Name any sporting event on the planet and Stephen Brunt was probably in attendance. Whether it was the Olympics, World Cup or Super Bowl, he was likely in the press box covering the event for The Globe and Mail or Sportsnet. As a sports columnist and national radio host, Stephen witnessed some of the biggest moments in sports while covering the athletes and executives that created them. This interview series talks to the people who are responsible for creating the moments we remember and understanding how they got to where they are today.
This series is made possible with the support of GroupM Motion Entertainment
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Name any sporting event on the planet and Stephen Brunt was probably in attendance. Whether it was the Olympics, World Cup or Super Bowl, he was likely in the press box covering the event for The Globe and Mail or Sportsnet. As a sports columnist and national radio host, Stephen witnessed some of the biggest moments in sports while covering the athletes and executives that created them. This interview series talks to the people who are responsible for creating the moments we remember and understanding how they got to where they are today.
This series is made possible with the support of GroupM Motion Entertainment
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You’ll have to do some work to find Lakefield, Minnesota on a map. It’s a tiny speck of a farming community in the state’s southwest corner – a place that has more in common with the Dakotas than with Minneapolis. That’s where Teresa Resch grew up – a high school athlete who figured she’d wind up close to home, working in agriculture until a very different opportunity beckoned. It’s not like there was an obvious path from playing small college volleyball into professional sports management. And even if there was, it’s not like there were a lot of role models - women working in front offices who could point the way. But Resch kept making an impression – first with Disney, then with the nba, and then with Masai Ujiri. She’s a full-blown Torontonian now in the process of taking her next big professional step as the president of the city’s new WNBA franchise, the Tempo, which begins play in 2026.
Stephen sat down with Teresa in the Toronto Raptors dressing room at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario.
00:00 - Intro
1:45 - Stephen welcome's Teresa to the podcast
2:38 - Teresa's career path
5:35 - Role models
6:30 - Challenges in sports business as a woman
11:20 - What did she learn from Masai Ujiri
11:50 - Growth of women's team sports
16:40 - What is it like building a franchise
This series is supported by GroupM Motion Entertainment.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
