What is life like working for a startup in one of the hottest leagues in American sports? Boston Legacy FC Chief Revenue Officer, Amina Bulman, talks about the challenges of engaging fans, building new communities, attracting partner interest and measuring success for Boston's reentry into the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Recent Suffolk University Sawyer Business School graduate Vijay Sakuru on his CollegiateX startup and its mission to find Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals for NCAA DII and DIII athletes. Recorded live on the Startup Boston Week stage we go one-on-one with a very early stage company.
In the second in our series of interviews from the Startup Boston Week podcast stage, Abe Stein of Look | Think | Move talks with the Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue Podcast about helping startups in the sports industry build engagement with their local fans.
Do you dream of being a big league GM? For a great many, the pathway begins in the minor leagues. In our latest Career Conversation, Worcester Bravehearts Baseball GM Donny Porcaro Jr. talks about his professional journey that started with selling raffle tickets for the Shamrock Foundation at Boston Celtics home games and now includes managing much of the operation for the summer wooden bat baseball league.
Rugby, American football's father, has everything Americans love in sports - speed, physicality and athleticism. That makes it an easy sell, correct? Recorded live on the Startup Boston Week stage, New England Free Jacks® GM Thomas Kindley talks about life in a start up league building the three time Major League Rugby Champions on the Suffolk University - Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue podcast.
Can sports unite members of an increasingly polarized government? Is Congressional baseball, soccer and hockey the key to compromise? In the latest Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue Podcast "Career Conversation" we talk with Harvard Fellow Samuel Hymes on his work in the halls of congress connecting sports and policy.
In the latest Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue Podcast "Career Conversation", Suffolk University Sports Management Program Director Skip Perham chats with Jacob Tobey (Suffolk '18), San Antonio Spurs play-by-play man, about his journey from calling the action on his Xbox to local TV sportscaster to becoming the youngest play-by-play voice in the NBA. Listen now to hear the story of his climb through the industry.
A decade ago sports media rights owners would have never attempted to draw viewers away from their primary feed. With the advent of technology and the need to target fans in different ways, alt telecasts have become commonplace. In this episode of the Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue Podcast presented by Suffolk University we talk with Boston Bruins VP of Marketing Andrea Mazzarelli about the Boston Bruins animated Best Snow Day Ever simulcast that goes beyond the game and into the class-room.
In the latest episode of the Amplification Avenue Podcast, Suffolk University Sports Management Program Director Skip Perham chats with Kraft Sports + Entertainment's Hannah Arroyo (Suffolk '20) about her fast rising career with Kraft Sports and the New England Patriots Foundation. This Career Conversation is a part of series profiling early stage sports industry pros.
The Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue Podcast presented by Suffolk University returns with our first-ever sports industry Career Conversation. In this conversation, we talk with Boston Celtics Group Sales Manager Jay Robinson about grinding out his career in sports. This and future conversations with young industry pros will provide insight for those working long hours for relatively low pay in the industry and for those who are preparing to chase their passion. For more information on the Sawyer Business School Sports Management Program visit Suffolk.edu/business.
What's the game plan for a legacy sports and entertainment property struggling for mind-share in today's constantly evolving media landscape? Veteran media expert Keith Dawkins shares his insight on turning the Harlem Globetrotters into a content leader on this episode of the Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue Podcast presented by Suffolk University. The Globetrotters begin their 2025 world tour in Boston on Dec 26, Springfield, MA on Jan 4, Worcester, MA on Jan 5, and Lowell, MA on Feb 11.
Jayan Gandhi and Jai Malhotra, cofounders of the National High School Sports Analytics Association discuss their first-ever conference and why data in sports rocks.
Can the National Football League grow tackle football into a truly global game - played and viewed in countries where other sports dominate? I am betting no. But does the NFL have a strategy that can put American football on par with basketball and international football? Andy Fuller, managing director of the International Federation of American Football, and Shigeo Iwamiya, Commissioner of the National Gay Flag Football League join the Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue podcast presented by Suffolk University to talk about flag football's importance to growing the game that Americans love so much.
Firearms are a polarizing topic in the U.S. What is the role of the sportsman and hunter in educating others about the responsibilities that come with gun ownership? Matt Light, former New England Patriots left tackle, co-founder of the Light Foundation, and lifelong sportsman shares his perspective and insight on teaching responsibility, accountability, ethics, and leadership.
Host Skip Perham of the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School discusses the Concussion Legacy Foundation's recent findings that validate the research linking repetitive head injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy., commonly known as CTE. CLF Director of Programs, Samantha Bureau, PhD, communicates a call to action for global sports organizations like the NHL, FIFA, and the IOC to acknowledge the link and communicate the dangers to participants of all ages.
Defund the police! Arm every teacher! Both the left and right have their talking points to gaslight their bases on the topic of public safety. In this conversation, host Skip Perham of the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School talks with Jeff Hood, CEO of National Police Athletic Activities Leagues (PAL) Inc, which began servicing communities across the nation in 1914. In this conversation, Hood talks about PAL's mission; how the organization makes a difference one kid at a time; how marketing can help further the mission; a few of PAL's most famous alumnus; and just a little bit about NBA legend Steph Curry.
The most interesting conversations can often be about the topics you find the most difficult to discuss or the hardest in which to wrap your head around. In this conversation, host Skip Perham of the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School Marketing Department talks with Dr. Brianna Newland from New York University about the issue of transgender athletes. Dr. Newland is the academic director of undergraduate programs and an associate professor at the Tisch Institute for Global Sport. Her research explores the long-term sustainability of sports participation. The subject of transgender athletes has exploded into her field of study and she helps us go beyond the political fault lines to understand what we know, what we don't know and what needs to be studied on the issue.
