* Mickey Loomis - Executive VP/GM New Orleans Saints
* David Falk - sports agent and author# The Best of Sports Business Radio

* Greg Shaheen - NCAA Senior VP for Basketball and Business Strategies
* An insider look at Augusta National, site of The Masters with North Augusta resident Jeremy Jiunnies. Why did Tiger choose The Masters for his return? How much are badges selling for now that Tiger has entered the field? What are houses renting for in Augusta during the week of The Masters? We tell you
* Sports Business Radio headlines of the week

News stories around the country have featured several very interesting headlines the past few weeks as we dive into March Madness.  Many of the stories include a direct correlation to much of the material you are likely discussing in your marketing and business classes.  The focus of today’s blog post, however, is dedicated to the phenomenon that takes the business world by storm every year during the NCAA basketball tournament.  Chances are you and your students have filled them out in the past.  Odds are also good that in some way, shape or form, you have experienced the same drop…

* Ric Bucher, ESPN NBA Insider - We examine the NBA Free Agent Market this Summer and the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations
* Paul Swangard, Warsaw Center - Examining the current state of Tiger Woods’ brand as well as the possibility of expanding the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship field
* Sports Business Radio headlines of the week

# Looking back on the 1989-90 Loyola Marymount University men’s basketball team 20 years after the tragic death of LMU hoops star Hank Gathers
# Interviews with key members of the 1989-90 LMU team including Bo Kimble, Jeff Fryer, Tom Peabody, Terrell Lowery, Per Stumer, Marcus Slater and Marcellus Lee - where are they now?

Another Winter Olympics has come and gone, generating a lot of news worthy of discussion along the way.  Our interest, as always, is focused on a sports business perspective and the lessons the Games provide that can be shared in the classroom. 

While there are a number of highlights from the Games worth recapping, we will focus specifically on those lessons that will translate to topic areas you are likely covering in class. 

Broadcast rights

NBC paid a record $2.2 billion for U.S. broadcast rights to the Beijing and Vancouver Olympic Games.  Prior to the Vancouver Games, NBC publicly suggested they would lose $250…