Zain Jafri is a Data Scientist in the Basketball Strategy & Analytics Department for the Washington Wizards, and graduate from George Washington University. In this episode of the GW Business of Sports Podcast, Zain sits down with Professor Mar

Matt Taylor

Mar 17th, 2020 19m 16s

Matt Taylor is the Senior Director of Football Communications with the Miami Dolphins, and a George Washington University alumnus. With the new NFL league year upcoming, Matt comes to campus and chats with Professor Mark Hyman on this episode o

Ben Osborne

Feb 27th, 2020 17m 21s

Ben Osborne is the Editor-in-Chief of Bleacher Report. A former George Washington University Student, Ben sits down with Professor Mark Hyman to discuss his time at GW and working with the student newspaper, learning about the passing of Kobe B

Jamion Christian

Oct 8th, 2019 14m 7s

Jamion Christian is the new Head Coach for the GWU Men's Basketball Team. In this episode of the GW Business of Sports Podcast, Professor Mark Hyman and co-host Thomas Luther sit down with Jamion to discuss why GW is his dream job, the importan

DeMaurice Smith

Sep 6th, 2019 13m 40s

As the football season gets underway, DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association, sits down with Mark Hyman and Allen Zhao to discuss Colin Kaepernick, growing the NFL and the game of football intern

Richie Smith

May 6th, 2019 15m 6s

In the last episode of the season, GW alum Richie Smith is our guest! Richie is currently the Director of Strategy and Analytics, Business Development and Partnerships for the Boston Celtics, who are currently in the mist of a deep run in the N

Oliver Luck

Apr 15th, 2019 21m 18s

Oliver Luck, commissioner of the rebooted XFL, is our guest this week. Mr. Luck has had a whirlwind career, with stops at West Virginia University, the NCAA, and NFL Europe. In his conversation with Mark Hyman and Justin Huang, he talks about t

Pops Mensah-Bonsu

Mar 6th, 2019 18m 25s

This week, GW basketball legend Pops Mensah-Bonsu, who is currently the GM of the Capitol City Go Go of the NBA G League, is on the podcast. He sat down with Mark Hyman and current senior Dakota Sinder to discuss his GW playing career and the c

Ben Strauss

Feb 8th, 2019 15m 24s

Recently, Ben Strauss, author of Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA, came to speak with the Issues of Sports Management class at GW. While here, he graciously answered questions from Mark Hyman and Ruben Kahn about h

Ken Rosenthal

Dec 3rd, 2018 22m 35s

In an exciting episode of The GW Business of Sports Podcast, beloved journalist Ken Rosenthal is at GW. In an interview with Mark Hyman and current senior Ryan Delaney, Ken gives his thoughts on what the difference between television broadcasti

Tommy Sheppard

Nov 26th, 2018 17m 9s

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 care

Joel Segal

Nov 12th, 2018 11m 32s

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.

Jacob Raim

Oct 5th, 2018 15m 34s

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 Mar

Brendan Sullivan

May 15th, 2018 17m 14s

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 discus

Bill Carter

May 8th, 2018 16m 10s

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.

Rebecca Carpenter

May 1st, 2018 17m 58s

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

Patrick Steeves

Apr 24th, 2018 14m 4s

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

Bob Miller

Apr 17th, 2018 17m 29s

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 st

Sam Porter

Apr 10th, 2018 18m 16s

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 hi

Brad Snyder

Apr 3rd, 2018 15m 2s

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

Ty Votaw

Mar 27th, 2018 17m 3s

This week, Ty Votaw, Executive Vice President of Global Business Affairs for the PGA Tour, joins Mark Hyman for an engaging discussion on his unusual path that lead to his current job, golf in the Olympic Games, and a chance encounter with Prin

Bernadette McGlade

Mar 20th, 2018 15m 30s

Our guest today is Bernadette McGlade, commissioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference of which GW is a part of, and in her chat with Mark Hyman, she spoke about how she got her early start in college athletics, how her performance is judged, and th

Zach Leonsis

Mar 6th, 2018 18m 40s

After speaking with students for the Sports Industry Networking Conference at GW, Zach Leonsis, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for Monumental Sports, sat down with Mark Hyman to chat about the future of eSports, why Monumental i

Phil de Picciotto

Feb 27th, 2018 15m

With The PyeongChang Winter Olympics wrapped up, Phil de Picciotto, founder and president of sports marketing agency Octagon Worldwide, shares his thoughts with Mark Hyman on his own own clients participating in The Games, the value of a gold m

Jeff Diamond

Feb 20th, 2018 21m 26s

On a very exciting episode of the GW Business of Sports Podcast, former GM of the Minnesota Vikings and President of the Tennessee Titans Jeff Diamond stops by GW to have a conversation with Mark Hyman about his first job in sports, how that ul