Jeff Smulyan - Founding Father of Sports Talk Radio & Former Seattle Mariners Owner
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PODCAST: Jeff Smulyan - CEO of Emmis Communications and Author of the book, “Never Ride a Rollercoaster Upside Down: The Ups, Downs, and Reinvention of an Entrepreneur” joins Sports Business Radio. Jeff is one of the founding fathers of sports talk radio - he started WFAN in New York City where he worked with Mike and the Mad Dog. Jeff worked with David Letterman in the early days of Letterman’s career when Letterman was on the radio. Jeff owned the Seattle Mariners from 1989-92 when Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. played for the team. Also on this week's edition of Sports Business Radio, we discuss the final episodes of HBO's "Succession" and Apple TV's "TED LASSO". LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. Give Sports Business Radio a 5-star rating if you enjoy our podcast. Click on the plus sign on our Apple Podcasts page and follow the Sports Business Radio podcast. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram and Tik Tok @SportsBusinessRadio. This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Underdog Fantasy - the Official Gaming Partner of Sports Business Radio and the fastest growing fantasy app. The Underdog Fantasy app is available at Underdogfantasy.com, on iOS, and on Android. We’ve got a SPECIAL OFFER FOR SPORTS BUSINESS RADIO LISTENERS: New users get up to $100 matched on their first deposit when they use the code SBR. So download the app at underdogfantasy.com and then enter the promo code SBR to get up to $100 to play with.  The May “Underdog of the Month”, presented by Underdog Fantasy, is the NBA’s Miami Heat, the first NBA play-in team to advance to the NBA Finals. The Heat took down higher seeds Milwaukee, Boston and New York in order to advance. #SportsRadio #TalkRadio #WFAN #SportsMedia #JeffSmulyan #Mariners #MLB #Ownership #Author #Entrepreneur Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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