The GW Business of Sports Podcast

The GW Business of Sports Podcast

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The GW Business of Sports Podcast episodes

  • Tommy Sheppard

    Tommy Sheppard, Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards, joins Mark Hyman this week. In their discussion, Tommy delves into how his work ethic and unconventional career path have helped him in pursuing his career goals.  

    18 min
  • Joel Segal

    GW alum Joel Segal is currently one of the best sports agents in the country. He recently stopped by our Foggy Bottom campus to speak with Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti and her sports marketing class about the secrets of succeeding in the industry. 

    12 min
  • Jacob Raim

    The GW Business of Sports Podcast is back and better than ever! Season 2 is off to a fast start with Jacob Raim as our guest on the show. Jacob is the Senior Director of Digital Media for Monumental Sports, and in the episode, he chats with Mark Hyman about how he got his start in sports and entertainment, and what it means to develop a social media voice for a sports team.

    16 min
  • Brendan Sullivan
    It's the final episode of the academic year for the GW Business of Sports Podcast. Our last guest is Brendan Sullivan, president and founder of Head First, a company focusing on youth sports. In Brendan's conversation with Mark Hyman, he discusses the significance of youth sports, how to properly combine sports and entrepreneurship, and the true value of networking.
    18 min
  • Bill Carter
    This week, Bill Carter is on campus with Mark Hyman. Bill is a partner with Fuse Marketing, which focuses on sports marketing towards millennials, and in this conversation, he goes in depth about what truly makes an idea a great idea.
    17 min
  • Rebecca Carpenter
    Rebecca Carpenter, director of the documentary Requiem for a Running Back, was on campus recently for a panel discussion about her movie and what it was like having a father with CTE. Before that, though, she sat down with Mark Hyman for a very personal conversation about her father, his symptoms, and how the movie is making a difference.
    18 min
  • Patrick Steeves
    In our first interview with a current GW student, GW Basketball star Patrick Steeves talks to an undergraduate class on all of the expectations and rewards that come with being a D1 variety athlete, and his thoughts on the end of his career as a player.
    15 min
  • Bob Miller
    The Washington Nationals' Vice President and Assistant General Manager Bob Miller stops in for a great chat with Mark Hyman and a group of GW students about his uncommon knowledge of the rules governing transaction of players, how he got his start working in Minor League Baseball, and how students today can break into the industry.
    18 min
  • Sam Porter
    This week in Foggy Bottom, sports agent Sam Porter sits down with Mark Hyman and an undergraduate Sports Law Class. Porter has held many positions in the industry, including currently working for DC United, and graciously shares stories from his days in college, his first clients, and what it is like being on both sides of the negotiation table.
    19 min
  • Brad Snyder
    Brad Snyder, Sports and Constitutional Law Professor at Georgetown University, has traveled across town for a conversation with Mark Hyman. Snyder is also the author of one of Mark's favorite books, A Well-Paid Slave, which examines Curt Flood and his quest to achieve free agency in Major League Baseball.
    16 min

About The GW Business of Sports Podcast

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Welcome to The GW Business of Sports Podcast, where Mark Hyman, professor of sports management at The George Washington University, invites industry professionals to talk about how they became the…