The Power of Sports

Feb 15 2024
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The Power of Sports Podcast is a place to explore how and why sports play such an instrumental role in so many people’s lives. My main goal is to demonstrate the power of sports by interviewing guests who share my passion for sports, as players, coaches, administrators, and as fans, and to have a great time in the process. Sports can also serve as powerful tools of positive and progressive social change, which is why I interview the people who are making that change reality. I hope you enjoy it!

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TPOS Podcast Episode 34 – Dr. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff – (“The Multitalented Scholar, Author, And Consultant Of US-France Relations”) ​

Feb 15 2024
Dr. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff is a historian, speaker, and consultant working at the intersection of global sports, communications, and diplomacy. She specializes in Franco-United States relations through sports, is the author of Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA (Bloomsbury, 2023), “Views From the Embassy: The Role of the U.S. Diplomatic Community in

TPOS Podcast Episode 33 – Dr. Katie Lever – (“The Insightful College Sports Researcher”) 

Jan 11 2024
In this episode, I welcome Dr. Katie Lever, who is a former D-1 athlete and superb editor/freelance sports writer whose work has appeared in Global Sport Matters, Sportico, Extra Points, Forbes, and many other outlets. She is also the award-winning author of Surviving the Second Tier, a dystopian novel about the dark side of the college sports industry, She uses the Twitter and Ins

TPOS Podcast Episode 32 – Jenny Haskel – (“The College Soccer Player Turned Insightful Sports Business Lead”) 

Aug 09 2023
In this episode, I speak with Jenny Haskel, who is the Knowledge & Insights Lead for Deloitte Sports Business Group, where she works to give organizations a competitive edge in the sports market. Jenny was a standout college soccer player at Northwestern University, and recently moved to the UK to join Deloitte’s Sports Business group in Manchester. At Deloitte, Jenny provides in

TPOS Podcast Episode 31 – Donna Lopiano – (“The indefatigable Champion For Equity in Sports”) 

Jul 20 2023
In this episode, we speak to Dr. Donna Lopiano, who is one of the greatest softball players of all time, a trailblazing athletic director and a world-renowned advocate for gender equity in sport. She is also the founder of Sport Management Resources and the current President of The Drake Group, which is an organization committed to advancing positive legislative change in college a

TPOS Podcast Episode 30 – Pat Burda – (“The Always-Improving Scratch Golfer”) 

Jul 18 2023
In this episode, our guest is Pat Burda, who is an extremely successful amateur golfer as well as a recovering alcoholic. Pat was born and raised in Modesto, California, played collegiately at Stanislaus State, is a two time Del Rio Country Club Champion and the current Dryden Park Golf Course Club Champion. Pat also serves as captain of the RACDG NorCal Golf Society and has caddie

TPOS Podcast Episode 29 – Megan Babkes Stellino – (“The Mindful ProfessorSportMom”) 

Jul 04 2023
In today’s episode, we speak with Dr. Megan Babkes Stellino, a professor of social psychology of sport and physical activity at the University of Northern Colorado and the founder of Mindful Sport Parenting, to speak about her life in sports and her research on the impact of sports parents on youth. Dr. Babkes Stellino has taken her research, which explores the social influences

TPOS Podcast Episode 28 – Sab Singh – (“The Optimistic Sports Management Professor”) 

May 24 2023
In today's episode, we speak with Sarbjit “Sab” Singh, who is a Professor and Chairperson with the Sport Management Program at Farmingdale State College (NY), and a regular contributor to Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal. Sab also publishes the Sports Doing Good newsletter, a unique publication that highlights the “good” from the world of sport. Before his time at

TPOS Podcast Episode 27 – Bill Carter – (“The Enterprising NIL Analyst”) 

Apr 18 2023
In this episode we speak to Bill Carter, who is a name, image and likeness consultant, analyst, educator, and speaker. Bill runs Student Athlete Insights and is a NIL Columnist for Sports Business Journal. He alsoteaches NIL in College Sports at the University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business, and he runs MBA courses in NIL, too. So listen in as I ask Bill about his journ

TPOS Podcast Episode 26 – Kenneth P. Vogel – (“The Intrepid Sports Gambling Reporter'”) 

Mar 30 2023
In this episode, we speak to Kenneth P. Vogel about sports gambling in the US today. Vogel is a reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times, where he covers the intersection of money, influence and politics. He has covered politics and government at all levels, from small-town cop shops and school boards to statehouses, Congress and the presidential campaign trail. He h

TPOS Podcast Episode 25 – Coach Ron Adams – (“The Seed-planting NBA Coach'”) 

Feb 02 2023
In this episode, we speak to Coach Ron Adams, who is an award-winning assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coach Adams is now in 54th season of coaching and has been with the Warriors since 2014, when he joined the staff of Head Coach Steve Kerr. Since then, the Warriors have built one of the NBA’s most remarkable dynasties,