What if one of the biggest untapped opportunities in athletic performance isn't another supplement, wearable, or recovery protocol, but temperature?

Conner Schenk sits down with Braeden Ostepchuk, founder of Kühler Technologies, to explore the science and business of thermoregulation.

Braeden's journey spans NCAA championship hockey, professional hockey, mechanical engineering, human-performance research, and entrepreneurship. Today, he's focused on a deceptively simple question: Can better cooling help athletes perform better for longer?

Braeden breaks down palm cooling, heat transfer, fatigue, strength and endurance, while also sharing what it's taken to turn years of research into a commercial sports technology company.

A fascinating conversation at the intersection of sports science, technology, entrepreneurship and human performance.

What separates athletes who perform when the pressure is highest?

For years, coaches have called it "clutch."

Dan Connerty believes it's measurable.

In this episode of The Constant Sports Podcast, Conner Schenk sits down with the Founder & CEO of NTangible to discuss how AI, cognitive assessment, and data are changing athlete evaluation.

Topics include:

• Mental performance
• Sports technology
• Recruiting
• AI
• Athlete development
• Pressure performance
• Founder lessons
• The future of sports science

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Leadership isn't about titles.

It's about the decisions you make every day.

In this episode, Conner Schenk sits down with Navy Chief, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Founder of 60FORME, Bill Hoopes.

Together they discuss:

• Leadership
• Entrepreneurship
• Athlete Development
• Parenting
• Mental Toughness
• Building Better Habits
• Consistency
• Personal Operating Systems

If you're looking to become a better leader—in business, sports, or life—this episode is for you.

📖 Learn more about Bill's work and pick up his latest book, Lead Your Journey, at:
https://www.amazon.com/Lead-Your-Journey-Confidence-Consistency-ebook/dp/B0GHXR7MVD

The future of sports isn't just about media rights, sponsorships, or NIL.It's about building stronger relationships.In this episode of The Constant Sports Podcast, Conner Schenk sits down with Rob Finkelstein, founder of Alumni Direct. To discuss how networking, alumni engagement, athlete giving, and community-building are reshaping the sports industry.

Topics include:

🏆 The future of athlete networking

📈 Why relationships are becoming one of the most valuable assets in sports

🤝 How athletic departments can strengthen alumni engagement💰 The business behind sports fundraising

🎓 The evolution of college athletics

🌎 Building stronger sports communities

Whether you're a sports executive, athletic director, founder, investor, athlete, or sports business professional, this episode provides practical insights into one of the fastest-growing areas of the industry.

Connect with Rob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-finkelstein-0351048/

Alumni Direct: https://alumnidirect.com/

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Every sports organization wants deeper fan engagement, but very few truly own the relationship with their fans.

In this episode of The Constant Sports Podcast, Conner Schenk sits down with Andrew Naugher, CEO & Founder of Fanwayz, to explore how first-party fan data, AI, personalization, and digital infrastructure are reshaping the business of sports.

Topics include:

• Why first-party fan data is becoming one of the most valuable assets in sports
• The future of AI in fan engagement
• How teams can create new sponsorship revenue
• Why personalization matters more than ever
• Building sports technology from the ground up
• The evolution of CRM and fan intelligence
• The next decade of sports business

If you're a sports executive, founder, investor, athletic director, marketer, or sports technology professional, this conversation offers a look at where the industry is heading.

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The biggest opportunity in sports may not be another franchise.

It may be participation.

In this episode of The Constant Sports Podcast, Conner Schenk sits down with Michele Farinelli, Head of U.S. Product & Client Strategy at Playtomic.

Together they discuss how technology is reshaping sports participation, club operations, community building, and the future of racquet sports.

Topics include:

• Sports technology
• AI in sports
• Padel and pickleball growth
• Participation economics
• Club management
• Sports infrastructure
• Community building
• Investment trends

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What if the next major sports league isn't built on Earth?

In this episode of The Constant Sports Podcast, I sit down with Phil Hover-Smoot of Atlas Cup, a company building what could become the world's first professional sports league in space.

Atlas Cup is creating a completely new category of competition: orbital racing.

Uncrewed spacecraft competing head-to-head in orbit while creating an entirely new sports media and entertainment property designed for the future.

We discuss:

• Building the world’s first sport in space
• How Atlas Cup plans to create a new sports category
• Sponsorship opportunities in orbital sports
• The intersection of sports, media, entertainment and space technology
• Why the future of sports innovation may extend beyond Earth
• The business model behind building a new global sports league

This may be one of the most ambitious sports startups in the world today.

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Most investors enter sports after the opportunity becomes obvious.

The smartest operators build before the market arrives.

In this episode, Conner Schenk sits down with Jonathan Rowland, Chairman of VVV Sports, to discuss why emerging sports like padel and pickleball may become some of the biggest sports investment opportunities of the next decade.

Topics include:

• The future of sports investing
• Building infrastructure around emerging sports
• Why padel is exploding globally
• Why VVV Sports is raising capital
• The NASDAQ strategy behind VVV Sports
• The global future of racquet sports

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The future of athlete performance is changing.

For decades, athletes focused almost entirely on physical development.

Strength training.

Nutrition.

Recovery.

Skill development.

But a new frontier is emerging across sports:

Mental performance.

This week on the Constant Sports Podcast, I sat down with Lucas Lykkegaard from MASS to discuss how athletes, coaches, and organizations are beginning to measure and train:

• Focus
• Confidence
• Resilience
• Recovery
• Emotional regulation
• Mental performance data

We also break down how sports technology, AI, and performance analytics are changing athlete development forever.

Most people see the product.

Very few people understand the systems required to build a lasting sports company.

In this episode, Conner Schenk sits down with Josh Sprague, Founder & CEO of Orange Mud, Seven Clay, and Anvil & Acre.

Josh shares lessons from building a globally recognized endurance sports brand, scaling businesses, creating marketing systems, and developing brands people genuinely care about.

Topics include:

• Building Orange Mud from scratch
• Sports branding and customer loyalty
• Marketing systems that drive growth
• Operational discipline
• Entrepreneurship and endurance sports
• Lessons from scaling multiple companies

Orange Mud:
https://www.orangemud.com

Seven Clay:

https://sevenclay.com/

Anvil & Acre:

https://anvilandacre.com/

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