For the Love of Sports with Michael Rasile
396 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsFor the Love of Sports with Michael Rasile is a captivating podcast that dives into the dynamic world of sports business. Each episode features an in-depth conversation between Michael and his guest, which includes athletes, entrepreneurs, and business executives, as they share their unique stories and experiences in the sports business space. [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/michael.rasile/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrF4fA8uP7B6ImdfaHAe6Q/featured?view_as=subscriber
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#375 - Shripal Shah - Author of "Leveling Up with AI: A Strategic Guide to AI in Sports Marketing"
April 20, 2024 15:15 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBFor the Love of Sports with Michael Rasile: In this electrifying episode, host Michael Rasile sits down with Shripal Shah, the mastermind behind "Leveling Up with AI: A Strategic Guide to AI in Sports Marketing." Dive into the future of sports marketing as Shripal unveils the game-changing strategies outlined in his groundbreaking book. From leveraging AI to personalize fan experiences to revolutionizing sponsorship strategies with data-driven insights, Shripal unveils the playbook for succe...
#374 - Stu Halberg - CEO of Logitix
April 09, 2024 01:32 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBWelcome to For the Love of Sports with Michael Rasile! In this episode, Michael chats with Stu Halberg, CEO of Logitix, about navigating the live sports and ticketed events industry. Stu shares insights into assuming the CEO role amidst unprecedented challenges and how Logitix adapted its strategies to cope with the pause in live events and evolved out of those times. The conversation delves into why live events hold profound importance for individuals and communities beyond mere entertainm...
#373 - Kathleen Francis - President of Women in Sports and Events
March 25, 2024 23:47 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBKathleen Francis the President and Chair of Women in Sports and Events (WISE) joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports! Kathleen has had an amazing career in sports with over a decade at the MLB and some time at the Meadowlands. With experiences as a black woman in sports, she's capable of drawing upon what she knows to help other women through the WISE organization. Check out more about WISE! https://www.wiseworks.org/home
#372 - John Wright - Co-Founder of StatsDrone
February 23, 2024 11:51 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBDive into the captivating world of sports and gambling as Michael Rasile sits down with John Wright, the ingenious mind behind StatsDrone, on an exhilarating episode of For the Love of Sports. Upon graduating from college, John took an unconventional path, venturing into the realm of professional gambling instead of pursuing a traditional career. Following a friend's lead, he mastered the art of bonus hunting for online casinos and honed his skills in basic strategy blackjack, accumulating ...
#371 - Matt Stolarz - Creative Technologist
February 14, 2024 14:30 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBMatt Stolarz joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his winding career in technology and sports betting. Through college and the early part of his career, Matt was very much a jack of all trades tinkering and learning everything he could about a swath of different verticals. While this helped, he always felt like an imposter when tasked with specific jobs because he was never formally trained in each of these areas. Thankfully, he was able to continue down the path of So...
#370 - Ryan Gordon - Founder of Common Enemy
February 08, 2024 03:48 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBRyan Gordon, Founder of Common Enemy joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his company Common Enemy, and how they've created a performance basketball shoe that gives back. Ryan spent over 20 years in the fashion and shoe industry which allowed him to amass a network of individuals he would call on while starting his company. Once Ryan had the idea to create systematic change through the sport he loved, basketball, he needed a performance shoe that looked great to sell s...
#369 - Will Armitage - Co-Founder of BestOdds
June 07, 2023 00:49 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBWill Armitage joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his angel investing career and his current sports betting business, BestOdds. Will started his career in Investment Banking where he was able to understand what goes into profitable businesses. He took this information and used it to start finding businesses he could help seed and run from a much earlier stage. This led to Will making some great investments, and some bad ones too. Will eventually realized that he shoul...
#368 - Rachel Sanders - CEO and Co-Founder of Rootine
June 05, 2023 23:50 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBRachel Sanders, CEO and Co-Founder of Rootine, joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss how Rootine is helping consumers improve their health and well-being. Rachel started her career in Investment Banking working specifically in the health and wellness space. With the knowledge and understanding of what's coming, she was able to partner up and find a way to help consumers find what works for them in a very personalized way. Through Rootine, users can send in a blood sample...
#367 - Coach David Thorpe - The Godfather of NBA Player Development
June 01, 2023 14:18 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBCoach David Thorpe, The Godfather of NBA Player Development, joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss all things NBA! Coach dives into the NBA Finals between the Heat and the Nuggets dissecting what he'll be looking for and how he thinks each team will fare. We also look at the player development of each organization to see how they've gotten to this point. We discuss the meteoric rise of Nikola Jokić and how he's been able to become the best player in basketball, especial...
#366 - Audie Attar - CEO/Founder of Paradigm Sports
May 24, 2023 16:32 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBAudie Attar CEO/ Founder of Paradigm Sports joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his D1 football playing days and how he was able to take the competitiveness of being an athlete to the sports agency world. After choosing to finish his football career at UCLA, Audie found an opportunity with a Sports Agency where he could still compete in helping his former brothers make their lives better off the field. Once he went out on his own to start Paradigm Sports, he was able t...
#365 - Dr. Juan Salinas - Creator of Pnuff Crunch
May 09, 2023 15:08 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBDr. Juan Salinas Creator of Pnuff Crunch joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career in sports science, nutrition, and creating a new snack category. After starting to go to the gym in college to impress the girls on the Rutgers campus, Dr. Juan took a liking to his fitness journey. Understanding what was needed for the body to perform at the highest level, he went on to get his PhD in Food Science going to work on brands like Oreo, Trident, and Power Bar. Once he...
#365 - Dr. Juan Salinas - Creator of P'nuff Crunch
May 09, 2023 15:08 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBDr. Juan Salinas Creator of P'nuff Crunch joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career in sports science, nutrition, and creating a new snack category. After starting to go to the gym in college to impress the girls on the Rutgers campus, Dr. Juan took a liking to his fitness journey. Understanding what was needed for the body to perform at the highest level, he went on to get his PhD in Food Science going to work on brands like Oreo, Trident, and Power Bar. Once h...
#364 - Joe Delagrave - 2x Paralympic Medalist, Head Coach of USA Men's Rugby Wheelchair Team, Speaker
May 04, 2023 20:50 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBJoe Delagrave joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his journey to becoming the Head Coach of USA Men's Rugby Wheelchair Team, winning multiple Paralympics, and what it was like transitioning from Division 2 Football to wheelchair rugby. At 19 Joe suffered an unfortunate spinal cord injury which left him, at the time, paralyzed from the neck down. Joe went from a 6 6' tight end to sitting in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. While he went through some dark times, Jo...
#363 - David Lindsay - Former Rugby Player, Coach, Trainer, and Speaker
April 30, 2023 23:17 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBDavid Lindsay joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career in sports and becoming a professional speaker. David played professional Rugby before a couple of knee injuries forced him to retire from the sport. After a short period of time away from rugby, he was approached by an executive for a professional arm-wrestling league where, even with his short stature, he was able to show his ability in a sport dominated by oversized men. Unfortunately, David broke his arm ...
#362 - Justin Jacobson - Entertainment, Esports, and Video Game Attorney
April 25, 2023 21:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBJustin Jacobson joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career as an Entertainment, Esports, and Video Game Attorney. Growing up loving video games, Justin decided to take his career in law down the path of esports and video games well before it blew up. Realizing that there were very few qualified attorneys in the space he was able to carve out a niche for himself by learning about the people, brands, and decision-makers within esports and video games. By already unde...
#361 - Stefano Vaccarino - Chief Marketing Officer of FTN Network
April 19, 2023 19:46 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBStefano Vaccarino, the Chief Marketing Officer of FTN Network, joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his exciting path into the fantasy and gaming space, and how FTN Network is changing the game! While at a run-of-the-mill day job, Stefano found enjoyment with his NBA Twitter account @bigmoneyplay where he tweeted about NBA DFS. This led him down a wildly different path where he got a product marketing job at an early-stage startup that helped players get more ROI on th...
#360 - Dr. James Barnes - Associate Extension Prof at Miss. St University, Business Consultant, Youth Basketball Coach
April 14, 2023 13:01 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBDr. James Barnes joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career as a professor, business consultant, and youth basketball coach. While all of these things may not seem to have anything in common, Dr. Barnes is able to draw upon each area of expertise and utilize what he's learned in the other areas of his life. Dr. Barnes has found a passion in the online marketing space that he's been able to help other businesses with through his tenure at Mississippi State and oth...
#359 - Jeff Pearlman - Author of Showtime, The Bad Guys Won, and Many More Books
April 12, 2023 04:30 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBJeff Pearlman joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career as a sports writer! Jeff has written 10 books, many of which you probably know, and we discuss where these ideas come from, how much work goes into each book, and some of his favorites. Jeff is the writer of Showtime, which has been adapted by Adam McKay on HBO as the show Winning Time, and he explains how the process went to get here and what it's like to be a part of creating the show. We also chat about ...
#358 - Joe Castignani - Founder of MVMI
April 11, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBJoe Castignani joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his D1 Football career at UC Berkeley and how that led to him founding MVMI! Through knowing the right people at Berkeley, Joe realized that his idea for a new type of pillow was not bad. So with that information, he put the idea on the back burner, got a 'real job', and let the regret rule him for about 3 years. After he was furloughed from his 'real job' during COVID, he saw this as an opportunity to bring his idea t...
#357 - Trevor Farnes - CEO of MTN OPS, Operation Conquer Hunger
April 06, 2023 04:32 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBTrevor Farnes joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss being the CEO of MNT OPS and how he's created a community around a product that works! MTN OPS is a nutrition, performance, and supplement business that caters to outdoorsmen and women. Trevor had already created great products that improved many aspects of their customers' lives, they just needed a community to get it to. Realizing that the hunting and outdoor community was underserved, they decided to bring the produc...
#356 - Anthony Dittmann - Founder of OmegaBall, Formerly of ESPN
April 04, 2023 20:55 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBAnthony Dittmann joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss Omegaball, the sport he created, and how he's helping spread the word! We first chat about his time at ESPN where he helped, and eventually directed, live events. Understanding what people want from an in-person event and how that will look to a TV audience is a balancing act that he's been able to use ever since. We then jump into what Omegaball is, how he came up with it, and what he is doing to get more people to...
#355 - Aswand Cruickshank - Move SwiftLy Speaker, Podcast Host, Author
March 30, 2023 00:19 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MBAswand Cruickshank joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss how football helped shape his life in many different facets. Having the dream of playing D1, Aswand eventually got the opportunity when he committed to Stoney Brook University after an injury at his D2 school. While out with this injury he learned about the opportunities around him that had nothing to do with the sport, but could see ways to use these lessons to work for the NFL. Aswand worked for a gym while he wa...
#354 - John Fieldly - CEO of Celsius Fitness Drinks
March 27, 2023 23:20 - 31 minutes - 28 MBJohn Fieldly, CEO of Celsius Fitness Drinks, joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss how Celsius has become a mainstay in the fitness drink space. Celsius has risen to fame recently through the ability of the product to help athletes and fitness enthusiasts before and during their workouts. Initially looked at as a pre-workout beverage, Celcius is now being looked at closer as an energy drink with way better ingredients and flavors. John helps break down how the product ...
#353 - Timmy Gallagher - Mental Fitness, Leadership, & Performance Coach
March 23, 2023 00:28 - 49 minutes - 41.8 MBTimmy Gallagher joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career in mental fitness, leadership, & performance coaching as well as his experience with Ironman races. You could safely assume Timmy uses much of what he learns on the mental fitness side to help him perform at his highest level within the Ironman races. We discussed how he started his mental fitness journey, the simple things each of us could start doing to get mentally tougher, and he was able to turn all o...
#352 - Dustin Gouker - Sports Betting Consultant
March 15, 2023 15:08 - 58 minutes - 49.1 MBDustin Gouker joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career in journalism, marketing, and sports betting. Dustin first started in the sports journalism space reporting on the news of the local teams in his area. Through his love of sports and all things around it, he found himself reporting on daily fantasy sports at LegalSportsReport.com. This then quickly started to evolve as the expectation of sports betting became a reality, where LegalSportsReport.com was set up...
#351 - Steve Hiegel - Sports Content Creator and Entrepreneur
March 09, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 40.9 MBSteve Hiegel joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career in the sports content creation space. Steve currently runs three websites where he discusses College Football, College Basketball, and US Soccer. All three are passions for him so he wanted to let some of it out through his opinions and ideas. While keeping fans up to date on what's going on within each of these sports, he also has a mission to visit as many of the stadiums and arenas as he can to give fans ...
#350 - Dan Taren - Co-Founder of Scrimmage
March 08, 2023 15:49 - 46 minutes - 38.9 MBDan Taren joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his company Scrimmage and all the iterations to the idea and the product. The original idea for a sports betting company came as a sports betting hedge fund where Dan and his team would take investors' money and place bets with it. Placing a multitude of bets, they believe this would reduce the inherent risk and allow them to make real money doing it. They found this to be possible, but the amount of effort and energy that ...
#349 - Jason Dennen - Ironman, Skydiver, Outdoor Enthusiast
March 02, 2023 21:42 - 50 minutes - 37.1 MBJason Dennen joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his love of the outdoors and how that nearly ended his life. Jason has always been active and even loves to push himself to the brink. He has finished multiple Ironman races and understands the discipline that goes into running these races. He has also loved all things outdoors and was out skydiving one day when a gust of wind hit him at the worst possible time, throwing him right through a fence and an airplane hangar....
#348 - Tyler Webb - Co-Founder of Uncle Charlie Marketing, Content Creator
February 22, 2023 14:39 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBTyler Webb joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career in marketing and content creation. Tyler got started in the social media game in high school where he was able to help grow a content-curation Twitter account that passed 150,000 followers. During college he realized there was more opportunity for him to help businesses, so he started a freelance career of it. It eventually got to the point of starting a full-fledged business with his co-founder which became Unc...
#347 - Sam Karliner - 10x Ironman Finisher, Adoption Advocate
February 21, 2023 20:21 - 39 minutes - 33.3 MBSam Karliner joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his Ironman experiences and how he turned running these races into a great cause. Sam has completed 10 Ironman races over the last 12 years, and over that time he had a significant hip problem and a broken collarbone. Through his time on the racetrack he realized that while it's awesome that he has finished all these races, there was an opportunity to bring more light to causes he cares about. Through adoption, Sam was ...
#346 - Dakota Crawford - Head of Marketing at MarketPryce
February 14, 2023 14:09 - 48 minutes - 42.3 MBDakota Crawford joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to chat about his career in journalism and athlete marketing. Dakota originally fell in love with the storytelling aspect of sports that brings athletes to life as real people. Through his time at Indy Car and the NHL, he started to obtain more understanding of what makes the audience tick, and what can shed more light on the way athletes present themselves. Now with MarketPryce, Dakota helps bring athletes and brands together ...
#345 - Jack Adler - Founder of Out2Win NIL Accelerator
February 09, 2023 01:10 - 41 minutes - 31.2 MBJack Adler joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss how he created his business Out2Win to help athletes with NIL opportunities. Jack originally started his business helping facilitate deals for athletes but quickly realized there was a major opportunity to create more compelling content around these deals. Out2Win has expanded to help facilitate athletes with deals, deals with content, and brands to produce content for social as well! And he's doing all this while STILL ...
#344 - Dakota Hunter - Senior Account Director at True Speed Communication
February 02, 2023 01:19 - 51 minutes - 44.7 MBDakota Hunter joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his role in helping drivers find more opportunities off the track. Dakota first got his start while valeting cars and realizing who he was meeting daily. He eventually saw a name he knew at a business he liked and decided to take the man's name down and find him on LinkedIn and ask for an internship. Dakota eventually started helping drivers with their media hits and helped coach them on how to be better on camera. Thro...
#343 - Taj Dashaun - Athlete Transition Coach, Founder of Thrive After Sports
January 31, 2023 18:19 - 46 minutes - 41.6 MBTaj Dashaun joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his football career, what he went through after it ended, and how he was able to pick himself up to help others do the same. Taj played D1 football at Stoney Brook University and after he realized he wasn't going pro he fell into drinking and depression. Playing this sport and recognizing it as a significant piece of his personality for almost 20 years hurt when it was taken away. Taj was able to pick himself up and get ...
#342 - David Woodley - President/CRO of Playermaker
January 26, 2023 17:56 - 1 hour - 60 MBDavid Woodley joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his background in content creation, ad sales, and driving revenue by giving the people what they want. David is a vet of the ad sales space working for The Onion back in the late 2000s. He then was the VP of Ad Sales at WatchMojo.com, a huge YouTube network that dives into all things pop culture. He now resides as the President of Playermaker which is a sports media, talent & merchandise company with over 18 million fol...
#341 - Alex Van Alen - Founder of FlingGolf
January 19, 2023 15:20 - 37 minutes - 32.1 MBAlex Van Alen joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss creating a sport called FlingGolf! As the name suggests it is golf but with a bit of a twist. Rather than going to a course and hitting a ball 100 times with multiple different clubs, you have a FlingStick and throw the ball down the course. This allows younger athletes or people like myself who get frustrated from the sport very quickly, to still enjoy everything golf has to offer! Not only has Alex created the sport ...
#340 - Tanner Maddocks - Founder of Athlete Squared, Villanova QB
January 16, 2023 17:38 - 43 minutes - 38 MBTanner Maddocks joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his company, Athlete Squared, and how they are helping student-athletes with NIL opportunities. Tanner is an athlete himself, earning a spot on the University of Villanova football team with a chance to compete for the QB1 spot. While in school and playing football, Tanner has started up Athlete Squared, a platform that allows athletes to upload content of training videos to show other athletes what they are doing a...
#339 - Scott Stokely - Professional Disc Golfer, Author, Entrepreneur
January 13, 2023 01:47 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBScott Stokely joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his career in disc golf and how it has led him to places he never thought before! Scott was one of the original disc golfers, making it up to #2 in the world when the sport only had 500,000 to 1 million people playing it. Not only was he one of the best in the game, but he was also one of the few who could make a full-time living from playing and promoting the sport he loved. He realized out of the gate that there were ...
#338 - Darryl Haberman - President of Haberman Consulting, Former NHL & Disney
January 06, 2023 00:38 - 53 minutes - 50.8 MBDarryl Haberman joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his content career starting in 1999 (!!!) and how he continues learning in the space. Darryl spent over 2 decades at the #NHL helping their digital footprint grow and eventually helping the athletes themselves with their brands. This has allowed him to network and find the right people and brands to make his new business, Haberman Consulting, successful. Darryl helps startups in the sports world find new and interes...
#337 - Malcolm Lemmons - Founder of The Hype Report Newsletter, Former Pro Basketball Player, Author
January 04, 2023 00:56 - 32 minutes - 30.9 MBMalcolm Lemmons joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his unique path in the business space and his thirst for always trying to find what he loves. This is the third time Malcolm has come on the show and each time we've had a different discussion. Malcolm is open and honest with us on why he decided to shift his business focus from time to time and how that has benefited him now with his new business. We chat about what The Hype Report is, and why he thinks a newsletter ...
#336 - Sean Topchi - Director of Business Development at Kinectify
January 02, 2023 14:24 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBSean Topchi joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to chat about his sports betting and gaming career. Sean grew up in Vegas, giving him a unique perspective on the industry he was constantly around. When others would come to visit for a weekend to live it up, it was just another day to Sean. He started his career with Caesars Entertainment where he climbed the corporate ladder from intern to managing a piece of their Antimoney laundering department. Sean currently works as the Di...
#335 - Ben Truman - Co-Founder of Media Troopers
December 28, 2022 01:15 - 37 minutes - 32.8 MBBen Truman joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his company Media Troopers and where they fit in the sports betting/iGaming space. Ben is a veteran of the industry originally starting over in the UK and Europe before pivoting to the US after the repeal of PASPA in 2018. Media Troopers works as an affiliate to the sports books helping them sign up clients and bring more bettors their way. Through his time in the industry over multiple continents, Ben has already seen t...
#334 - Tamara Laine - CMO of The Card Shop Live
December 15, 2022 00:57 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBTamara Laine joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss her career in content and marketing, and how this took her to become the CMO of The Card Shop Live! With her career spanning from professional ballerina, journalist, and documentary producer, Tamara has held storytelling very close. Each of these professions helped her tell different stories in different ways, which allowed her to become a fantastic marketer. At The Card Shop Live, users can buy cards and memorabilia in re...
#333 - Andy Borowsky - Founder of Sockey
December 12, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBAndy Borowsky comes back on For the Love of Sports to discuss what's going on in the world of Sockey! If you haven't, make sure to go back and listen to his first episode on the show, #144. Andy created an incredible product called the Sockey that protects your hockey stick from the outside world and the outside world from your hockey stick. This awesome product is now being brought even further to life through a Kickstarter program. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/69346407/sockey?ref=di...
#332 - Ish Tanyeri - Founder and CEO of Dromos Agency
December 10, 2022 00:24 - 55 minutes - 48.1 MBIsh Tanyeri joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss her time helping spread the stories of Paralympic athletes. Ish first got caught by the Paralympic movement when she was learning more about wheelchair basketball and how it is huge in certain parts of the country. This led to her falling in love with the athletes and people that surround the sports and diving deeper into their stories. She had the opportunity to be a journalist for the Rio Games where she was able to me...
#331 - Messiah Bright - TCU Women's Soccer Team, U23 USWNT
December 08, 2022 00:21 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBMessiah Bright joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss her life in soccer and what it's like playing at the collegiate and national levels. Messiah has been on the TCU Women's Soccer team since 2018 and has earned many accolades including First Team All-Big 12, Academic First Team All-Big 12, Freshman of the Year, and more! She lets us in on what the 2020 COVID year was like and how she was able to stay focused. We discussed what her call-ups to the U23 USWNT meant to her ...
#330 - Wylie McGraw - Founder of Radical Performance Acceleration, Pro Bull Rider
December 06, 2022 22:33 - 49 minutes - 40.1 MBWylie McGraw joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss how he helps athletes, and people, find their true potential and optimize their lives. Wylie played competitive baseball, eventually made his way to professional bull riding, and is a 3 tour combat veteran. Through many of these experiences, Wylie was able to realize that he has an inherent ability to lead others and get them to be where they believe. He has taken these attributes and turned them into a business, Radical ...
#329 - Evan Shirreffs - Managing Director at PPL Strategy, Former U of Miami QB
November 21, 2022 05:00 - 54 minutes - 47.7 MBEvan Shirreffs of PPL Strategy joins Michael Rasile of For the Love of Sports to discuss the recent disappointments in the crypto space and how they may affect the sports landscape for the positive and negative. With the recent bankruptcy of FTX, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, Evan dives into what happened, why it wasn't a 'crypto problem' and more of a people problem, and how we can look for warning signs moving forward. FTX was not the only culprit of recent note, crypto.com...
#328 - David Fales - Former NFL QB for the Bears, Dolphins, Jets, and Ravens
November 16, 2022 00:16 - 53 minutes - 43.3 MBDavid Fales joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss his 7 year NFL career, the ups and downs that come with it, and the inevitable end. David was open and honest during the conversation about all the great things that happened, the people that helped along the way, and what he was able to learn during his career. He also discussed the difficulty of having it end on someone else's terms and the uncomfortable nature of not knowing what to do next. Make sure to keep following...
#327 - Jason Franklin - Co-Founder of Sportiqe
November 10, 2022 00:12 - 50 minutes - 42 MBJason Franklin joins Michael Rasile on For the Love of Sports to discuss joining the sports industry through the lens of design. From a young age, Jason realized he had a knack for design and this came to fruition when he was 14 speaking with the CEO of Footlocker showing the designs he believed they should be selling in their stores. Through his tenacity, Jason also decided he wanted to be the ball boy of the Chicago Bulls during Michael's second 3-peat. While there he saw that not only di...