SBJ Unpacks

by Sports Business Journal

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, complex situations.

Episodes

10. Weathering COVID-19: Impact on the Olympics

16m · Published 16 Mar 20:35

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

13m · Published 13 Mar 21:05

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

8. Weathering COVID-19: Interview with Andy Dolich

18m · Published 12 Mar 20:05

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

13m · Published 11 Mar 16:03

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

11m · Published 10 Mar 22:00

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

13m · Published 09 Mar 18:24

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.

4. Weathering COVID-19: College Sports

11m · Published 06 Mar 19:01

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

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

15m · Published 05 Mar 21:24

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.

2. Weathering COVID-19: NBA & NHL React

15m · Published 05 Mar 19:53

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.

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

18m · Published 05 Mar 19:53

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.

SBJ Unpacks has 260 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 108:40:47. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on October 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 22nd, 2024 14:10.