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Dave Abbott – SportsData (Linkedin)
Tariq Ahmad – Sports Shadow (Linkedin)
Anthony Alsop – Brisbane Lions (Linkedin)
Chloe Alsop – Western United FC (Linkedin)
Zarah Al-Kudcy – Formula 1 (Linkedin)
Martin Anayi – United Rugby Championship (Linkedin)
Mark Anderson – Collingwood FC (Linkedin)
Wil Anderson – WilAnderson.com.au
TJ Ansley – Portland Trail Blazers (Linkedin)
Aviv Arnon – WSC Sports (Linkedin)
Michael Artis – 20.20 (Linkedin)
Heikki Aura – Uplause (Linkedin)
Richard Ayers – Seven League (Linkedin)
Adam Bader – Real Madrid (Linkedin)
Kevin Bain – The R&A (Linkedin)
Ameet Bains – Western Bulldogs (Linkedin)
Gus Balbontin – Tennis Lab (Linkedin)
Josh Barney – SEAT Conference (Linkedin)
Peter Beattie – Commonwealth Games (Linkedin)
Stephanie Beltrame – Cricket Australia (Linkedin)
Nancy Bennett – Two Bit Circus (Linkedin)
Drew Bentley – D.C United (LinkedIn)
John Barratt – Trendsmap (Linkedin)
Jacob Berman – Facebook (LinkedIn)
Jonathon Bernard – Collingwood FC (Linkedin)
Steve Berneman – Over Dog (Linkedin)
Marc Bertieri – Essendon FC (Linkedin)
Darren Birch – AFL (Linkedin)
Josh Biren – Famous Fan (Linkedin)
Eric Blankenship – Tampa Bay Lightning (Linkedin)
Damien de Bohun – Visit Victoria (Linkedin)
Dean Bosnich – NRL (Linkedin)
Finn Bradshaw – Cricket Australia (Linkedin)
Sarah Brady – Etihad Stadium (Linkedin)
John Brams – Extreme Networks (Linkedin)
Lisa Bregman – LA Galaxy (Linkedin)
Michael Briggs – Australian Rugby Union (Linkedin)
Dani Brown – OKC Thunder (LinkedIn)
Ford Brown – V8 Supercars (Linkedin)
Michael Brown – Asian Cup (Linkedin)
Natalle Brown – Melbourne Storm (Linkedin)
Daniel Brusilovsky – Golden State Warriors (LinkedIn)
Kurt Brutton – Brisbane Broncos (Linkedin)
Andy Burt – New Zealand Rugby (LinkedIn)
David Burtenshaw – Adelaide Crows (Linkedin)
Larry Bush – Store Financial (Linkedin)
Jayne Bussman-Wise – NY Red Bulls (Linkedin)
Jeremy Butler – Sales Sharks (Linkedin)
Dan Butterly – The Big West (Linkedin)
Kylie Caflisch – SEAT (Linkedin)
Tod Caflisch – Detroit Red Wings (Linkedin)
David Campbell – VRC (Linkedin)
J.W. Cannon – UPS & Co Founder of #SBChat (Linkedin)
Gareth Capon – Grabyo (Linkedin)
Michael Carmody – Legacy Esports (Linkedin)
Patrick Cassidy – New Balance (Linkedin)
Damion Chatmon – Cleveland Cavaliers (Linkedin)
G.M. Ciallella – Anaheim Ducks (Linkedin)
Richard Clarke – Arsenal Media Group (Linkedin)
Ben Clink – South Sydney Rabbitohs (Linkedin)
Andrew Collins – Mailman Group (Linkedin)
Michael Conley – Cleveland Cavaliers (Linkedin)
Steve Conley – Boston Red Sox (Linkedin)
Pearse Connolly – Norwergian Football (Linkedin)
Brian Costello – Portland Timbers (Linkedin)
Kevin Cote – Golden State Warriors (Linkedin)
Drew Crisp – Liverpool FC (Linkedin)
Glenn Critchley – One NZ Warriors (LinkedIn)
Vince Crivelli – Melbourne United (Linkedin)
Mark Cuban – Dallas Mavericks (Linkedin)
Andrew Davies – Golf Business Forum (Linkedin)
Ben Davis – Phizzle (Linkedin)
Jason Davis – Queensland Rugby League (Linkedin)
Valerie De – StumbleUpon (Linkedin)
Mike DeGraw – Horizon Communications (Linkedin)
Brandon Defina – Gravitas (Linkedin)
Steve DeLay – TheUltimateToolkit.com (Linkedin)
Tyson Densley – AFL (Linkedin)
Kevin DeShazo – Fieldhouse Media (Linkedin)
Carlos Diaz – Kwarter (Linkedin)
Jennifer van Dijk – SUPERPLASTIC (Linkedin)
Andy Dodd – The Football League (Linkedin)
Mya Doelling – International Olympic Committee (LinkedIn)
Gen Dohrmann – Table Tennis Victoria (LinkedIn)
Brendan Donohue – NBA 2K League (Linkedin)
Philippe Dore – NASCAR (Linkedin)
Cayle Drabinsky – Bucks Gaming (Linkedin)
John Durbin – Pegula Sports & Entertainment (Linkedin)
Brooke Eaton – Brooklyn Nets/Barclay Centre (Linkedin)
Kristen Eckhardt – Port Adelaide FC (LinkedIn)
Jerome Elenez – FC Dallas (LinkedIn)
Jeff Eldersveld – Columbus Blue Jackets (Linkedin)
Jack Elkins – Orlando Magic (Linkedin)
Leigh Ellis – NBA TV – The Starters (Linkedin)
Emeric Ernoult – Agorapulse (Linkedin)
Anthony Everard – Big Bash League (Linkedin)
Pete Fairbairn – Queensland Reds (Linkedin)
Eric Fernandez – Sports Desk Media (Linkedin)
Jane Fernandez – FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 (Linkedin)
Christine Finnegan – Tasmania JackJumpers (LinkedIn)
Scott Fitzgerald – Marvel Stadium (LinkedIn)
David Fowler – Mycujoo (Linkedin)
Ryan Frankson – Edmonton Oilers (Linkedin)
Chris Freet – Miami Hurricanes (Linkedin)
Jen Fusci – Dallas Wings & Panther City Lacrosse (LinkedIn)
Tanya Gallina – Hawthorn Football Club (Linkedin)
Jacqueline Garrett – GGWP Academy (Linkedin)
Junior Gaspard – Experience (Linkedin)
Matthew Gepp – West Coast Eagles (Linkedin)
Brian Gibson – FFA (Linkedin)
Arthur Gillion – Melbourne Victory Football Club (Linkedin)
Lenny Goh – Tradable Bits (Linkedin)
Joe Gottfried – MLSE (Linkedin)
Shannan Gove – Rosterfy (Linkedin)
Ben Green – ESL Australia (Linkedin)
Fiona Green – Winners (Linkedin)
Paul Greenberg – The 56 Group (Linkedin)
Tommy Greer – South East Melbourne Phoenix (Linkedin)
Tom Griffiths – Fan Duel (Linkedin)
Chris Gross – Fox Sports Australia (Linkedin)
Adam Grow – Kore Software (Linkedin)
Josh Grunberg – Whistle Sports (Linkedin)
Al Guido – San Francisco 49ers (Linkedin)
Xavier Gutierrez – Arizona Coyotes (LinkedIn)
Tom Halls – Lawn Tennis Association (Linkedin)
Bob Hamer – Sports Business Solutions (Linkedin)
Bodie Friend – NZ Warriors (Linkedin)
Dewayne Hankins – LA Kings & Portland Trailblazers(Linkedin)
Dan Harbison – Caesars Entertainment (Linkedin)
Daniel Harford – Harf Time SEN (Linkedin)
Shane Harmon – Westpac Stadium (Linkedin)
Chris Harris – Arsenal F.C. (Linkedin)
David Harris – Guinevere Capital (Linkedin)
Micah Hart – Atlanta Hawks (Linkedin)
Will Hartnell – Geelong Cats (Linkedin)
Tim Hayden – Stadia Ventures (Linkedin)
Cassandra Heilbronn – MinterEllison (Linkedin)
Matt Henry – NRL (Linkedin)
Ben Hirschfeld – Cricket NSW (LinkedIn)
Nick Holland – E.J. Whitten Foundation (Linkedin)
Patrick Hooper – San Jose Sharks (Linkedin)
Spencer Horner – LA Galaxy (Linkedin)
Anna Hu – Brizi (Linkedin)
Joe Inzerillo – Major League Baseball Advanced Media (Linkedin)
Vincent Ircandia – StellarAlgo (Linkedin)
Richard Irvine – Black Caps (Linkedin)
Mark Jensen – Western Sydney Wanderers FC (LinkedIn)
Loretta Johnson – Sydney Swans (LinkedIn)
Eric Johnson – ESPN (Linkedin)
James Johnson – Football Australia (LinkedIn)
Ted Johnson – Minnesota Timberwolves (Linkedin)
Michael Johnstone – Hoops Capital (LinkedIn)
David Jones – AEG (LinkedIn)
Ryan Jordan – Churchill Downs (Linkedin)
Darshan Kaler – Tradable Bits (Linkedin)
Jay Karen – NGCOA (Linkedin)
Ryan Kaveney – GWS Giants (Linkedin)
Danny Keens – Twitter Australia (Linkedin)
Scott Kegley – Minnesota Vikings (Linkedin)
Colin Kelly – Los Angeles Football Club (Linkedin)
Tim Kelsey – Champion Data (Linkedin)
Simon Kemp – Kepios (Linkedin)
Gavin Kirkman – PGA Australia (LinkedIn)
Adrian Kinderis – ARI Registry Services (Linkedin)
Jamie King – Nottingham Forest (Linkedin)
Kevin Kinghorn – Vancouver Canucks (LinkedIn)
Troy Kirby – Tao of Sports (Linkedin)
Fred Kirsch – New England Patriots (Linkedin)
Costa Kladianos – San Francisco 49ers (Linkedin)
Zachary Klima – WaitTime (Linkedin)
Alex Kunawicz – Liverpool FC (Linkedin)
Daniel Lattimer – Tennis Australia (Linkedin)
Kenny Lauer – Golden State Warriors (Linkedin)
Avan Lee – Hurricanes Rugby (Linkedin)
Tinus LeRoux – Fancam (Linkedin)
Aaron LeValley – AEG Sports (Linkedin)
Frank Li – The Chiefs Esports (Linkedin)
Brooke Lochland – Western Bulldogs AFLW (Linkedin)
Pete Lock – Brisbane Heat (Linkedin)
Dustin Lockett – FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 (LinkedIn)
Travis LoDolce – Oakland Athletics (Linkedin)
Jeremy Loeliger – NBL (Linkedin)
Glenn Lovett – Nielsen Sports (Linkedin)
David Mackay – SPP (Linkedin)
Anthony Macri – BWT Alpine F1 (LinkedIn)
Dean Madders – Gold Coast Titans (LinkedIn)
Pieter Maenhout – Royal Belgian Football Association (Linkedin)
AJ Maestes – Navigate Research (Linkedin)
Graham Maher – Queensland Rugby League – (LinkedIn)
Debs Majumdar – Fox Sports (Linkedin)
Barbara Maningat – LA Galaxy (LinkedIn)
Jon Manning – Pricing Prophets (Linkedin)
Dan Marrazza – Pro Football Hall of Fame (Linkedin)
Ari Mark – The Drone Racing League (Linkedin)
Paul Marsh – AFL Players Association (Linkedin)
Adam Martin – Makers of Sport (Linkedin)
Josh Marton – PGA of Australia (LinkedIn)
Christina Matthews – WACA (Linkedin)
Brad Mayne – MetLife Stadium (Linkedin)
Nick Maywald – Genius Sports (Linkedin)
Dan McBride, USGA (LinkedIn)
John McCauley – GJM Media (Linkedin)
Luke McCoy – Live Graphic Systems (Linkedin)
Marilou McFarlane – Women in Sports Tech (Linkedin)
Stacy McGranor – San Jose Sharks (Linkedin)
Michelle McKenna-Doyle – National Football League (Linkedin)
Dan McLaren – UK Sports Network (Linkedin)
Aileen McManamon – 5T Sports Group (LinkedIn)
Jeramie McPeek – Houston Super Bowl (Linkedin)
Alfonso Medina – Tennis Australia (LinkedIn)
Anneliese Mesilati – UBS (Linkedin)
David Michael – LA28 (Linkedin)
Lewis Mitchell – Twitch (Linkedin)
Dan Migala – Property Consulting Group (Linkedin)
Rob Mills – The Gemba Group (Linkedin)
Peter Mineo – VRC (Linkedin)
Scott Minto – San Diego State University (Linkedin)
Steve Mitchell – Gold Coast Titans (LinkedIn)
Greg Mize – Atlanta Braves (Linkedin)
Jeremy Monahan – South Sydney Rabbitohs (Linkedin)
Zach Monette – Team Novo Nordisk (Linkedin)
Bo Moon – Bloomberg Sports (Linkedin)
Bob Morgan – Sportstream (Facebook) (Linkedin)
Katie Morgan – Texas Rangers (Linkedin)
Craig Morris – Tennis Australia (Linkedin)
Jentry Mullins – Brooklyn Nets (LinkedIn)
Priya Narasimhan – Yinzcam (Linkedin)
Kevin Naylor – Indiana Pacers (Linkedin)
Craig Neeb – ISC & NASCAR (Linkedin)
Ned Negus – A-Leagues (LinkedIn)
Andrew Nicholson – Sacramento Kings (Linkedin)
Jesper Nyholm – 7peaks (Linkedin)
Doug O'Donnell – San Antonio Spurs (Linkedin)
Lewis O’Flynn – Melbourne Cricket Club (Linkedin)
Charlotte Offord – NFL (LinkedIn)
Rob O'Gorman – Tennis Australia (Linkedin)
Greg Oakford – Golf Victoria (Linkedin)
Kenton Olson – Seattle Seahawks (Linkedin)
Ian Padgham – (Linkedin)
Kate Palmer – Sport Australia (Linkedin)
Zain Pasha – Sporting Innovations (Linkedin)
Steve Pastorino – Las Vegas Lights FC (Linkedin)
Brad Paton – Richmond Football Club (Linkedin)
Matthew Pavlich – Pickstar (Linkedin)
David Payne – University of Oklahoma (LinkedIn)
Andi Perelman – Pittsburgh Penguins (Linkedin)
Isabelle Perrault – Stratford Managers (Linkedin)
Andrew Perry – PREPD (LinkedIn)
Sally Phillips – WNBL (Linkedin)
Josh Philpot – PMY Group (Linkedin)
Daniel Pinne – Melbourne Storm (Linkedin)
Rob Ponger – Perfect Game USA (Linkedin)
Andrew Pragnell – New Zealand Football (Linkedin)
Mark Preston – DS TECHEETAH (LinkedIn)
Jarrod Price – Brisbane Lions (Linkedin)
Dharpan Randhawa – McLaren (Linkedin)
Dave Ray – Twitter Australia (Linkedin)
Kash Razzaghi – FanCred (Linkedin)
Ben Reynolds – Spalk (Linkedin)
James Rigby – Auckland Blues (Linkedin)
Daniel Ringland – Riot Games (Linkedin)
Jay Riola – Orlando Magic (Linkedin)
Peter Robert – Hardball Passport (Linkedin)
Justin Rodski – Essendon FC (Linkedin)
Paul Rogers – AS Roma (Linkedin)
Stephanie Rogers – Vegas Golden Knights (LinkedIn)
Glen Rolls – La Liga (Linkedin)
Adam Rootman – Vancouver Whitecaps (Linkedin)
George Rose – Manly Sea Eagles (Linkedin)
Jacob Rosen – Memphis Grizzlies (Linkedin)
James Royer – Tampa Bay Lightning (Linkedin)
Vince Rugari – Sydney Morning Herald (LinkedIn)
Andrew Ryan – FIBA Media (LinkedIn)
Nick Ryan – Nissan Motorsport (Linkedin)
Eray Saban – ASM Jacksonville (LinkedIn)
Steve Sammartino – Super Awesome Micro Project (Linkedin)
Nick Sautner – Eden Park – (LinkedIn)
Chris Schlosser – MLS (LinkedIn)
Bill Schlough – San Francisco Giants (Linkedin)
Chris Schubert – Riot Games (Linkedin)
Cameron Schwab – designCEO (Linkedin)
Wayne Schwass – PukaUp (Linkedin)
Russell Scibetti – NY Jets, KORE Software (Linkedin)
Matt Scriven – Basketball Australia (LinkedIn)
Matt Scully – Sports Where I Am (Linkedin)
Ron Seaver – National Sports Forum (Linkedin)
Nilay Shah – New York Giants (LinkedIn)
Charlie Shin – MLS (Linkedin)
Tim Silvers – Adelaide Crows (Linkedin)
Dave Sjolin – Ski Data (Linkedin)
Mac Slavin – Detroit Tigers (Linkedin)
Greg Sleigh – ANZ Stadium (Linkedin)
David Stevenson – NBL (Linkedin)
Sarah Styles – Victorian Government (LinkedIn)
Federico Smanio – Lega Serie B (Linkedin)
Nigel Smart – Adelaide Football Club (Linkedin)
Jessica Smith – Angel City FC (LinkedIn)
Jesper Søegaard – Dansk Boldspil-Union (Linkedin)
Blake Solly – South Sydney Rabbitohs (Linkedin)
Rahul Sood – Unikrn (Linkedin)
Jason Sourasis, Western United FC (LinkedIn)
Robert Squillacioti – FFA (Linkedin)
Bryan Srabian – San Francisco Giants (Linkedin)
John Steffensen – Nitro Athletics
Baden Stephenson – Melbourne Rebels (Linkedin)
Christine Stoffel – SEAT (Linkedin)
Peter Stringer – Boston Celtics (Linkedin)
John Sutherland – Golf Australia (Linkedin)
Andrew Swallow – North Melbourne FC (Linkedin)
Stuart Taggart – Illawarra Hawks (Linkedin)
Rodica Titeica – Subway (Linkedin)
Bonnie Toogood – Western Bulldogs AFLW
Kim Trengove – Tennis Australia (Linkedin)
Ian Treseder – Lord's (Linkedin)
Nick Truelson – Western Bulldogs (Linkedin)
Josh Tucker – LA Dodgers (Linkedin)
Oscar Ugaz – Real Madrid (Linkedin)
Nick Vanzetti – ESL (Linkedin)
Matthew Vinson – NASCAR (Linkedin)
Chris Wagner – Neulion Inc. (LinkedIn)
Andrew Walton – MPower MSL (Linkedin)
Cahyadi Wanda – Mahaka Sports (Linkedin)
Hannah Warren – Netball Australia (LinkedIn)
Reshina Warren – WTA (LinkedIn )
Jen Watt – North Melbourne FC
Brian Watkins – Rep the Squad (Linkedin)
Lawrence West – National Basketball League (Linkedin)
Bo Westover – Catapult Sports (Linkedin)
Shelly Wilkes – Orlando Magic (LinkedIn)
Reuben Williams – Sports Grad (LinkedIn)
Johannes Wohlert – Swedish Basketball Federation (Linkedin)
Jon Wolf – MLSE (LinkedIn)
Trevor Young – PR Warrior (Linkedin)
Dennis Yu – Golden State Warriors (Linkedin)
Chris Zeppenfeld – Charlotte Bobcats (Linkedin)
Steve Ziff – Jacksonville Jaguars (Linkedin)
Sports Geek Podcasting Milestones
We want you to know what we aim for with the Sports Geek Podcast; here are some of our goals and milestones.
Some you can help us with if you can.
Create 10 episodes of Sports Geek Podcast– Jul 2013Create 50 episodes of Sports Geek Podcast– Jul 2014Create 100 episodes of Sports Geek Podcast– Sept 2015Create 150 episodes of Sports Geek Podcast– June 2017Create 200 episodes of Sports Geek podcast– June 2018Create 250 episodes of Sports Geek podcast– Sept 2019Create 300 episodes of Sports Geek podcast– Apr 2021Create 350 episodes of Sports Geek podcast– Oct 2023- Create 400 episodes of Sports Geek podcast
Reach 10,000 downloads of Sports Geek Podcast– Dec 2013Reach 50,000 downloads of Sports Geek Podcast– Oct 2014Reach 100,000 downloads of Sports Geek Podcast– May 2015Reach 200,000 downloads of Sports Geek Podcast– May 2017Reach 300,000 downloads of Sports Geek Podcast– June 2018Reach 400,000 downloads of Sports Geek podcast– August 2019Reach 500,000 downloads of Sports Geek podcast– May 2020Reach 600,000 downloads of Sports Geek podcast– February 2021Reach 700,000 downloads of Sports Geek podcast– May 2022- Reach 800,000 downloads of Sports Geek podcast
- iTunes reviews from people working for the following leagues worldwide –
NBA,NFL,MLB, NHL, MLS,EPL,AFL,NRL,A-League,Super Netball, Super Rugby &Big Bash League. 25 iTunes reviews worldwide– Jul 201450 iTunes reviews worldwide– Feb 2015100 iTunes reviews worldwide– July 2016- 200 iTunes reviews worldwide
100 tweets, likes or LinkedIn shares for an individual SGP episode– Mark Cuban 500+1000 downloads for an individual SGP episode– #06 was the first- 1000 downloads for an individual episode in a single day – multiple times
1000 downloads for a month– June 20132500 downloads for a month– Jan 20145000 downloads for a month– July 201410000 downloads for a month– Oct 2019- 50,000 downloads for a month
100 downloads per day for 10 straight days– July 2014- Launch Sports Geek Amplify series
- Interview the following people on the podcast:
Mark Cuban– #62- Michael Jordan
- Magic Johnson
- Current Australian Sports Captain
- Steve Balmer
- Bill Simmons
Live Sports Geek Podcast record at SEAT Conference in Miami– #55Earn Top 100 Australian iTunes ranking– January 2017
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