SBJ Unpacks

21. Weathering COVID-19: Sales & Sponsorships with Bernie Mullin

What happens to a team’s sales force when the games stop, and there’s no way of knowing when they’ll start again. Bill King speaks with Aspire Group founder and chairman Bernie Mullin about the outbreak’s impact on the economic lifeblood of pro teams and college programs.

20. Weathering COVID-19: Tokyo 2021 with Terrence Burns

Bill King is joined by Olympics consultant Terrence Burns. The two discuss how the Olympics can pick up their pieces and gear up for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.

19. Weathering COVID-19: iRacing with NASCAR's Scott Warfield

As live sports are on hold, iRacing is starting from the front row. Bill King is joined by Scott Warfield, NASCAR’s Managing Director of Gaming, to talk about the bold approach the racing league is taking during the COVID-19 pandemic.

18. Weathering COVID-19: Impact on Athletes with Mark Bartelstein

Bill King chats with NBA agent Mark Bartelstein about how athletes are adjusting to life without sports during the COVID-19 pandemic.

17. Weathering COVID-19: Impact on Sports Business Education with Jim Kahler

Bill King sits down with Jim Kahler, Executive Director of the Center of Sports Administration at Ohio University, to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on distance learning in sports management.

16. Weathering COVID-19: Venue Impact with Russ Simons

Bill King discusses how the coronavirus has impacted the facilities industry with Venue Solutions Group’s Russ Simons. Now that we’ve learned the importance of social distancing, what will it take to get us back to cheering side by side? And what might a return to “normal” look like?

15. Weathering COVID-19: 2020 Olympics with Ben Fischer

Bill King and Ben Fischer discuss the rapid movement behind the potential postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, including today's comments by IOC member Dick Pound, and what a postponement would actually mean for those involved in the Games.

14. Weathering COVID-19: Impact on Youth Sports with Tom Farrey

This weekend, millions will wake up with no place to take their kids. No game. No practice. No tournament. Bill King speaks with Tom Farrey, executive director of the Aspen Institute's Sport & Society Program, about the impact of a global pandemic on youth sports on this episode of SBJ Unpacks.

13. Weathering COVID-19: Sports Sponsorships with AJ Maestas

12. Weathering COVID-19: Interview with Mikaela Whitman on Event Insurance

Bill King interviews Mikaela Whitman, partner at Pasich LLP. The two discuss the insurance impacts on current events and what the insurance market will look like when events resume.

11. Weathering COVID-19: Interview with Joe Asher & Impact on Sports Betting

Bill King is joined by Joe Asher, CEO of William Hill, to discuss COVID-19’s impact on sports betting.

10. Weathering COVID-19: Impact on the Olympics

Bill King and Ben Fischer talk about how COVID-19 is disrupting Olympic qualification events and what that may mean for the Tokyo Games.

9. Weathering COVID-19: Impact on NASCAR

Bill King and Adam Stern discuss NASCAR’s decision to postpone their upcoming races.

8. Weathering COVID-19: Interview with Andy Dolich

It has been a tumultuous 24 hours across sports business. Former NBA, NFL and MLB team executive Andy Dolich takes us inside the minds of his peers and behind the decisions they face.

7. Weathering COVID-19: Interview with Bill Oakes & Impact on Professional Tennis

SBJ's Bret McCormick is joined by Bill Oakes to chat about how COVID-19 is disrupting the professional tennis tours. The former tournament director of the Winston-Salem Open and ATP Tour 250 Tournaments Executive Committee chairman shares his thoughts on what could be next.

6. Weathering COVID-19: Interview with Jim Palmer

Precaution for COVID-19 is creating major sporting event cancellations and some organizations are playing in empty arenas and stadiums. John Ourand spoke with Orioles TV analyst and baseball hall of famer Jim Palmer about his experience calling games without fans.

5. Weathering COV-19: Interview with Regina Phelps

In the wake of the first major sporting event cancellation in the US, Bill King speaks with crisis management and pandemic planning consultant Regina Phelps, founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions. They discuss the decisions facing teams, leagues, event operators and employers as the COVID-19 coronavirus spreads across the US.

Weathering COVID -19: Interview with SBJ Staff Writer Michael Smith

Michael Smith joins Bill King to talk about the impact COVID-19 is having around the college sports landscape.

4. Weathering COVID-19: College Sports

Michael Smith joins Bill King to talk about the impact COVID-19 is having around the college sports landscape.

Weathering COVID-19: Interview with Attorney Tim Browne

Attorney Tim Browne joins us to discuss the potential financial ramifications on the US sports industry if an outbreak leads to the cancellation of games, as it has elsewhere, and looks at the likelihood that insurance would cover any of those losses.

3. Weathering COVID-19: Interview with Attorney Tim Browne

Attorney Tim Browne joins us to discuss the potential financial ramifications on the US sports industry if an outbreak leads to the cancellation of games, as it has elsewhere, and looks at the likelihood that insurance would cover any of those losses.

Weathering COVID-19: NBA & NHL React

Bill King is joined by John Lombardo and Mark Burns to talk about how the NBA and NHL head towards their respective playoff pushes with COVID-19 casting a shadow over the sporting world.

2. Weathering COVID-19: NBA & NHL React

Bill King is joined by John Lombardo and Mark Burns to talk about how the NBA and NHL head towards their respective playoff pushes with COVID-19 casting a shadow over the sporting world.

Weathering COVID-19: Europe & The Olympic Games

As fear of the coronavirus spreads, we take a look at how the sports industry is reacting in the US. We then move abroad to the discuss the 2020 Olympic Games and esports.

1. Weathering COVID-19: Europe & The Olympic Games

As fear of the coronavirus spreads, we take a look at how the sports industry is reacting in the US. We then move abroad to the discuss the 2020 Olympic Games and esports.