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Hosted by ADC Partners · business · EN · 100 episodes
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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Signup to Generate a PitchWinner 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.
Sports Business Conversations is hosted by ADC Partners. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Taking Care of (Athlete) Business: Mik Lemieux, Executive Director of the Athlete Center of Excellence at JP Morgan" (13 October 2026, 41 minutes), "Making Youth Sports Accessible: Cristy Keswick, Co-Founder & President of Good Sports" (29 September 2026, 39 minutes), and "Igniting the Sparks: Stacy Johns, President of the LA Sparks" (15 September 2026, 49 minutes).
Sports Business Conversations publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for Sports Business Conversations is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Sports Business Conversations requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Sports Business Conversations's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Sports Business Conversations are Sports and Marketing, Advertising & PR. Sports Business Conversations has a business audience.
ADC Partners hosts Sports Business Conversations, a business show with 100 episodes published.
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Episode #109
Here's a scene I’d like you to create in your mind. Close your eyes and picture this. Imagine a fashionable conference room with a large table. Nice comfortable chairs surround the table, and sitting in them are some of...
Episode #107
When I think back to my own youth sports memories, the nostalgia hits pretty hard. Its like watching a Ken Burns documentary in my head. I can see baseball diamonds located on town squares, hand me down uniforms that...
Episode #108
Let’s be honest: building a sports brand in LA isn’t exactly for the faint of heart. There’s just a wee bit of competition in that market, right? 11 pro sports franchises, 2 major FBS programs, Hollywood, Disneyland...
Episode #109
I'll admit it: sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to wipe the slate clean and start from scratch. I mean, knowing what I know now, and having an opportunity to begin all over again? It’s kind of enticing, right? Damon...
Episode #106
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...
Episode #105
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...
Episode #104
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...
Episode #103
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...
Episode #102
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...
Episode #101
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...
Sports Business Conversations
<p>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...
Episode #100
<p>Hey this is Dave Almy of ADC Partners, and welcome the 100th episode of the sports business conversations podcast.</p><p>And look, I realize that in the grand scheme of things, making it to 100 podcast episodes isn’t...
Episode #99
<p>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...
Episode #98
<p>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...
Episode #97
<p>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.</p><p>In reality, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is the biggest version of the...
Episode #96
<p>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...
Episode #95
<p>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...
Episode #94
<p>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...
Episode #93
<p>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...
Episode #92
<p>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...
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