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163 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe official podcast channel of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
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The Impact of Moneyball: 20 Years Later
October 06, 2023 16:04 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBBill James - Former Senior Baseball Operations Advisor Boston Red Sox Michael Lewis - Author & Journalist Shane Battier - Former Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development, Miami Heat; 2012 & 2013 NBA Champion, Miami Heat Daryl Morey - President of Basketball Operations, Philadelphia 76ers Jackie MacMullan (moderator) - Retired Senior Writer When Moneyball was published in 2003, no one could have predicted its monumental impact across business, sports, culture, and beyond. Now,...
Player Power - Building Businesses by Empowering Athletes presented by Wasserman Foundation
October 06, 2023 16:01 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBMichael Rubin - CEO, Fanatics DeMaurice Smith - Executive Director - National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Tamika Tremaglio - Executive Director, National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Jessica Gelman (moderator) - CEO, Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) Over the past 5 years, we’ve seen a massive shift in how players are directly engaging with fans, investing into business, and using their platform to affect societal change. As players step into their collective power, ...
Changing the Game: How the Sports Industry is Accelerating Progress in DEI
October 06, 2023 15:59 - 1 hour - 110 MBStef Strack - Founder & CEO, Voice in Sport, and Voice in Sport Foundation Billy Bean - SVP | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion & Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Major League Baseball (MLB) Sola Winley - EVP Office of the Commissioner and Chief DEI Officer, Major League Soccer (MLS) Jonathan Beane - Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, NFL Katie Burke (moderator) - Chief People Officer, HubSpot Sports organizations are prioritizing and developing programs to bro...
Sports & Society: Redefining Sports Culture and Organizations presented by Wasserman Foundation
October 06, 2023 15:57 - 51 minutes - 47 MBJessica Berman - Commissioner, National Women’s Soccer League Johanna Faries - Senior Vice President/General Manager of Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard Jackie MacMullan (moderator) - Retired Senior Writer Sports has long been a microcosm for society at large and given the public visibility athletes, teams, and leagues expected to lead on all aspects of culture. From players to fans to ownership expectations, it is more critical than ever that organizations listen, respond, and set a pa...
Entrepreneurship for Impact: Athletes Making a Mark
October 06, 2023 15:54 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBSue Bird - WNBA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist, Co-Founder of A Touch More and Togethxr Brian Westbrook - Managing Director of Athlete Entrepreneur Network, underdog venture team Lindsay Kagawa Colas - Executive Vice President, Talent + The Collective, Wasserman Michele Steele (moderator) - Reporter, ESPN Star athletes develop strong name recognition for their feats on the field, but their professional athletic careers represent just a fraction of their lives. After retirement (or so...
Performance Under Pressure
September 23, 2023 17:44 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBSue Bird - WNBA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist, Co-Founder of A Touch More and Togethxr Brad Stevens - President of Basketball Operations, Boston Celtics Steve Magness - Performance Coach, Author Michael Lewis (moderator) - Author & Journalist Pressure in sports comes in many forms and some people "have it." Listen in as legendary clutch performer Sue Bird shares how she handles the highest-pressure moments on the court and in boardrooms, how former coach and now team architect Brad ...
Lessons From The Edge: Understanding Humans In The Pursuit of Peak Performance
September 23, 2023 17:42 - 59 minutes - 108 MBOlav Aleksander Bu - Co-Founder, Head of Performance for Norway Triathlon, Santara Technology Chris Cassidy - Retired NASA Astronaut & NAVY Seal, President and CEO, National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation Roberta Groner - Professional Runner, USATF and RRCA Coach Steve Magness (moderator) - Performance Coach, Author What do space flight and endurance sports have in common? Both demand the highest level of physical and mental performance, requiring astronauts and athletes alike to push ...
Sports and Technology: Bringing Performance to the Next Level
September 23, 2023 17:40 - 49 minutes - 91.1 MBTracey Kitt - Chief Technology Officer, Sony's Sports Businesses Megan Schroeder - Senior Director, Performance Science, Los Angeles Dodgers Michael D'Auria - Chief Commercial Officer, Second Spectrum Christina Chase (moderator) - Co-Founder, Managing Director MIT Sports Lab The rapid rise of the use of analytics in sports has created demand for new and unique datasets that can help provide an edge over the competition. With the commercialization of motion capture technology, player and ...
The Ultimate Team Sport: Building Better Football Rosters with Analytics
September 23, 2023 17:38 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBSteve Palazzolo - Head of Product for the Football Division, Pro Football Focus (PFF) Thomas Dimitroff - CEO, SumerSports Kevin Demoff - Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Rams Jacqueline Davidson - Senior Director of Football Research, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Seth Walder (moderator) - Analytics Writer, ESPN Football teams across the NFL are using analytics to build an edge over their competition, with improved roster construction being a chief use case. This has also created numerous opp...
Soccer’s Analytics Frontier
September 23, 2023 17:36 - 56 minutes - 103 MBOmar Chaudhuri - Chief Intelligence Officer, Twenty First Group Sarah Rudd - Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, src | ftbl Mladen Sormaz - Director of Football Analytics, 777 Partners Football Group John Muller (moderator) - Senior Writer, The Athletic Soccer is both perhaps the most "unsolvable" major sport and earlier in the analytics adoption curve at the club level, making it an extremely exciting time for the global leaders pushing the boundaries of soccer analytics. The beaut...
Leveling Up: How Basketball Teams Deploy Analytics to Develop Players
September 23, 2023 17:33 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBMike Zarren - VP of Basketball Operations and Team Counsel, Boston Celtics Shane Battier - Former Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development, Miami Heat; 2012 & 2013 NBA Champion, Miami Heat Katherine Evans - VP of Research and Information Systems, Monumental Sports & Entertainment Ben Cohen (moderator) - Author, Wall Street Journal Analytics has transformed how players, coaches and front offices approach player development. The use of data analysis and advanced metrics has pro...
Creating an NFL Player Tracking Metric presented by ESPN
September 23, 2023 17:29 - 58 minutes - 107 MBSeth Walder - Analytics Writer, ESPN Brian Burke - Data Scientist, ESPN Allison Loucks (moderator) - Director, Business Development & Innovation, ESPN ESPN Analytics will take a deep dive into what the team has done to tell differentiating stories with player tracking data, using the prism of Receiver Tracking Metrics, its newest offering using NFL Next Gen Stats data.
Bet On It: A Conversation on Innovation in the Sports Betting Industry
August 30, 2023 03:44 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBAmy Howe - CEO, FanDuel Tom Reeg - CEO, Caesars Jonathan Kraft - President, The Kraft Group Contessa Brewer (moderator) - Correspondent, CNBC While sports betting has exploded in popularity recently in the US, only 1 in 5 Americans placed a bet on sports in 2022. As more states legalize sports betting (including Massachusetts in August 2022) and technological innovations drive adoption and accessibility, sports betting is poised for rapid growth. At this same time, sports teams and leagu...
Big Events, Big Tickets, Big Experiences: Managing the Fan Experience When Stakes are Highest
August 30, 2023 03:42 - 56 minutes - 104 MBMolly Pendleton - Head of Touring, NHL and MLS, Eventellect Ryan Tanke - COO, Minnesota Timberwolves & Lynx Brian Lafemina - Chief Business Officer, LA28 Sezin Aksoy - Senior Vice President, Global Data Strategy & Analytics, AXS Shira Springer (moderator) - MIT Sloan Lecturer and Journalist, MIT Sloan While companies are pouring billions of dollars into media and streaming rights to bring events to the masses, there is nothing that can replicate a live viewing experience: the sights, sme...
Start Me Up: How New Leagues Are Innovating Sports and Capturing Fans
August 30, 2023 03:40 - 58 minutes - 107 MBJon Patricof - CEO and Co-Founder, Athletes Unlimited Katlyn Gao - Co-Founder and CEO, LOVB Andrew Sinnenberg - Chief Operating Officer, Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) Johanna Boynton - Chair and Principal Owner, Toronto Six (PHF) Shira Springer (moderator) - MIT Sloan Lecturer and Journalist, MIT Sloan Amid seemingly endless opportunities for entertainment, the drama and excitement of sports remains a core part of our culture and continues to capture our attention. Shifting participation...
Partnerships 2.0: Data, Dollars, and Digitalization
August 30, 2023 03:37 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBPaul Caine - President, Endeavor’s IMG Events and On Location John Sheeran - Senior Commercial Director, FanDuel Elizabeth Lindsey - President, Brands and Properties, Wasserman Jeff Price - Chief Commercial Officer, PGA of America Abe Madkour (moderator) - Publisher & Executive Editor, Sports Business Journal, Sports Business Daily/Global In the last decade, traditional sponsorships have evolved into broader partnerships with deeper integrations and expectations. The current age of data ...
Investing in Global Sports: Creating Value While Building Dynasties
August 30, 2023 03:35 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBGerry Cardinale - Founder and Managing Partner, RedBird Capital Partners Steve Pagliuca - Senior Advisor, Bain Capital | Managing General Partner and Co-Owner, Boston Celtics Mitch Lasky - Partner, Benchmark | Co-owner, LAFC Saj Cherian (moderator) - Chief of Staff and Head of Fanatics Ventures, Fanatics Global investment in sports teams has boomed in recent years across continents, sports, and levels, especially as institutional capital has become an increasing driver of team valuations...
Sharpening Your Edges: The Role of Analytics in Sports Betting and Fantasy Sports
August 30, 2023 03:32 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBDejan Mitkovski - VP of Data Analytics, FanDuel Grant Cloud - Senior Director of Data Strategy, PrizePicks Meghan Chayka - Co-Founder and CEO, Stathletes André Snellings - Senior Writer, ESPN Lisa Kerney (moderator) - FanDuel TV Talent and Events Host, FanDuel As sports betting and fantasy sports continue to expand throughout the US, sports gaming enthusiasts, sportsbooks, and fantasy operators will push each other to become more statistically sophisticated. While not all bettors are lev...
Start Your Engines: How Data is Fueling NASCAR’s Strategy to Engage an Evolving Customer Base
August 19, 2023 19:12 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBSteve Phelps - President, NASCAR Jill Gregory - EVP and General Manager, Sonoma Raceway Justin Marks - Founder and Owner, Trackhouse Entertainment Group Joe Pompliano (moderator) - Host of Joe Pomp Show, Entrepreneur, and Investor As a perennial American staple, NASCAR has steadily increased viewership over the last few years, with on average about 3 million viewers watching each race in 2022. In this new sports age, this panel will convene NASCAR leadership, team ownership, and a racetr...
Like and Subscribe: Co-Streaming and The Influencer Age of Esports
August 19, 2023 19:10 - 56 minutes - 103 MBKarim Fernandes - Content Creator, Counter Logic Gaming Parth Naidu - CEO, SIDO Nick Troop - Executive Producer, POSSIBLE Doug Watson - Director of Esports Strategic Advisory, Riot Games Greg Kim (moderator) - Head of CLG, Madison Square Garden Sports There is arguably no place in sports that leverages social media, co-streaming, and cutting-edge technology better than esports. Over the past 5 years, esports storytelling has evolved, introduced new personalities, and made it possible for...
The Chess Renaissance: Modern Challenges for an Ancient Game
August 19, 2023 19:05 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBJennifer Shahade - Chess Champion, Professional Poker Player, Author Hikaru Nakamura - Chess Grandmaster, 5-time U.S. Champion and Popular Chess Streamer Daryl Morey - President of Basketball Operations, Philadelphia 76ers Fabiano Caruana - Chess Grandmaster and Founder of C-Squared Podcast Danny Rensch (moderator) - International Chess Master, Chief Chess Officer, Chess.com Although Chess has been played for over one-thousand years, it's popularity has attained new heights in the recent...
Raising The Stakes: The Evolution of Poker Strategy
August 19, 2023 19:02 - 58 minutes - 108 MBNate Silver - Statistician, Author and Founder FiveThirtyEight Jennifer Shahade - Chess Champion, Professional Poker Player, Author Maria Ho - Professional Poker Player, Broadcaster Xuan Liu - Professional Poker Player Jeff Ma (moderator) - Entrepreneur, Author, Host of "Bet the Process" Podcast How can analytic decision making in high stakes games of poker be applied to real life decisioning? What can we learn through the analytics of human behavior and how different game strategies can...
The New Age of Golf: Players vs the Game
August 19, 2023 18:59 - 1 hour - 112 MBAlex Baldwin - President, Korn Ferry Tour Mark Broadie - Carson Family Professor of Business, Columbia Business School Dan Zelezinski - Chief Commercial Officer, Twenty First Group Suzy Whaley (moderator) - President, Golf Nation Golf has seen a dramatic transformation in recent years with how players try to gain an advantage. With professional golfers now inundated with data about their games, how do they best cut through the noise and identify the key performance indicators that actual...
Pickleball: The Next Chapter for the World’s Fastest Growing Sport
August 19, 2023 18:51 - 58 minutes - 106 MBJessie Irvine - Professional Pickleball Player, PPA Tour & MLP's Florida Smash Brian Levine - Interim CEO, Major League Pickleball Connor Pardoe - CEO, Professional Pickleball Association Dave Fleming (moderator) - Pickleball Broadcaster, Senior Pro Player, Marketer, and Content Creator, Professional Pickleball Association Created in 1965 in Bainbridge Island, Washington, pickleball is now all the rage. It's the fastest-growing sport three years running. With athletes such as Lebron Jame...
Revamping America’s Pastime: The Effect of Rule Changes in Baseball
August 19, 2023 18:45 - 57 minutes - 106 MBBill James - Former Senior Baseball Operations Advisor, Boston Red Sox Morgan Sword - Executive Vice President, Baseball Operations, Major League Baseball (MLB) Raúl Ibañez - Senior Vice President of On-Field Operations, Major League Baseball (MLB) Kevin Negandhi (moderator) - Anchor for SportsCenter, Host for ESPN College Football on ABC, ESPN America's Pastime has undergone significant changes over the past several years as it tries to capture younger audiences and develop them into pa...
Hard Cap Constrains: Roster Construction in the Hard Cap Era of Hockey
August 19, 2023 18:36 - 59 minutes - 109 MBKate Madigan - Assistant General Manager, New Jersey Devils Brett Peterson - Assistant General Manager, Florida Panthers Meghan Chayka - Co-Founder and CEO, Stathletes Dominic Moore (moderator) - NHL Analyst on ESPN, Former NHL Player With the NHL the only true 'hard cap' league of the 4 major sports leagues, front office executives face a unique dilemma. How does the growing salary of top players like Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews influence roster construction? Is building a true d...
The Future of Sports & Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Jason Robins and Wyc Grousbeck
August 09, 2023 04:06 - 1 hour - 55 MBJason Robins - Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board, DraftKings Wyc Grousbeck - Lead Owner, Boston Celtics Jessica Gelman (moderator) - CEO, Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) Jason Robins and Wyc Grousbeck are two of the most prominent builders of sports businesses today who see opportunities before others. As the Co-Founder and CEO of DraftKings, Jason helped revolutionize the ever-growing US sports betting landscape with the advent of daily fantasy games and mobile wagering. As Lead Ow...
The Future of the Fan: Innovation, Data, and ”Always On” Engagement presented by Ticketmaster
August 09, 2023 04:04 - 1 hour - 55 MBMarie Donoghue - Vice President, Global Sports Video, Amazon Jessica Gelman - CEO, Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) Renie Anderson - Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President, NFL Partnerships, NFL Valerie Camillo - President & CEO, Spectacor Sports & Entertainment Shelley Pisarra (moderator) - Executive Vice President of Global Insights and Strategy, Wasserman The Year of the Fan is upon us as leagues, teams, and partners are more connected and more knowledgeable about their consum...
Social Media and Sports: How Consumption and Fanhood is Changing
August 09, 2023 03:59 - 54 minutes - 100 MBTim Clark - Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, NASCAR Kathryn Kai-ling Frederick - Chief Marketing Officer, LA Rams Kaitee Daley - Vice President of Social Media, ESPN Karlis Kezbers (moderator) - Vice President of Global Client Analytics, Ticketmaster More than 50% of fans currently use social media platforms while watching live sports, and that number is only expected to grow. The meteoric rise of short-form video across all social media platforms has shifted viewer atten...
Data For Good: What Sports Can Learn From Other Industries
August 09, 2023 03:54 - 59 minutes - 109 MBCorbin Petro - CEO and Co-Founder, Eleanor Health Corey Thomas - Chair and CEO, Rapid7 Seth Moulton - U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District Sanjeev Verma - Founder and Chairman, PreVeil Andrea Jones-Rooy (moderator) - Social Scientist, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Visiting Associate Professor, NYU Center for Data Science Data is used across industries in innovative ways, raising questions on its use, ownership, and appropriate guardrails. This panel bri...
Mind, Body, Machine: The Role of AI/ML in the Future of Sports
August 09, 2023 03:50 - 1 hour - 125 MBPatrick Lucey - Chief Scientist, Stats Perform Daryl Morey - President of Basketball Operations, Philadelphia 76ers Sherry Marcus - Director, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Amazon Web Services (AWS) S. Matthew Liao - Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Center for Bioethics, New York University Ethan Strauss (moderator) - Proprietor of the House of Strauss Substack The recent launches of ChatGPT and Dall-E have put a spotlight on artificial intelligence (A...
The Play-by-Play of the Future: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Sports Media
August 09, 2023 03:44 - 1 hour - 112 MBMichael Markovich - Chief Commercial Officer, Sony's Sports Businesses & Managing Director, Pulselive Russell Wolff - Executive Vice President and GM, ESPN+, ESPN Tim Clark - Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, NASCAR Alison Overholt (moderator) - Professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism & Founder, Good People LLC This is arguably the most exciting, yet uncertain time in sports media history. Large tech companies are winning sports media rights contracts, many consu...
The Last of Sports: Wishes for the Future of the Sports Industry
August 09, 2023 03:37 - 56 minutes - 52 MBJessica Gelman - CEO, Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) Daryl Morey - President of Basketball Operations, Philadelphia 76ers Nate Silver - Statistician, Author, and Founder of FiveThirtyEight Bill James - Baseball Writer, Historian, and Statistician Michele Steele (moderator) - Reporter, ESPN Imagine you are granted unlimited wishes allowing you to change the landscape of sports as we know it. You can access any data in the world; you can change any rules; you could invent totally new sports; yo...
Swim, Bike, Run, Data: The Next Frontier for Driving Human Performance
October 31, 2022 14:39 - 1 hour - 110 MBKeira D'Amato - Professional Runner, InsideTracker Endurance Team Ian MacGregor - Co-Founder & CEO, Skratch Labs Dr. Allen Lim - Co-Founder, Skratch Labs Jonathan Levitt (moderator) - Host, For The Long Run Podcast In the constant search for an edge, athletes, trainers and coaches are increasingly focusing on better data collection and advanced modeling to refine training plans, optimize recovery and perfect race strategy. Endurance athletes across marathons, triathlons, and cycling ...
Beyond Expected Goals: Analyzing and Implementing the Next Phase of Soccer Analytics
October 31, 2022 14:36 - 1 hour - 114 MBLuke Bornn - Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Zelus Analytics Lucy Rushton - General Manager and Head of Technical Recruitment and Analysis, D.C. United Jaeson Rosenfeld - Analytics Advisor, FIFA Raul Pelaez - Co-founder and CEO, ailite Ted Knutson (moderator) - CEO and Co-Founder, StatsBomb It was a long journey for the soccer analytics community to bring foundational metrics like expected goals to mainstream consciousness and understanding. Soccer fans around the world now expect t...
Keeping the Ball Rolling: The Evolving Fight for DE&I in Sports Presented by Wasserman
August 19, 2022 18:34 - 59 minutes - 109 MBKat Frederick - CMO, Los Angeles Rams Broderick Hicks - VP, Brands, Wasserman Nicole Jeter West - CEO, Underdog Venture Team Allison Feaster - VP of Player Development & Organizational Growth, Boston Celtics Candace Sautman (moderator) - Senior Director of Strategy, Laundry Service Real-world issues in sports and business have always been intertwined. In sports, these challenges are very visible, and even more so since Colin Kaepernick’s protests during the National Anthem in 2016. ...
Packing a Punch with Data: How Analytics Have Fueled the UFC
August 19, 2022 18:24 - 56 minutes - 104 MBDuncan French - Vice President of Performance, UFC Performance Institute Deni Batchvarova - Senior Vice President, Strategy, UFC Forrest Griffin - Vice President of Athlete Development, UFC Performance Institute Matt Kenny (moderator) - Vice President, Programming and Acquisitions, ESPN Observing the raw energy of a mixed martial arts match, one might assume that analytics don't have a place in the octagon. 10 years ago that might have been the case, but the UFC has revolutionized th...
From NBA 75 to Basketball 100: The Future of the Game
August 19, 2022 18:21 - 58 minutes - 108 MBSue Bird - Point Guard, Seattle Storm Mike Zarren - Assistant General Manager, Boston Celtics JJ Redick - 15 year NBA Veteran and Co-founder of ThreeFourTwo Productions Daryl Morey - President of Basketball Operations, Philadelphia 76ers Tom Haberstroh (moderator) - Analyst / Reporter, Meadowlark Media This year marks the NBA's 75th anniversary. In the last three-quarters of a century, the game has evolved in such a way that even James Naismith might not recognize it. While there h...
Birdies & Big Data: The Golf Revolution
August 19, 2022 18:17 - 1 hour - 110 MBJeff Price - Chief Commercial Officer, PGA David Maher - President & Chief Executive Officer, Acushnet Company Ken Lovell - SVP of Golf Technology, PGA Tour Suzy Whaley (moderator) - Honorary President, PGA of America Golf has been booming at all levels in recent years, experiencing the largest net increase in participation in decades as over 500,000 new golfers hit the links in 2020. Golf looks much different than it did 17 years ago, due in large part to a data revolution. Beyond bal...
The Reformation of the NCAA: The Impact of New Legislation, Re-Alignment, and NIL
August 05, 2022 13:01 - 58 minutes - 108 MBVal Ackerman - Commissioner, BIG EAST Conference Amy Privette Perko - CEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Elizabeth Lindsey - Managing Partner, Wasserman Michele Steele (moderator) - Reporter, ESPN While 2020 saw college sports scrambling through the pandemic, 2021 brought about a flurry of changes that reshaped the landscape of college sports. Massive changes to the NIL rules have resulted in college football recruit Travis Hunter receiving $1.5M before he even enrolls...
Ticketing: When Precedent is No Longer a Predictor
August 05, 2022 12:48 - 1 hour - 116 MBKristin Bernert - President of Business Operations, Columbus Crew Frances Traisman - Senior Vice President Sales, Seattle Mariners Jonathan Tillman - SVP Team Marketing & Business Operations, NBA Patrick Ryan - Co-Founder, Eventellect Shira Springer (moderator) - Journalist and Lecturer, Boston University and MIT Sloan The world of ticketing has been front and center to the challenges and changes of live sports over the last two years. As fan preferences change and technology improve...
The Evolution of Sports Business: Keeping Up with the Shifting Landscape Presented by Wasserman
August 04, 2022 21:33 - 1 hour - 114 MBMark Walker - Head of Sports Business Development & Innovation, ESPN Marie Donoghue - Vice President of Global Sports Video, Amazon Dave Abbott - Managing Director, US Sports Media, Sportradar Stephanie McMahon - Chief Brand Officer, WWE Shelley Pisarra (moderator) - Executive Vice President of Global Insights and Strategy, Wasserman “The game is on!” is a refrain that has rung out around the world for over a hundred years. The way in which we experience these contests has evolved dr...
Data is the New Muscle
August 04, 2022 21:30 - 1 hour - 111 MBDawn Aponte - Chief Administrator of Football Operations, NFL John Nisi - COO of Azure Data and Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Dejan Mitkovski - VP, Analytics, FanDuel Yael Grushka-Cockayne (moderator) - Professor, Darden School of Business Any type of organization in the sports world -- teams, leagues, and businesses -- needs to be strong in the face of change and adversity. The past few years have taught us how harnessing the power of data is a business imperative and differentiat...
Entrepreneurship, Fundraising, Investing: Approaches to Success
July 21, 2022 22:48 - 54 minutes - 101 MBMeredith McPherron - CEO & Managing Partner, Drive by DraftKings Mitch Lasky - Partner, Benchmark / Co-Owner, LAFC Jeff Ma - VP, Microsoft for Startups Bruce Smith - Founder & CEO, Hydrow Corbin Petro (moderator) - Co-Founder & CEO, Eleanor Health The data doesn’t lie – 90% of start-ups fail, including 65% that raise VC funding, and only 5% of VCs return more than 3x to their LPs. Yet the allure of entrepreneurship and investing drive innovation across industries and sectors, includi...
The Alternative Asset: Sports
July 21, 2022 22:44 - 54 minutes - 99.3 MBMark Abbott - President and Deputy Commissioner, Major League Soccer Jordan Solomon - Partner, Arctos Sports Partners Benjamin Hesse - COO, J.P. Morgan's Asset & Wealth Management Ben Fischer (moderator) - Staff Writer, Sports Business Journal Returns in sports ownership have outpaced public market indices by ~4-6% per year over the last decade. And just recently, leagues have begun allowing institutions to acquire interests in sports teams. These rule changes paved the way for a bann...
A 1-on-1 with Calvin Johnson and Bomani Jones
July 21, 2022 22:35 - 54 minutes - 99.2 MBCalvin Johnson, Co-Founder, Primitiv Bomani Jones (moderator) - Host and Commentator, ESPN On the football field, Calvin Johnson took the world by storm; his nine-year career in Detroit ended with his donning a gold jacket in Canton. But since retirement, Calvin has also stood out in the business world, launching a cannabis company and partnering with Harvard to research its impact on CTE. Join Calvin as he sits down with Bomani Jones for a deep-dive into the world of cannabis and athlet...
The Numbers Behind the Books: How Gambling Companies Leverage Data
July 14, 2022 20:46 - 1 hour - 113 MBJohn Sheeran - Commercial Director, FanDuel Gene Lee - SVP Data Analytics, Caesars Entertainment Jeff Ma - VP, Microsoft for Startups Mike Morrison (moderator) - Vice President, Business Development, ESPN In New York’s first 12 hours of legal online sports betting, the state recorded an estimated 5.8 million transactions. That’s a lot of demand… and data. How are books using this data to set odds, ideate around new products, and reach new fans? Given betting is inherently risky, what ...
NFTs, Ownership, and Utility: Outlining the Path Forward for Digital Assets
July 14, 2022 20:43 - 57 minutes - 104 MBRachel Jacobson - President, Drone Racing League Brendan Lynch - EVP Enterprise & Revenue, Ticketmaster Mickey Maher - SVP of Platform and Blockchain Partnerships, Dapper Labs Sam Rubinroit - Director of Club Business Development, NFL Daryl Morey (moderator) - President of Basketball Operations, Philadelphia 76ers NFTs have redefined asset ownership - for the first time, people can rightfully claim their stake in digital assets. Brands have created NFT sneakers for people to collect a...
Blockchain, Technology, and Sports
July 14, 2022 20:39 - 1 hour - 110 MBSteve Pagliuca - Co-Owner, Boston Celtics Jonathan Kraft - President, The Kraft Group Jason Robins - CEO of DraftKings Mitch Lasky - Partner, Benchmark | Co-owner, LAFC Saj Cherian (moderator) - Fanatics Chief of Staff & Head of Fanatics Ventures Promising greater transparency, improved security, and decentralization, blockchain technology has the potential to fundamentally upend the status quo. Some analysts even predict it will be the next multi-trillion dollar opportunity. While ...
Beyond the Book: The Inevitable Expansion of Sports Betting Presented by Caesars Sportsbook
July 14, 2022 20:36 - 57 minutes - 106 MBAmy Howe - CEO, FanDuel Renie Anderson - Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President, NFL Partnerships Sharon Otterman - Chief Marketing Officer, Caesars Entertainment Chad Millman (moderator) - Chief Content Officer, The Action Network There’s truly no denying it: sports gambling is big, and it’s here to stay. In just three years since the Supreme Court ruling to repeal the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, legal sports betting has quadrupled in the U.S. with nea...