Emory Professor Mike Lewis and his co-host Doug Battle kick off this episode with a discussion of Jon Gruden's cancellation by sports fans, sports media, and the NFL.

Then, the two discuss whether college football's plethora of positive storylines pose a threat to the NFL.

In the show's final segment, Mike and Doug discuss Wilder-Fury and reflect on the MLB's relatively quiet start to October.

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We kick off this week's episode with a discussion of how the #FreeBritney movement has intensified fandom for Britney Spears.

Professor Mike Lewis then breaks down the NBA's most recent dilemma as a few anti-vax players act in defiance of the league's messaging.

In the show's final segment, Mike and his co-host Doug Battle discuss college football parity (or the lack thereof).

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Professor Mike Lewis talks about the passion of college football fans after fans booed NIL money-making quarterbacks Spencer Rattler and Bo Nix as well as Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney.

Then, Mike discusses the recent struggles of NFL rookie quarterbacks - using the Parcell Rules to question whether today's rookie quarterbacks are ready for the speed of the NFL.

In the show's final segment, Mike looks ahead to the dilemma Patriots fans will face when Tom Brady returns to Foxborough this Sunday.

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After Penn State packed over 100,000 fans into Beaver Stadium for a white out win over Auburn, Mike Lewis and his co-host Doug Battle discuss college football's return to normalcy... and what packed out stadiums amidst a global pandemic can teach us about fandom.

The discussion pivots to a league that has seen record high and record low viewership for various events this season: the MLB.

In the show's final segment, Professor Lewis previews the Emory Marketing Analytics Center's "Next Generation Fandom Survey."

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In this week's podcast, Mike Lewis and I discuss Evander Holyfield's weekend loss, stories from the NFL's opening weekend, and why sports fans have forgotten about baseball this Fall.

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In this episode, Emory Professors Mike Lewis and Tom Smith discuss what differentiates the sports business curriculum at Emory from that of other universities.

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After a weird week for sports fans, Professor Mike Lewis shares his thoughts a number of wild stories in the world of sports and entertainment.

Another Logan Paul fight causes Mike to question the sustainability of the new boxing model, while Luke Ford's emergence for Illinois football awakens his criticisms of the NCAA.

Mike also shares his thoughts on what it took for a fake football team to gain national attention through ESPN as well as the state of the film industry after a dismal year in the Chinese box office.

In the show's final segment, Mike and his co-host Doug Battle discuss the game of the week in college football's highly anticipated first week back.

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MELT CEO Vince Thompson kicked off the Spring edition of our webinar series with a discussion on how COVID has and will shift fan behavior, engagement, & attendance. He also discussed what successful job-seekers do to win a job in sports amidst a global pandemic.

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With roughly 2 weeks until 2021's first college football game, Professor Mike Lewis and I took to the podcast to discuss the upcoming season.

In this episode, we share our expectations for the 2021 College Football Playoff, explore how NIL might benefit the supporting casts of college football's biggest stars, and break down how a rumored "college football alliance" could alter the playoff hopes of various blue blood football programs.

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Professor Mike Lewis talks all things pro football in this week's podcast as we approach the 2021 NFL season.

He begins the episode by discussing the various quarterback stories that have seemed to dominate NFL coverage in the offseason. He then pivots to a topic that may be more well adopted at this point than the NFL itself - Fantasy Football.

In the show's final segment, Mike shares his thoughts on the first few episode of Ted Lasso Season 2.

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