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Nigel Melville, CEO and President of USA Rugby joins us to discuss one of the fastest growing sports in the United States as well as the structure of the sport. Rand Getlin, investigative reporter with Yahoo! Sports stops by to discuss the recent overhaul of the NCAA's enforcement division and what they may mean to the future of the organization and NCAA member schools. We also discuss the NCAA's ruling regarding the Johnny Football trademark for Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel and how that ruling may impact trademarks around athlete nicknames in the future.

Listen to the latest edition of Sports Business Radio by finding us on iTunes or via this link: http://www.sportsbusinessradio.com/audio/2013/03/sbr-09-march-2013

Make sure to download the 1/23/13 edition of Sports Business Radio on iTunes or here http://www.sportsbusinessradio.com/audio/2013/01/sbr-23-january-2013

Nick Hines of the Engine Shop joins us to discuss the Super Bowl parties on tap for New Orleans this year. The Engine Shop will once again be producing ESPN's Super Bowl party.

We also discuss which participants in this year's Super Bowl are the most marketable (my money is on the Harbaugh brothers if I was putting together an ad campaign).

Ethan Skolnick, Miami Heat beat writer for the Palm Beach Post and author of the new book "Raising Your Game" stops by the show to discuss the unique slant on his book and the risks and rewards parents face when involving their kids in sports. We also discuss the Heat for you NBA fans.

Ekaterina Walter, author of the new book "Think Like Zuck" joins us to discuss the business strategies that have made Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg a success and how those strategies can be applied in most any business setting.

And finally, I weigh in with my thoughts on how the Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'o camps handled their PR strategies in the past week.

Lots of interesting nuggets on this week's show, so thanks for giving us a listen.

The December 1st edition of Sports Business Radio is now available via podcast.

Sports agent Leigh Steinberg joins Brian Berger on Sports Business Radio for an in-depth, wide ranging interview. Steinberg discusses the re-launch of his agency, player safety in the NFL and his battle against alcoholism and bankruptcy for his agency.

Listen to the conversation here - http://www.sportsbusinessradio.com/audio/2012/12/sbr-01-december-2012 or go to iTunes and find the podcast under Sports Business Radio.

After many years of guest speaking to the sports business classes of colleagues, I am excited to announce that I will be teaching my own class starting in January. The class is entitled "Sports Business Strategies" and I'll be teaching the course at Portland State University in downtown Portland.

If you're interested in learning more about the course or signing up for the course, go here: http://www.pdx.edu/sba/fp-brian-berger

I already have several terrific guest speakers who have prominent positions in the sports industry lined up to speak to the class during the 11-week course that runs from January to March, so students will get a very realistic glimpse about working in the sports world.

I'm very excited about this opportunity to share my 20-plus years of experience working in the sports industry with students. It will be a lot of fun.

We look back at the London Games with Sports Business Journal sports media reporter John Ourand as well as which Olympic athletes are most marketable post Olympics with Brand Affinity Technologies CEO Ryan Steelberg. We talk Andrew Luck's decision to table endorsement deals as well as the NFL officials dispute with Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports. Sam Amick of Sports Illustrated stops by to discuss the Los Angeles Lakers acquisition of Dwight Howard and the potential that this was the last Olympics with NBA players. David Benoit of FootballMarkets.com joins us to discuss his company's unique product and their August 28th launch. Listen to the latest edition of Sports Business Radio on iTunes or here: http://www.sportsbusinessradio.com/audio/2012/08/sbr-25-august-2012