Keeping Score

Keeping Score

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Keeping Score episodes

  • Remembering John McCain
    The Arizona senator had strong feeling on sports, and in a 2016 conversation expounded on the NFL’s ill-fated ‘pay for patriotism’ black eye and why he wouldn’t want ‘a single dime of taxpayer dollars’ spent on subsidizing sports venues.

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    14 min
  • The NBA’s new game

    Milwaukee Bucks boss Peter Feigin talks about what opening a new arena means in an industry where a franchises increasingly depend on both their physical and virtual assets.



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    23 min
  • Digging, and spiking, for gold

    Rising volleyball star Sara Hughes still has her grandmother doing her taxes but that hasn’t stopped brands such as Nike from wanting a piece of her – both on the beach and on Instagram, ahead of the 2020 Olympics.

     


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    23 min
  • Minor leagues win some major deals
    With 40 million fans a year, Minor League Baseball offers a big upside for sponsors. Maury Gallagher, founder and CEO of Allegiant Airlines, talks with sports business expert Rick Horrow about why he’s inked a marquee sponsorship with the minors. Plus, a look at the runaway ad money behind the MLB All-Star Game.

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    18 min
  • The NFL looks to the next generation
    Facing renewed controversy over player protests, the NFL is working to maintain its position as one of America’s most popular pastimes. This week sports business expert Rick Horrow sits down with Roman Oben, the NFL’s VP in charge of youth and high school football development, to discuss how the league is bringing in a new generation of players.

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    30 min
  • The reach of the Ripken empire
    The CEO of the famous baseball family’s foundation explains why finding kindred spirits and strong local partners are at the core of its efforts to help America’s kids.

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    21 min
  • Place your bets – on sports
    Legal sports betting could soon come to a state near you after last month’s Supreme Court ruling opened the doors to states that want to regulate and tax the activity. But there are a lot of unanswered questions about where and how legal sports wagering will roll out, and how much money the states – and bookmakers like William Hill – stand to receive from it. Digital editor Amy Tennery talks with reporter Hilary Russ, who was in New Jersey’s Monmouth Park Racetrack to cover the excitement over the state’s first legal sports bets.

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    13 min

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Sports Business Analyst Rick Horrow talks with the playmakers, deal makers and rule makers in the world of sports. Plus, he gives his take on items in the news using his 30 years of experience doing…