Football to Baseball, “Sportfolio” Looks Globally For Octobers Hottest Sports Business Stories

NEW YORK - Oct. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- As the MLB Playoffs kick in, the NHL starts the regular season, the NBA begins training camp  and the NFL readies for another trip to Europe, “Sportfolio” on Bloomberg TV, the sports business industry’s only weekly broadcast TV show, talks with some of the key decision makers shaping the vision of those sports both in the United States and around the world.

Host Rick Horrow sits down with MLB Executive VP of Business Tim Brosnan to discuss the business of baseball from all angles as the postseason ramps up. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke, who moved from the top spot at AEG to head Canada's largest professional sports organization talks about the challenges and opportunities that he will face growing some of sports’ largest global brands. Horrow is then joined by Jacksonville Jaguars President Mark Lamping who discusses why it makes good business sense for his team to play regular season games in London. Longtime executive Andy Dolich also discusses the NFL London series, and speculates on who may succeed MLB Commissioner Bud Selig when he retires at the end of the 2014 season.

This week’s show airs Thursday night at 9:30 PM and 12:30 AM ET Friday on Bloomberg TV (DirecTV 353, check your local cable systems for the channel near you). The show reaches more than 270 million households through first-run and syndicated airings.

"Sportfolio" premiered on September 27, 2011 and has now produced over 50 original episodes, all of which can be viewed at bloomberg.com/video/sportfolio. The guest list has already included: NBA Commissioner David Stern, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, MLS Commissioner Don Garber,  MLB Executive Vice President for Business Tim Brosnan, American Athletic  Commissioner Mike Aresco, Pac 12 Commissioner Larry Scott, Ivy League President Robin Harris, Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade, Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross, Dodgers and Warriors co-owner Peter Guber, Wasserman Media Group CEO Casey Wasserman, Atlanta Braves general manager Frank Wren,  Atlanta Falcons GM Rich McKay, Cubs general manager Theo Epstein and owner Tom Ricketts, Brewers owner Mark Attanasio, 49ers president Jed York, Los Angeles Angels GM Jerry DiPoto, San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer, Brooklyn Nets CEO Brett Yormark, NASCAR’s Brian France, Carl Edwards and  Jeff Gordon, the N.Y. Knicks Carmelo Anthony, the L.A. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, NBA Hall of Famer Earl Monroe, Masters Champion Bubba Watson, Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey, golf hall of famers Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, and many, many others.

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