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London City Royals owner Jon Sawyer on future of British basketball vs NBA

Starting a sports team from scratch and taking them to glory: it sounds like something out of a computer game rather than real life. This week, assistant editor Lee Boyce and broadcaster Georgie Frost are joined by a man who recently helped start a new basketball team in Britain - the London City Royals.

Ex-footballer Moses Swaibu talks match fixing on the This is Moneyball podcast

Match-fixing in sport. It is a subject that makes fans boil with anger and ask: just how and why would any professional do it? Aren't they already paid enough for a job many of us would love to do? In the This is Moneyball season 3 opener, assistant editor Lee Boyce and broadcaster Georgie Frost tackle this tricky subject and are joined by someone who was swept up in the madness: Moses Swaibu.

Is piracy threatening football? This is Moneyball on the game's problem

Broadcasters spend billions on the right to air games, while football clubs rely on the big money TV deals to keep the game in the style it is accustomed to - rocking their boats are the pirates. On This is Moneyball, Georgie Frost is joined by LawinSport's Sean Cottrell and the Associated Press' global sports correspondent Rob Harris, to discuss that and more.

Rugby World Cup 2019: This is Moneyball speaks to Nolli Waterman

This week, Wasps full-back Nolli Waterman joins broadcaster Georgie Frost and assistant editor Lee Boyce to talk about her life as a rugby player, the financial strain and where the game is heading. We also look at the predicted economic impact the upcoming 2019 World Cup could have for Japan and ask the all-important question: could it run out of beer?

This is Moneyball speaks to Hector Bellerin's social media manager

Social media use among sports stars has seen some of them become more than just a player - they are icons with a global following of millions who post their life off the pitch, as well as on it. They can publish messages, photographs and videos with a few taps and a click which will be seen across the world - is it all about the money, can they damage their reputation and what's it like to run the account of a footballing icon?

This is Moneyball speaks to boxers Jordan Reynolds and Amir Khan

This time next year, Team GB will be competing at Tokyo 2020. But how tough is it to get funding in the first place and how much hard work goes into that dash to the podium? That's the topic this week as broadcaster Georgie Frost and assistant editor Lee Boyce are joined in the studio by boxing hopeful Jordan Reynolds and a man who has been there, done that: Amir Khan.

What goes on behind the scenes of a football transfer? This is Moneyball

Football transfer deadline day. It conjures images of Harry Redknapp giving interviews out of a car window as he leaves a stadium and TV presenters talking a mile-a-minute as rumours swirl. But what does on behind the scenes? How does a transfer actually happen - from start to finish?

We are entering the final week of the Tour de France, billed by one expert as the most exciting since 1989 - but how do the finances stack up and why is the team structure so unique?

What's the true cost of becoming a tennis pro? Marcus Willis reveals all

Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost talk tennis with British pro - and plucky underdog - Marcus Willis, who has been ranked as high as 209th best in the world. We talk life after Andy, wildcard entries, playing RFed on centre court - and the true financial, physical and mental cost of becoming a professional player.

With the 'Manchester United of rugby' - Leicester Tigers - now available for £60m, what's behind the valuation and how is a buyer found and vetted? We ask its CEO Simon Cohen.

What's going on at Silverstone and why was its place on the Formula One calendar in doubt? That's the question assistant editor Lee Boyce and broadcaster Georgie Frost tackle this week.

What's a football CEO? Brighton's Paul Barber on running a Premier League club

Assistant editor Lee Boyce and broadcaster Georgie Frost are joined by the Seagulls chief executive, who has previously been the FA and Tottenham Hotspur. He's been at the club since 2012 and gives the rundown of his day-to-day job, how the role has evolved and why the club has been 'scouting' managers for years, before recently appointing Graham Potter,

Broadcaster Georgie Frost and assistant editor Lee Boyce talk about what clubs are doing to reduce their environmental impact and whether it makes business sense to do so.

Shaun Wright Phillips on money, agents, US soccer and racism: This is Moneyball

This week, Georgie and Lee are joined by England international and tricky winger SWP - we talk racism and whether extra money can help solve the problem, US soccer and its structure, big sums made by football agents and his time in the game.

The county cricket season gets underway this week - but there is a new format of the game on the cards ruffling a few feathers.

Premiership rugby champions Saracens deny they breached salary cap regulations after recent allegations, while Manchester City are in the spotlight over Financial Fair Play.

Golf in Britain has an image problem with bans for women, youngsters shunning it and a stuffy heritage - but behind the scenes plans are afoot to modernise the sport. This is Moneyball reveals all

The new F1 season is underway and with it, the release of a ten-part documentary series on Netflix - Drive to Survive - which gives an under the bonnet look at the multi-billion pound sport.

Mark Warburton on his startling career jump on the This is Moneyball podcast

This week, we're joined in the studio by the ex-Brentford, Forest and Rangers boss, who lifts the lid on his risky move into the world of football after quitting his well paid city job. He also gives his opinions on how well English teams have done in Europe, private equity money potentially entering the Six Nations, psychologists and the future of women's sport.

How important is being able communicate effectively and calmly as a leader? We get tips and tricks on how to give motivational team talks which can be used in every day life.

We have launched a new podcast, This is Moneyball, where money and sport collide into a neat weekly show.

There aren't many jobs you go into knowing you're going to get sacked, probably within three years - but that's football management. We discuss how tough a job it really is.

Welcome to the new This is Moneyball podcast, where money and sports collide. Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost in the debut episode discuss the important of sport to the economy.

   

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