Charles Robinson, NFL reporter for Yahoo! Sports joins us to discuss the ramifications of a work stoppage in the NFL as well as what an uncapped season may look like next season. Paul Swangard from the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon drops by to discuss our joint Sports Executive Speaker Series we will be launching in February as well as his program’s recent trip to the east coast to visit such companies as the NBA and Under Armour. We also break down the TV ratings from last weekend’s NFL Playoff games.

Johan Bruyneel, 9-time winning Tour de France sports director and coach for cycling icon Lance Armstrong joins us to discuss the sport of cycling and his cycling team - Team Radio Shack. We also discuss Pete Carroll’s leap to the NFL and Mark McGwire’s admission that he used performance enhancing drugs as a player.

Interview with Tim Lemke - sports business reporter, former Washington Times staffer who joins us to discuss the future of the local newspaper, Gilbert Arenas - “Caught in the Crosslights” and Sports Business Radio headlines of the week

Sports Business Radio counts down its top 10 sports business stories of 2009. Happy New Year!

Sports Business Radio unveils its Top 20 sports business stories of 2009. This week, we focus on stories stories 20 through 11. Next week we count down stories 10 through 1. Happy New Year from all of us at Sports Business Radio.

John Ourand, Sports Media reporter for the Sports Business Daily and Journal stops by to chat about the media coverage surrounding Tiger Woods, what we cab expect from the TV coverage of the BCS bowl games and what sports media stories top his list for 2009. We also examine the latest fallout from the ongoing Tiger Woods saga.