Unplugged With Brandon Steiner

Brandon Steiner chats with author and freelance sportswriter Jason Turbow, set to release his third book "They Bled Blue" about the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers. About Jason: Jason Turbow is the author of They Bled Blue (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 2019); Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017); and The Baseball Codes (Pantheon, 2010). He's written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated, among other publications. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. About They Bled Blue: In the Halberstam tradition of capturing a season through its unforgettable figures, They Bled Blue is a sprawling, mad tale of excess and exuberance, the likes of which could only have occurred in that place, at that time. That it culminated in an unlikely World Series win—during a campaign split by the longest player strike in baseball history—is not even the most interesting thing about this team. The Dodgers were led by the garrulous Tommy Lasorda—part manager, part cheerleade

Brandon Steiner is joined by sports marketing pioneer Rick Horrow, author of "The Sport Business Handbook". About Rick: Rick Horrow, JD, is a leading expert in the business of sport and has orchestrated over 100 deals worth more than $20 billion. The CEO of Horrow Sports Ventures (HSV), he has served as a sport business analyst for Fox Sports, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Businessweek, Reuters, NBC, National Public Broadcasting, and the BBC. As the leading commentator on sport business and as a well-connected entrepreneur, he has access to many of the top names in sport, including commissioners, owners, general managers, coaches, and athletes. His clients have included some of the biggest organizations and companies in the world of sport and business: NFL, NHL, MLB, NASCAR, PGA, Great White Shark Enterprises, Cisco Systems, Golden Bear International, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, LPGA, and MLS. He has also been managing editor of sports business for the U.S. Library of Congress. Horrow is nicknamed the Sports Professor,

Bill Pennington is a reporter for the New York Times and has been writing about sports for twenty-five years. A former syndicated sports columnist, Pennington is a ten-time finalist and five-time winner of the Associated Press Sports Editors' national writing contest. He lives with his wife, Joyce, and three children in Warwick, New York. Bill joined the show to discuss his new book "Chumps to Champs", which explains how the worst teams in Yankees history led to the '90's dynasty. Purchase a copy here of "Chumps to Champs": https://stnr.co/2DYkkfW

Ron Karr is a speaker, marketing consultant and author based in New Jersey. For 36+ years, Karr has excelled at sales and leadership positions, for which he is recognized as the leading "Sales Success Expert" and has appeared as a guest on national TV including FOX , Bloomberg, C-Suite Network and others. He is an in-Demand Global Keynote Speaker, and Highly Acclaimed Author of Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way. He was elected as the president of National Speakers Association for 2013-14 and he is the president of Karr Associates, Inc. Karr is a National Board Member of the NSA and a past president of the New York City Chapter of NSA. In 1995, the New York Tri-State Chapter presented him with the Golden Mike Award.

Bob Klapisch has covered baseball for the New York Post, New York Daily News, and Bergen Record as well as ESPN, FOX Sports and USA Today. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and Men’s Journal. Klapisch has won several Top-5 awards in the prestigious Associated Press Sports Editors contest and appears regularly on MLB Network. A graduate of Columbia University, where he played varsity baseball, Klapisch continues to pitch in the semi-professional Metropolitan League in Bergen County. He and his family live in Westwood, NJ. Klapisch joined the show to discuss his new book, "Inside the Empire: The True Power Behind the New York Yankees ," which he wrote with Paul Solotaroff. It's a riveting look at what is really said and done behind closed doors with the New York Yankees, the most famous and wealthiest sports franchise in the world

Tyler Kepner started covering baseball as a teenager, interviewing players for a homemade magazine that was featured in The New York Times in 1989. He attended Vanderbilt University on the Grantland Rice/Fred Russell sportswriting scholarship, then covered the Angels for the Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise and the Mariners for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He joined The New York Times in 2000, covering the Mets for two seasons, the Yankees for eight, and serving as the national baseball writer since 2010. ABOUT K: A HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN TEN PITCHES From the New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today The baseball is an amazing plaything. We can grip it and hold it so many different ways, and even the slightest calibration can turn an ordinary pitch into a weapon to thwart the greatest

Marc Lasry is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group. Founded in 1995, Avenue is a global investment firm with over $13 billion of assets under management. Avenue maintains its headquarters in New York with offices in London, Luxembourg, Munich and throughout Asia. In 2014, Lasry purchased the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and now serves as a Co-Owner. Prior to founding Avenue, Mr. Lasry co-founded Amroc Investments, LLC and managed capital for Amroc Investments, L.P., the predecessor firm associated with Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. In addition, Mr. Lasry was Co-Director of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department at Cowen & Company, and previously served as Director of the Private Debt Department at Smith Vasiliou Management Company. Mr. Lasry also held a clerkship for the Honorable Edward Ryan, former Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Southern District of New York. Mr. Lasry received a B.A. in History from Clark University (1981) and a J.D. from New York Law Scho

Rob Shallenberger is recognized globally as a leading authority on planning and execution. He is widely known for sharing his experience as a US fighter pilot to deliver fun, energetic, and highly impactful keynotes and seminars. Based on the National Bestselling book Becoming Your Best: The 12 principles of Highly Successful Leaders – which includes 40 years of research from peak performing companies – Rob will show your participants how to leverage the 12 principles that propel teams and organizations to the top! From the cockpit to the boardroom, Fortune 500 companies around the world have used his valuable lessons learned as a fighter pilot to ignite their teams and leaders and fuel high performance at every level. For years, he has operated and flourished in a hostile and fast moving environment. During his time in the Air Force, Rob was hand-picked to travel the world with Air Force One as an Advance Agent. He doesn't just talk the talk, he has walked the walk and knows what it takes to be successful

Warren B. Jobs, a partner at seal Skin Covers, discusses his journey as an entrepreneur and how to build a multi-million dollar business. About Seal Skin Covers: Seal Skin manufactures covers directly for your marine needs. Our business model is unique because we own the entire supply chain allowing us to monitor and guarantee high quality covers at low prices. Seal Skin Covers has been selling high quality marine covers online since 2004. Our team strives to bring you the best quality marine covers with an easy shopping experience. We focus on semi custom covers. Our mission is to provide a great fit at an even better price. Our focus is on helping customers save hundreds of dollars on fully custom covers that are overpriced, un-returnable, hard to install and sometimes made from poor quality fabrics.

Dave is a serial entrepreneur, New York Times best selling author, and global keynote speaker. Dave is the Founder and Chairman of Likeable Local, a social media software company serving thousands of small businesses, as well as the chairman and cofounder of Likeable Media, an award-winning social media and word-of-mouth marketing agency for big brands. His newest book, The Art of People: 11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want is out now. Following Kerpen’s sponsored wedding which raised over $100,000 including $20K for charity, he and his wife Carrie started and transformed theKBuzz (founded in 2007) into Likeable Media, the only 3-time WOMMY Award winner for excellence from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the US according to INC Magazine for consecutive years. Kerpen is among the most popular writers in LinkedIn’s Influencer program, one of the most-read contributors for Inc.com , and has been featured by CNBC, B

Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love A novel about heiress Mary Philipse's relationship with George Washington, based on historical accounts, letters, and personal journals by nine-time New York Emmy Award-winning journalist Mary Calvi. “Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted.” ―George Washington Did unrequited love spark a flame that ignited a cause that became the American Revolution? Never before has this story about George Washington been told. Crafted from hundreds of letters, witness accounts, and journal entries, Dear George, Dear Mary explores George’s relationship with his first love, New York heiress Mary Philipse, the richest belle in Colonial America. From elegant eighteenth-century society to bloody battlefields, the novel creates breathtaking scenes and riveting characters. Dramatic portraits of the two main characters unveil a Washington on the precipice of greatness, using the very words he spoke and

She grew up at sporting events and around professional athletes who were clients of her father, David Falk, a pioneer of the sports agent industry. At a very young age, Daina fell in love with game day and the sports fan experience. So much so, in fact, that she only did one college application—it was Duke University or bust. Her goal: to be a Cameron Crazy. While at Duke, Daina traveled extensively and studied cooking. After college, she was still obsessed with sports and sports fandom so she worked for teams and produced and hosted network segments around major sporting events. But she kept coming back to the idea of the sports fan's experience and how it lacked an arbiter of taste—a curator à la Martha Stewart. Always wanting to be authentic and wake up everyday excited to go work, Daina decided to create a platform for the tailgaters, homegaters, sports- bar-goers and sporting event attendees of the world. Thus, Hungry Fan® was born. As the founder and face of Hungry Fan®, Daina can often be seen hosti

Tom See is Live Nation's President of Venues (and a former Steiner Sports intern). He chatted with Brandon Steiner about transforming concerts into VIP experiences. "Dynamic executive, highly experienced in sales, marketing, product development and operations. Repeated success in driving multi-million dollar revenue increases via strategic and analytical leadership. Developed numerous programs that have eliminated costs, improved cash flow and generated additional revenue for top-tier organizations. Respected leader, innovator of new products, solid strategist, key resource, problem-solver and a challenger of the status quo."

Randy Garn is the Chief Revenue Officer / Principal at Hero Partners. Randy is a New York Times Best selling author and a passionate entrepreneur. He loves growing companies through proven strategic methods and enjoys the process of understanding a companies core strengths. Randy is a serial entrepreneur. He was one of the founding partners of Prosper Inc. and has worked closely with some of the world's most renowned educators, speakers, and thought leaders. In addition to Prosper, he has founded several other companies that have become industry leaders in marketing, online acquisition and product development. One of these companies, Adcafe.com, has more than 2 million subscribers and is growing. He was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, was a Top 40 under 40 Entrepreneur, and has received various awards in social and charitable involvement. Randy is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, a graduate of the Owner President Management Program at Harvard University, and is an alumnus of the

Dr. Bruce Bloom is my health guru. I think he quite literally saved my life with the advise he has given me, and the changes he has helped me make in the way I eat, sleep, workout...everything!

An intimate conversation hosted by Brandon Steiner with New York Yankees pitchers CC Sabathia, Chance Adams and Tommy Kahnle and Steiner Sports customers at Steiner Sports headquarters in New Rochelle, NY - January 24, 2019.

The acclaimed J. Alexander Martin has externalized many successful ventures in the fashion industry including the iconic clothing line FUBU –“For Us By Us” – serving as the co-founder and Vice President. Today, his kingdom includes a clothing line, a non-profit and a consulting firm. Through all of his endeavours, it is his innate talent and ability to predict trends that have caused him to impact the fashion world once again. Rightfully portrayed as the man who made urban culture a part of the mainstream, J’s consistency in fashion has now given him a platform to emerge as an effectual leader once again. Born and raised in Hollis Queens New York, his professional desire was realized at a young age. With an evoked confidence, motivation, and a sense of direction, this allowed J to navigate around the traps of urban life that snared many of his peers. With his developed vision to become an efficacious entrepreneur, J attended the Fashion Institute of Technology after courageously serving with the United State

There are a lot of things that factor into your success in business and they start with your mental, physical and nutritional health. I brought back two my GURUS, Dana Cavalea, former Director of Strength & Conditioning for the 2009 World Series Champion New York Yankees and author of Habits of a Champion, and Steve Nudelberg, expert speaker and author of Confessions of a Serial Salesman. A surprise visit to the show was made by entrepreneur Bonnie Sussman, who's innovative new product GoLidz (https://golidz.com) is going to take over the food service industry. About Habits of a Champion: In his first published book, Coach Dana Cavalea shares 15 lessons about what it takes to become a champion. He shares stories and insights from some of the worlds top performers in sports, life and business. An easy to read, funny, attention grabbing journey on how to take your life and game from average to extraordinary, you will soon find out that achieving your full potential is a lot more simple than you think. Along

Darren Gurney has been coaching baseball at the collegiate and high school level since 1992. Since receiving his first coaching position, Gurney has coached over 20 players who were selected in the MLB Draft or who have gone on to play professional baseball. Gurney was the field manager for the Metro New York Cadets (ACBL) from 2005 through 2007. The Cadets was a team comprised of premier college baseball players from top Division I baseball programs. He was named field manager for the 2006 ACBL All-Star Game in Lafayette, Pennsylvania. Gurney was also an assistant coach at Iona College from 2005 through 2007. His responsibilities included coaching first base and working with outfielders, catchers, and base runners. In addition, he compiled practice plans, scouting of opponents, statistical analysis, and handled the recruiting of high school and junior college players. Gurney is the founder and director of a college preparatory baseball program for players ages 17-18 at Ultimate College Prep. UCP s comprehe

When you hire Dan Clark as your Keynote Speaker, you get a CEO of an international high performance communication and leadership development company; a New York Times Best Selling Author; a Hall of Fame Professional Speaker; a University Professor; an Extreme Adventurer; a Gold Record Songwriter; an Award Winning Athlete; and 2012 Utah Father of the Year, who has become the modern day Napoleon Hill, having interviewed the world’s most successful business gurus and champion athletes to share their secrets on what works and why. As one of the most in-demand speakers on the planet, Dan delivers customized, cutting edge keynote speeches and transformational training programs to entry level employees, emerging leaders, seasoned executives, educational administrators and military Officers and NCOs. In the last thirty years Dan has spoken in all 50 states, 61 countries, on 6 continents, to over 5500 audiences, to millions of people, to a ‘who’s who’ list of clients including 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, Natio