On The Record with Rick Horrow

Some of the best sports facilities built over the last 10 years include innovative technology that elevates the experience for everyone who enters. Cory Brugger, the CTO at HKS, is charged daily with deploying advanced technology to improve the design and construction of HKS's built environments.

25 years into one of the successful eras for a college athletics department in history, University of Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione sits down for a candid interview about the turbulent present and future of college sports.

The world of sports photography has seen dramatic changes over the last 50 years. This week, we talk with PhotoShelter CEO Andrew Fingerman about those changes, and how his organization is using cutting edge technology to maximize photography ROI for teams, news organizations and sponsors.

This week, we break from talk of conference musical chairs and breakups, and instead talk about a conference where loyalty has remained a central value. Ohio University Director of Athletics Julie Cromer talks about their place in the MAC, and how their institutions have remained united in growing their place in college athletics.

The last year in college football has been a wild one. This week, we get the perspective of Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill on realignment, relationships with power 5 schools and what the biggest issues are to watch in the years ahead.

This week, we get to showcase a side of Nick Saban that is rarely seen in public. Saban talks about his Dad's impact coaching coal mining kids across West Virginia, and how it continues to impact the way he runs his program today.

The Kansas City Chiefs begin the defense of their Super Bowl title this week, so let's talk Chiefs business with their President, Mark Donovan. Donovan talks about differences in working for a league vs. a team and the advantages and disadvantages of the Chiefs market size.

When Brandon Steiner was put in charge of the first Hard Rock in New York, he thought to himself, "Why doesn't this exist, but for sports?" It sent him on a career path that has made him an author, sports marketer and one of the foremost experts in the world on sports memorabilia.

Pete Ward started his career in the NFL as an unpaid intern in Baltimore. More than four decades later, he is the C.O.O. for the Colts in Indianapolis. This week, Ward discusses how the league has changed during his tenure, and what the biggest challenges are in the next few years.

This week, part two of our special with some of the brightest minds in the world when it comes to facilities. HKS partner Michael Rogers describes how his teams' creations are always designed around the bigger role they play in the communities they are built.