Tennis & Racket Industry Pros Launch RKT3 Group To Offer Expert Consulting Strategy, Programming and Leadership Development

Rick talks to Erik Kortland this week on “Tech of Sports.”

Three dynamic leaders in the racket sports space are venturing out and offering their services to organizations and facilities looking to expand and take advantage of the growing landscape and popularity of tennis, paddle, pickleball and other racket sports within the industry.

Rick is joined by former CNN Headline News’ Jane Velez-Mitchell this week to talk about her new venture.

Jane Velez-Mitchell, award-winning TV journalist, New York Times bestselling author and former CNN Headline News anchor, has launched a new streaming network called UnchainedTV. This network is FREE and does not require any emails, subscriptions, or disclosure of personal information to watch. How does she do this, you may ask? It is all done through her non-profit organization, here to expand your mind and transform your lifestyle. This channel offers documentaries, cooking shows, travelogues, talk shows and music videos. It is a portal to a joyous, healthier, more environmentally sustainable, and more compassionate lifestyle. UnchainedTV has just launched the first ever reality show starring a family of pigs called Pig Little Lies.

Imagine a world where coercion, control, surveillance, and manipulation reign. Where imbalance of power makes exploitation easy and where those at the bottom of the heap sacrifice everything to make a profit for those at the top. M.K. Lever's knockout debut work of fiction, Surviving the Second Tier, weaves these issues and themes throughout a new fictional dystopia to display the real world truths that face athletes in the college athletic system. 

Before he became a big star, Kevin Costner was just a regular leading man actor in less known films. Here is an old interview he gave before the cycling movie, American Flyers came out which he starred in.

Special guest this week as Rick is joined by one of the top coaches in college football, Coach Brian Bohannon, Head Coach of the Kennesaw State Owls.

Lisbet Chiriboga is the program manager of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) TeachKind program. She creates lessons and activities that aim to foster empathy for animals and are appropriate for even the youngest learners along with other resources for educators interested in humane education. 

Rick is joined by Gary Green this week on iHeartRadio. Gary owns minor league baseball teams, the publication Baseball America and has an interesting promotion with Jet Linx.

Rick is joined by comedian George Wang this week to talk about AAPI Heritage Month, a new streaming comedy show and the fact that he is a successful skateboarding coach. There is a lot going on there and George is a great guy!

Rick is joined in this segment by the Atlanta Dream's Erica Wheeler talking about the growth of the WNBA  and again the Dream's partnership with Arches Brewing.

This week on iHeartRadio, Rick is joined by the Atlanta Dream's and WNBA's Kristy Wallace to talk about the WNBA and the Atlanta have a new partnership with a craft brewery.