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Sports Rule Pod with Nick Elam
Sports Rule Pod dives deep into how rule changes and innovations shape the games we love. Hosted by Nick Elam, the podcast features experts discussing fresh ideas and reforms in sports, inviting fans and professionals to rethink how we play, officiate, and enjoy the games.
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Oct. 16, 2026
Mike Brey on Atlanta Hawks, Notre Dame, and Coach K | Shane Brey's 360 Hoops
Why would a coach turn down an SEC job and choose a smaller program instead? Mike Brey joins Nick Elam to share the career decisions, mentors, and leadership lessons behind his journey through Duke, Delaware, Notre Dame, and the Atlanta Hawks. Then Shane Brey explains how 360 Hoops grew from a solution to crowded basketball camps into a new game designed to get more kids involved. What You'll Learn: • How to evaluate a career opportunity beyond its prestige, using Mike’s decision to choose Del
Oct. 2, 2026
Hernando Planells on Coaching Coaches and Hollywood Actors
Hernando Planells has built one of the most unconventional careers in sports, moving between college basketball, international coaching, NBA development, broadcasting, and Hollywood. Today, he serves as Technical Director of the NBA Basketball School in Dubai, where he oversees hundreds of young athletes and a large coaching staff. In this episode, Planells talks with Nick Elam about player development, coaching coaches, building confidence, adapting leadership styles, and why the best coaches
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Sept. 4, 2026
What Rod Black Learned From Decades Behind the Microphone in Every Sport You Can Think Of
What does it take to stay curious, versatile, and ready for the moment across decades in sports broadcasting? Canadian broadcasting legend Rod Black joins Nick Elam to share stories from a career that has taken him across baseball, basketball, hockey, football, golf, the Olympics, and more. He looks back at the chaos surrounding Joe Carter’s World Series-winning home run in 1993, explains why broadcasters still need to be at the venue, and talks about learning to find his own voice, treating ev
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Oct. 5, 2026
Why the Best Sports Careers Rarely Follow a Straight Line
There’s a version of career advice that makes everything sound orderly. Choose a direction, build expertise, move upward, take the next logical step, and repeat long enough until eventually you arrive somewhere impressive. Sports careers rarely work…
Sept. 7, 2026
What a Long Career in Sports Broadcasting Really Requires
There’s a tendency to look at someone who has spent decades at the highest levels of sports broadcasting and assume the path must have been fairly straightforward. You get your break, work your way up, call bigger games, meet more famous people, and…
Aug. 24, 2026
How U.S. Soccer Grew: Dr. Joe Machnik's Lessons From Seven Decades of Change
American soccer didn’t become what it is today because of one great generation of players, one successful World Cup run, or one breakthrough idea. It grew because people kept building. They coached. They officiated. They created leagues and camps.…