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Winner of Sports Podcast Awards' Best Sports Business Podcast Award! In this podcast series, ADC Partners co-founder Dave Almy hosts conversations with sports business professionals who are shaping the future of the industry. With interviews featuring brand representatives, team presidents, sports marketers, and even mascots, the 1-on-1: Sports Business Conversations podcast has insights for everyone involved in the sports industry. ADC Partners is a San Francisco Bay Area based agency specializing in sports business, sports marketing and partnerships. More information is at www.adcpartners.com
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You can broadcast your kid’s baseball game globally. Yep, that’s right. Your kid’s team can go from selling candy bars to raise money to creating a global media empire with all the trimmings: high broadcast-quality, mult
It’s probably no surprise that Ishveen Jolly ’s parents both wanted her to become a doctor. They’re both successful doctors, after all, and they were probably measuring her for a stethoscope when she got into Oxford. Wha
A quick question: if your first job out of college was filling out labels on FedEx boxes, do you think you could picture yourself one day hosting a concert on Alcatraz Island — Blue Angels overhead, Creed on stage, the w
Over the years, we’ve had a lot of conversations with sports business entrepreneurs. One thing they all share is a certain degree of risk tolerance. But even the most daring of them pale in comparison when it comes to th
It wasn’t too long ago that we had Peter Murray on this show to talk about his transition from running the Professional Fighters League to serving as the CEO of the Pro Bowlers Association. And if you think that’s an int
If you’re looking to buy a used stadium urinal, boy, have I got a deal for you. Well, in truth, I don’t have a deal for you. But Brandon Steiner , the founder of Steiner Sports and CollectibleXchange sure does. That’s be
Sports business is built on big transactions. In this new feature of the Sports Business Conversations podcast, we’ll take a close look at how some of these transactions came to be. It’s called “The Room Where It Happene
Hey this is Dave Almy of ADC Partners, and welcome the 100th episode of the sports business conversations podcast. And look, I realize that in the grand scheme of things, making it to 100 podcast episodes isn’t exactly u
We're going to go out on a limb and say that if you’re listening to this podcast, you have a connection to high school sports. You’re probably not playing them at the moment, but we bet you did at some point. Maybe you h
If you’re like me, when someone mentions “bowling”, you get a flood of memories. For me, those memories include things like past birthday parties for my kids, the casual/only slightly ironic Friday night out with friends
We don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a little soccer tournament coming to North America this summer. It’s apparently kind of a big deal. In reality, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is the biggest version of the global even
Here’s your unexpected piece of sports business trivia for the day. According to Arctos, which is a major player in sports private equity, professional sports franchise values have compounded at a rate 13.0% per year for
Safe to say that the most common expression used to describe the current state of Name-Image-Likeness and college sports is “it’s the Wild West.” Which, in reality, may actually do a disservice to the wild west. There’s
It used to be that sports sponsorships were a "nice to have". They were a way to use up the last part of a marketing budget after all the ad buys were completed. Find out what the CEO’s favorite sport is, buy some signag
The question on every stadium owner’s mind is what to with the thing when no games are scheduled. Think about it. An NFL team has about 8 regular season games, and 3 pre-season games. Other than that, a few concerts? Mon
It’s February 2026, and the Winter Olympic games in Italy are in full swing. And if you think the competition on the slopes and on the ice is fierce, it’s got nothing on the sponsors and advertisers trying to get your at
How does sports gambling impact fandom? Which sports are growing the fastest? What’s happening with youth sports participation? What’s behind the explosive growth of women’s sports? That's a lot of questions! Fortunately
Imagine driving your car about 65 miles an hour down a freeway. Not that hard to imagine, right? Nothing very special about it. Chance are you might do it every day. OK, now imagine that you’re sitting on the roof of tha
It’s safe to say that there’s no part of sports business that’s as dynamic as college sports. That’s the polite way of saying it, anyway. There’s a bunch of other expressions that can be applied, and often are. But think
There’s a moment in every sports fan’s life where they entertain the idea of buying their team. Most times it’s just a fleeting idea. “Well, if I owned the team, I’d…” And that’s pretty much it. It’s just a fantasy. But
Jonathan Karl
Author of "Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America" · ABC News
1 appearance on this show
Peter Murray
Co-Founder, NLA and Founder, LFA · Professional Bowlers Association
1 appearance on this show
Jay Prasad
ExaThought Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Neil Schwartz
Head of Insights · Sports Business Research Network
1 appearance on this show
Mike Buckley
2X World Champion Sailor, CEO of U.S. SailGP Team · US SailGP Team
1 appearance on this show
John Cunningham
executive coach and former psychotherapist · University of Cincinnati
1 appearance on this show
Paul Caine
President of TKO's On Location business · TKO Group Holdings
1 appearance on this show
Eryn McMahan
Longhorn Sports Properties
1 appearance on this show
Adam Gouttierre
Hudl
1 appearance on this show
Alex Lasry
FIFA World Cup 2026 NY/NJ Host Committee
1 appearance on this show
Tim Browne
Sports Law for Barnes and Thornberg
1 appearance on this show
Stephen Bienko
42U
1 appearance on this show
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