: LIV Golf tees off in Portland
Ahead of the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic in Illinois and LIV Golf Invitational Portland, SBJ’s Josh Carpenter, and David Rumsey spoke with Sports Il...

SBJ Unpacks: Title IX turns 50

SBJ Unpacks: Thaddeus Young, NBA forward and venture capitalist
SBJ's Austin Karp posted up with NBA power forward Thaddeus Young. The 15-year veteran discussed his venture capital strategy, his investment in techn...

SBJ Unpacks: Paul Epstein
Paul Epstein, founder of Purpose Labs, successfully steered business teams that executed billion-dollar NFL campaigns, broke Super Bowl revenue record...

SBJ Unpacks: Jennifer Davis

SBJ Unpacks: Ben Sutton and George Pyne
Two college football insiders, Teall Capital’s Ben Sutton and Bruin Capital’s George Pyne, discuss the College Football Playoff expansion, driving mor...

SBJ Unpacks: Chris Long
2-time Super Bowl champion Chris Long chats with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about life after football. We hear about his transition from chasing quarterbacks t...

SBJ Unpacks: Zach Maurides
Zach Maurides infamously started his business called Teamworks in a Duke University classroom when he was a student. Now, the Chicago native’s organiz...

SBJ Unpacks: AXS Chief Product Officer Michael Rojas and YellowHeart founder and CEO Josh Katz
AXS Chief Product Officer Michael Rojas and YellowHeart founder and CEO Josh Katz joined SBJ’s Bret McCormick to discuss blockchain’s potential impact...

SBJ Unpacks: Lindsay Arell
Aptim Director of Sustainability Lindsay Arell joined the Sports Business Journal’s Bret McCormick on the Unpacks podcast to discuss the Sustainable S...

SBJ Unpacks: Larry Lucchino
Longtime sports business leader and innovator Larry Lucchino, a member of the 2021 class of SBJ’s Champions, talks with Senior Writer Bill King about...

SBJ Unpacks: Lauren Flanagan
Theorycraft co-founder Lauren Flanagan joins The Esport Observer's Kevin Hitt to discuss OneTeam Partners' acquisition of her organization and what is...

SBJ Unpacks: Gerry Marzorati
Author Gerry Marzorati joins SBJ’s Bret McCormick to talk about his new book, “Seeing Serena,” and how his approach may be the future of sports writin...

SBJ Unpacks: Wasserman's Elizabeth Lindsey and Jason Ranne
Wasserman's Elizabeth Lindsey and Jason Ranne stop by to talk about the company's new music venture with SBJ's Chris Smith.

SBJ Unpacks: Cari Champion
Media personality Cari Champion joins SBJ’s John Ourand to talk about how sports have changed since George Floyd’s death, her career post-ESPN, her lo...

SBJ Unpacks: Will Ahmed
Whoop founder and CEO Will Ahmed joins SBJ’s Eric Prisbell to discuss the massive growth with the company and how the pandemic played a role in that g...

SBJ Unpacks: Jed Corenthal
Phenix Real-Time Solutions' Chief Marketing Officer Jed Corenthal joins SBJ’s Eric Prisbell to delve into the sports betting space. It is the three y...

SBJ Unpacks: Alan Ostfield

SBJ Unpacks: Stacie de Armas
Nielsen Senior VP/Diverse Insights & Initiatives Stacie de Armas joins SBJ’s Andrew Levin to delve into the power of female athletes as social media a...

SBJ Unpacks: Tim Katz
Tim Katz -- who is YouTube Director and Head of News & Sports Partnerships -- joins SBJ’s Andrew Levin to discuss year three of the MLB Game of the We...

SBJ Unpacks: Joe Favorito
Sports communications consultant Joe Favorito and SBJ’s Andrew Levin turn their attentions toward media engagement and adapting for content in a post-...

SBJ Unpacks: Ashley Robinson
Jackson State AD Ashley Robinson joins SBJ’s Andrew Levin to discuss dynamics related to the SWAC’s spring football season, namely, myriad impacts the...

SBJ Unpacks: Alex Honnold
American rock climber Alex Honnold is best known for his free solo ascents of big walls, in particular, El Capitan, chronicled in the 2018 biographica...

SBJ Unpacks: Caryn Seidman Becker
CLEAR Chair & CEO Caryn Seidman Becker’s company has significantly deepened its ties in sports amid the pandemic. She joins SBJ’s Andrew Levin to disc...

The Road Ahead: Monarch Wealth and Business Management's Barry Klarberg
Barry Klarberg, who is Monarch Wealth and Business Management Founder & Managing Partner, joins SBJ's Terry Lefton to untangle the somewhat tangled wo...

The Road Ahead: Oral Roberts AD Mike Carter
Following victories against Ohio State and Florida in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament -- landing the No. 15 seed in the Sweet 16 -- Oral R...

The Road Ahead: ISE Properties' Owen Shull & Scott Malaga
Having secured more than $30M in college athletics sponsorships in the past year, ISE Properties Exec VPs & co-Heads Owen Shull and Scott Malaga join...

The Road Ahead: VaynerSports' AJ Vaynerchuk & Greg Genske
VaynerSports’ vision has expanded significantly amid the pandemic, as what began as a small, football-only agency has added divisions in baseball, esp...

The Road Ahead: Mark Patricof & Byron Jones
Patricof Co has gathered a clientele of top-tier athletes to pool their capital to take stakes in ongoing private equity deals. SBJ’s Andrew Levin sit...

SBJ Unpacks: NFL Media Rights Deal with Abe Madkour, Ben Fischer and John Ourand
SBJ's Abe Madkour, John Ourand and Ben Fischer discuss the NFL's new media rights deals, which will pay the league $10 billion a year through 2033.

The Road Ahead: SBJ NFL Beat Reporter Ben Fischer
With the NFL’s new league year officially having commenced, SBJ NFL beat reporter Ben Fischer joins Andrew Levin to discuss significant topics and off...

SBJ All In: Racial equality in sports industry with Charles Ross Ph.D. of Univ. of Mississippi and Jamil Northcutt, Ph.D. of MLS
To have authentic and intentional conversations about equity, we need to have a shared sense for where we are, how we got here and where we need to he...

The Road Ahead: Overtime Elite Breakdown
Overtime co-Founder & President Zack Weiner and Overtime Elite Commissioner & President Aaron Ryan join SBJ’s Andrew Levin to discuss the recently ann...
