Leaders Sport Business Podcast

Leaders Sport Business Podcast


Sheila Johnson & Kristin Bernert

January 24, 2019

Behind-the-scenes at Leaders Meet: Innovation | Ted Leonsis' warning on sports betting | Sheila Johnson (5.20) on diversity and the WNBA | Kristin Bernert (28.30) on enhancing the experience at MSG.


Episode 50 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast lifts back the curtain on the Leaders Meet: Innovation event at BAFTA in London on 17th January and features conversations with Monumental Sports & Entertainment Co-Owner and Vice-Chair Sheila Johnson, SBJ basketball writer John Lombardo, and Madison Square Garden Company SVP of Business Operations Kristin Bernert.


On the agenda:


- The NBA's approach to sports betting;


- Sheila Johnson on opening the doors for women and people of colour in sport;


- The future prospects of the WNBA;


- How the World's Most Famous Arena remains so famous;


- Celebrity outreach programmes for the Knicks' front row.