SportsPro Podcast
Episodes
The Match that happened, the match that didn't, the FA's Kelly Simmons and big talk on the future of chess
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro editor at large Eoin Connolly and print editor Michael Long pair up again to talk about the winner-takes-all showdown in Las Vegas between T...
Dinnage's Premier League to-do list, F1's end-of-year assessment, and A-Rod's baseball blueprint
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
English soccer's elite club competition has its first new leader in two decades, with Susanna Dinnage now confirmed as the Premier League chief execut...
A fresh identity for men's tennis and the ATP; new frontiers for Alipay and DAZN
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the Nitto ATP Finals brings the best players in men's tennis back to The O2 in London for a tenth year, SportsPro editor-at-large Eoin Connolly sit...
Football Leaks, WADA creaks, Masayoshi Son speaks
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro editor at large Eoin Connolly is joined by New York Times sports news correspondent Tariq Panja to discuss an industry week dominated again ...
Tragedy in Leicester, intrigue at Fifa, outrage in Brazil and the NFL in London
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro editor-at-large Eoin Connolly talks to print editor Michael Long, freshly returned from the Sportel Monaco media convention, about a chaotic...
A new NBA season with Mark Tatum, LeBron in LA, microtransactions and other distractions
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the SportsPro Podcast goes weekly for the first time, editor-at-large Eoin Connolly and print editor Michael Long consider the sports industry even...
IBM on the future of AI, and sports broadcasting right now at Eleven, DAZN, ESPN and Sky Sports
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro editor-at-large Eoin Connolly is joined by print editor Michael Long, who talks through the wealth of sports broadcasting features in the up...
Reimagining Formula One: Sean Bratches and the future of motorsport's leading series
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Formula One is deep into its second full season under its new owners at Liberty Media and the picture is beginning to emerge of how the leading series...
SportsPro 50 Most Marketable Athletes 2018: The who, where and why
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's the list that everyone - or some people, at least - has been talking about: SportsPro's annual rankings of the world's 50 most marketable athlete...
Mini-pod: Sportlogiq's Craig Buntin - Olympian to businessman
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A special mini-pod with Sportlogiq's Craig Buntin discussing the origins of the business and how he made the switch from athlete to chief executive.
Patrick Nally and Match Poker - the life of a new sport in 2018
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In a snack-sized edition, SportsPro editor-at-large Eoin Connolly revisits a conversation at SportAccord in Bangkok with magazine editor Michael Long ...
Eleven Sports and Sky Sports: different broadcast strategies for the digital age
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With the second SportsPro OTT Summit confirmed for Madrid on 28th and 29th November, SportsPro editor-at-large Eoin Connolly dips into the archives to...
Infinite Esports: players, partnerships and publishers in the fast-moving world of competitive video games
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Esports has entranced many within the traditional sports industry and is a fast-moving, fast-growing category in its own right. Now, Texas-based Infin...
Fifa World Cup 2018: the view from the ground in Russia, and victory for United 2026
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the Fifa World Cup ticks past its halfway mark, the SportsPro Podcast returns for the summer. On the ground in Moscow for the duration of the wor...
Louise Martin on Gold Coast 2018 and the future of the Commonwealth Games
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Hutton on the Olympics, the age of Discovery at Eurosport and sport’s digital future
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barry and Eddie Hearn on Joshua and Taylor, darts at Christmas, and the future of Matchroom
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
ECB chief Tom Harrison on TV deals, T20 and opening up English cricket
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Brand Conference 2017: The industry asks…
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Talking a good game at the Soccerex Global Convention
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At Liberty to discuss: Formula One at BBMF
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A whole new ball game: changing times for European soccer
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
London 2017 and the state of world athletics
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lord’s, Lionesses and a landmark summer of women’s sport
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Phillip Craven on London 2017 and following 16 years of Paralympic growth
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marketable athletes, single-sport channels and venerable brands
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Olympic Day: McDonald’s, Intel, Paris v Los Angeles, and Budapest’s life after the bid
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The SportAccord Convention: reflections from Aarhus 2017
21 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The SportsPro Podcast Live: wrapping up at Wembley Stadium
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The followership edition: Ranieri, Budapest 2024, and new sporting forms
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Christmas special: 2016 in review, the picture in 2017
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The end of the world edition: sport after Trump and scandal in F1
05 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Sportel edition: going OTT and under the radar in Monaco
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The comeback special: Allardyce lost, Fancy Bears, Rio reflections and conference season
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The summer of sport - soccer, Wimbledon, the Tour de France and F1 - and Brexit
08 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Uefa Euro 2016 preview, Copa America Centenario and Muhammad Ali
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro Podcast Special: The World’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes
01 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Fiba’s Patrick Baumann sets out his SportAccord stall and the 2024 bidders make their pitches
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Di Montezemolo on Ecclestone vs Bach; Cookson on technological fraud; Cushnan Nally, MacKay and more
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Masters, where only the bananas aren’t branded - and SportAccord, what is it good for?
13 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
West Indies cricket and SportsPro Live; hard-hitting and a lot of fun
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John Amaechi, Rob Harris and Richard Gillis special: why sport loves to lie to people
17 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Super Bowl, the Olympic Channel, and Thomas Bach’s ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ tour of USA
09 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The secret behind Sepp’s ‘Nelly’ plaster revealed
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dry January: Influencers, VR, Steve Simon and the blogheads
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro Festive Podcast - The thin line between corruption and canny strategic thinking
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro Podcast - The Davis Cup needs a spruce-up
02 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro Podcast - A clean break: ‘The IAAF should scrap all world records’
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro Podcast - Issue 82 Preview
09 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro Podcast - The Broadcast Edition
29 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro Podcast - The Unofficial Edition
22 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SportsPro Podcast - Issue 80 Preview
26 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 - 2013 in Review; 2014 in Preview
20 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2 - Sports industry conference season 2013
01 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 - Patrick Nally/Olympics
01 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas