Why Alexis Ohanian Bet on Women's Sports Before Everyone Else

Alexis Ohanian went viral in 2019 for a social media rant about the value of women’s sports, and then started putting his money where his mouth was. In this episode of The Deal, filmed at Bloomberg’s Power Players conference, the Reddit co-founder tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly why sports are…

Renee Montgomery on Her Move From WNBA Player to Owner

Renee Montgomery says she had no intention of retiring from the WNBA in 2020. But then she changed her mind, and left the locker room for the head office. In this episode of The Deal, Montgomery tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how she made the deal to become co-owner and vice president of the …

How Taylor Rooks Is Turning Her Name Into a Brand

Taylor Rooks became the host of Prime Video’s NBA studio show, broke news for NFL Thursday Night on Prime and even starred in a Wingstop commercial – and all just this year. In this episode of The Deal, Rooks tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly what she’s learned from interviewing some of the bigg…

Henrik Lundqvist on His Second Act at MSG After Hockey

Henrik Lundqvist isn’t just a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, but he’s one of only 11 New York Rangers to have had his jersey retired. In this episode of The Deal, the Olympic and World Championship gold medalist tells Alex Rodriguez and J…

How K. Don Cornwell’s Private Equity Firm Is Changing the NFL

When K. Don Cornwell co-founded Dynasty Equity with Jonathan Nelson in 2022, investing in sports was seen as more of a vanity play than real business move. In this episode of The Deal, Cornwell tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how he knew his thesis was strong, why he decided to invest in the S…

Olympian Gabby Thomas On Building a New Track League

The world of track and field is quite unstructured, with each race coordinated by a different entity and paychecks few and far between. A new track and field league called Athlos is trying to change that. In this episode of The Deal, three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas tells Alex Rodrigue…

Atlanta Braves Investor on Selling the Team

The Atlanta Braves are one of only a few publicly traded sports teams, which makes the argument for its sale a unique one in a year when two other MLB teams – the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Angels – were sold at record valuations. One investor says the time for a conversation about sellin…

How AI is Changing the Fan Experience, with Jump’s Jordy Leiser

There are a lot of concerns surrounding artificial intelligence’s creep into all aspects of day-to-day life, but Jordy Leiser also sees a lot of opportunity for AI to help sports fans. That’s why he co-founded the AI-powered fan experience and ticketing platform Jump alongside Marc Lore and Alex Ro…

Kerri Walsh Jennings on Growing the Game of Volleyball

Volleyball is the world’s most popular female sport and it’s the top team sport for high school girls in the U.S., but the professional opportunities have not reflected that popularity. Until now, with the recent launch of two professional volleyball leagues: Major League Volleyball (MLV) and Leagu…

How Jenny Nguyen is Growing Women’s Sports from a Bar

Sports bars are a $2 billion industry, and women’s sports overall are now a $3 billion global industry. But there was a major gap in the market where the two intersected: Until 2022, there weren’t any dedicated sports bars solely dedicated to playing women’s sports on the TVs. Jenny Nguyen set out …