On The Record with Rick Horrow

They have an audience other sports leagues covet. They covet the mainstream marketing opportunities the primary sports leagues possess. This week, we talk with Foley & Lardner Special Advisor Bobby Sharma about the current state of esports and where they are headed in the future.

The sport of boxing currently has more momentum within the world of sports than it has had since the 1980's. A man who fought twice for the Heavyweight Championship of the World during the last heydays of boxing, Gerry Cooney, joins Rick this week to talk about where the industry has been and where it is headed.

With the NBA season tipping off this week, our guest is someone who has seen the league from every perspective. Billy Cunningham won an NBA Title as a player and as a coach, and was also part of the group that was awarded an NBA franchise in Miami in 1987. He provides perspective on playing with Wilt Chamberlain, coaching one of the best basketball teams in history and how the current NBA compares to the one he played and coached in.

From public-private partnership to infrastructure to building safety, so many parallels can be made between the future of real estate and the pandemic recovery across sports. This week, we talk to an expert in the world of commercial real estate about the future in their industry, and what it may mean in the business of sports.

We spend a lot of time each week talking about viewership numbers of traditional sports, but how about a sports industry that garners 77 percent longer watch time than that of traditional sports? Esports has seen unprecedented growth over the last decade and this week we talk to the founder and CEO of the first 24-7 live linear video channel dedicated to esports in the U.S.

This week we have part two of our chat with some of the biggest executives across the NFL. 49ers President Al Guido, Jets President Hymie Elhai, Jaguars President Mark Lamping and NFL Executive VP of Football Ops Dawn Aponte address media rights, gaming and much more.

This week is part one of a two part series where we chat with some of the biggest executives across the NFL. 49ers President Al Guido, Jets President Hymie Elhai, Jaguars President Mark Lamping and NFL Executive VP of Football Ops Dawn Aponte address the most pressing issues across the league.

Like clockwork, it's Fall and the Alabama Crimson Tide are sitting on top of the college football world.