Sports Business Update

Interview in advance of his match with Mike Tyson on Nov 9, 1996.

Today, an exclusive interview with legendary golf club designer Barney Adams and his Breakthrough Golf Technology line of Stability Tour putter shafts.    Learn more at https://breakthroughgolftech.com 

GolfLogix, the most downloaded app in golf history has introduced Green Books, the first easy to read green-reading guide designed and priced for the everyday golfer to “Play Smarter.” 

The rules-compliant Green Books combine detailed 3-D imagery, including yardages, with the sophisticated green-contour data that the majority of professional golfers use in competition. With the GolfLogix tour-level intel, golfers can reach into their back pockets and read every putt quickly and confidently to enable lower scores and speed up play. 

These durable and water-resistant Green Books are available for more than 14,000 courses at www.golflogix.com.

Today our guest on Sports Business Update is GolfLogix President Pete Charleston who sat down with our host George McNeilly

 About GolfLogix

 The Number 1 App for Golf, over 4 million golfers have downloaded GolfLogix on the world's top-selling smartphones. Dedicated to offering consumers the most advanced green mapping and GPS solutions with the most useful features at accessible prices, GolfLogix helps improve individual performance.

Founded in May 1999, GolfLogix was the first to introduce handheld GPS to the golf industry and holds a U.S. patent for its unique GPS and Internet-based club tracking application. Based in Scottsdale, AZ, the company has been professionally mapping courses for more than 19 years and owns the largest, most up-to-date golf course database in the world.

In 2009, the rapid advance of smartphone technology led GolfLogix to develop and quickly capture the market with an easy-to-use application providing precise GPS distances. In addition, the software manages scorekeeping and stat tracking, then uploads them to an online clubhouse community where golfers can interact and compete with millions of other players worldwide.

I traveled to New Orleans in 1999 for Westwood One and introduced a national audience to professional fishing.

25 years ago this morning, Westwood One's America In the Morning with Jim Bohannon led their morning news magazine program with a segment George McNeilly broadcast the night before when Cal Ripken, Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's streak of 2,131 consecutive Major League Baseball games played.

A look back on all the excitement that was 1996, The Year in Sports.  Triumph, tragedy and our togetherness at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls win a 4th NBA Championship, Evander Holyfield joins Muhammad Ali as the other boxer to reclaim the Heavyweight title three different times, Joe Torre and the New York Yankees win the World Series, Dallas won the Super Bowl for the third time in four years and so much more.  

A look back on 1995, The Year in Sports

In a year where it seemed that more news came from off the court, field and ice, we take listen to the sounds that made 1994 a most memorable year in sports.

A fast-paced half hour that looks back on the year that was.