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On Kickin' it with Krish, Host Krish Kumar and Guests discuss everything from a career in the Finance/Business world, the Warriors' NBA Future, the TikTok/Hollywood Industry to various other Sports conversations. Casual. Dynamic. Entertaining.

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July 16, 2024Episode 2032 min

Episode 50: Grace Harbaugh - Michigan Water Polo / Sports

At Michigan• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts• ACWPC All-Academic team (2020)• CWPA Scholar Athlete (2020)• U-M Academic Achievement Award• 2x Academic All-Big TenSenior (2023)• Appeared in 21 out of 33 games this season • Had a career-high 4-point game against Salem University (3/04/23)• Had a career-high 3 steals against St. Francis (3/05/23)Junior (2022)• NCAA Quarterfinals• CWPA Champions• Academic All-Big Ten• Had a career-high two-goal game against Mount St. Mary's (3/20/22)• Played in 20 games Sophomore (2021)• Academic All-Big Ten• Tied her career-best for points with two against Mount St. Mary's in the opening game of the CWPA Championship• Set a new career-high for assists with two against No. 25 St. Francis (Pa.)• Also registered her first career steal in the game against St. Francis• Saw action in two games of the 2021 Michigan InvitationalFreshman (2020)• ACWPC All-Academic team• CWPA Scholar Athlete• U-M Academic Achievement Award• Scored her first collegiate goal against Iona in the Wolverine Invitational• Played in three games during the Wolverine Invitational• Made her collegiate debut against No. 21 Wagner in the Michigan Invitational, the first of three games played in the tournament• End of the season was canceled prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 illness Prep• Graduated from Coronado High School in 2019• Competed for Coronado Aquatics Club• Placed 3rd in CIF as a senior• Team captain• Received the Islander Sports Foundation Award for integrity, sportsmanship and friendship in 2017• Also a member of the swim team Personal• Full name is Jessica Grace Harbaugh• Born in San Diego, Calif. • Birthday: June 27, 2000• Parents are Jim Harbaugh and Miah Harbaugh • Has two brothers, Jay and James• Father, Jim, is the head coach of the University of Michigan football team• Brother, Jay, is an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan• Brother, James, also attends U-M Why Michigan"Growing up in a family that was passionate about Michigan, the love for the University was instilled in me at a young age. I grew up singing the fight song and watching football games. I fell in love with the traditions, academics, athletics, and opportunities Michigan has to offer." Why Water Polo"I started playing when I was fourteen years old. I was a swimmer all my life, and while I loved it, I missed certain aspects of a team sport. I found water polo and it was a combination of everything I loved about sports. I've been hooked ever since."

April 5, 2024Episode 1955 min

Episode 49: Gavin Young - Michigan Tennis

Singles Record: 27-11 duals, 55-24 overall Highest Singles Ranking: No. 18 (Feb. 21, 2023)Doubles Record: 30-10 duals, 53-20 overall Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 4 (Final 2023)Honors• Doubles All-American (2023)• Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2022)• Second-Team All-Big Ten (2023)• ITA Midwest Freshman of the Year (2022)• Second-Team All-Big Ten• Academic All-Big Ten (2023)• ITA Scholar-Athlete Award (2022)• Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship (2022, 2023)• NCAA Singles Championship (2023)• Big Ten Fall Singles Champion (2021)Senior Year (2023-24)• ITA All-America Championships semifinalist• Qualified for ITA Fall Nationals in singlesJunior Year (2022-23)Match-by-Match Statistics• All-American in doubles• Second-Team All-B1G• Competed in both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships• Had a 13-8 dual singles mark (2-3 at No. 3, 7-3 at No. 4, 4-2 at No. 5) and was 4-3 in the B1G• Strung together a seven-match win streak in the spring, matching a career best• Posted a 24-14 overall singles record • Went 1-1 in the NCAA Singles Championship, after orginally being an alternate, defeating Ozolins (Illinois) in the Round of 64 before falling to Zheng (Columbia) in the Round of 32• Ranked in the ITA singles rankings 8 of 12 weeks, reaching a career high of No. 35 on March 7) • Ranked all season in doubles with partner Andrew Fenty as they put together a 26-7 record• Posted a dual doubles mark of 18-3, going a perfect 7-0 in the B1G• Went 9-2 against ranked pairs and was 30-9 in dual/individual doubles combined• Reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship, defeating a pair from Presbyterian and UCF in straight sets before falling to Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals • Finished No. 5 in the ITA doubles rankings, the highest ranking in school history for a doubles teamSophomore Year (2021-22)• Posted a 14-3 dual singles mark (2-0 at No. 3, 4-2 at No. 4, 8-1 at No. 5) and was 7-1 in the B1G• Had an 11-3 fall record for a 25-6 overall record and ended the season on a two-match win streak• Big Ten Fall Singles Champion• Had a seven-match win streak during the season• Recorded a 12-7 dual doubles record (1-1 at No. 1, 6-3 at No. 2, 5-3 at No. 3)• Posted a 4-2 fall doubles mark for a 16-9 overall record• Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship with Ondrej Styler but did not compete due to an injury• The pair picked up wins over the both the No. 3 and 5 duos• Final ITA rankings of No. 117 in singles and No. 40 in doublesAt Minnesota• Attended University of Minnesota in 2020-21Before Michigan• Captain at Eastview High School• Four-time all-state qualifier and all-conference selection• The Lightning were runners-up at states in 2019• Won the 2021 USTA L1 Spring Nationals and the 2019 USTA L2• Finished as runner up at the 2021 Atlanta PTT UTR and was a three-time ITA circuit winnerPersonal• Born September 17, 2002• Son of Geoff (Northwestern '94) and Dana Young (Minnesota '96)• Has a younger sister Karin (Oregon '25) and younger brother Alexander• Father is the head coach of the men's tennis team at Purdue• Major is economics with a minor in entrepreneurship

April 1, 2024Episode 1830 min

Episode 48: Sean Feeney - Nasdaq US Options

Sean Feeney is Vice President and Head of US Options at Nasdaq. In this role, he leads the business management of Nasdaq’s US Options Exchanges. Prior to this role, Sean served in roles leading US Options Product Strategy as well as US Options Sales at Nasdaq, responsible for the business development of Nasdaq’s options markets.Sean also serves as a member of the Security Traders Association’s Listed Options Committee and the Options Price Reporting Authority Management Committee, representing Nasdaq’s interests while driving innovation and thought leadership across the industry.Sean began his career as a market maker and options specialist on the American Stock Exchange in April 1999. Since then, he has served as managing partner of his own trading firm, Vice President at Knight Capital Group, and led portfolio management and trading at Forty Four Asset Management. Sean studied Applied Math and Statistics at Stony Brook University.

January 22, 2024Episode 1734 min

Episode 47: J.W. Craft - FC Tulsa / Alliance Resource Partners

J.W. Craft is an accomplished individual whose journey has been marked by a steadfast commitment to innovation, community, and the arts.Following his time at Yale, he ventured into the internet start-up landscape of San Francisco, where he played a pivotal role in the growth of TheScience.com. From there he moved to Blockbuster in Dallas where he wore multiple hats, including marketing, finance, and strategy.In 2007, his journey led him to Alliance Resource Partners, where he assumed the role of Vice President of Marketing.Beyond his professional endeavors, J.W. Craft is deeply rooted in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He actively supports and participates in numerous charitable organizations, including the Mental Health Association of Oklahoma, Holland Hall School, Tulsa Area United Way, Tulsa Regional Chamber, and Philbrook Museum of Art and Gardens.J.W. Craft's passion for community extends to the world of sports, as evidenced by his role as co-owner of FC Tulsa.

January 8, 2024Episode 1632 min

Episode 46: Daniel Sillman - Relevant Sports Group

Daniel Sillman is the CEO at Relevent Sports Group (RSG). Sillman leads the largest privately-owned football company in North America which owns and operates international football properties and negotiates international broadcast rights for top leagues and governing bodies.Sillman’s initial foray into football was leading the strategy to bring El Clásico to the U.S. for the first time in 2017 creating a week of events and entertainment, resulting in the highest grossing football match in history.Sillman has led RSG to exponential growth, driving the company’s holistic approach to growing football’s popularity in America. He created new properties including the the Women’s ICC Tournament and the ICC Futures’ Tournament. He also negotiated and completed the landmark deal, a first-of-its-kind 20-year deal with LaLiga, a 50/50 joint venture to promote LaLiga in North America.In 2018, Sillman shifted RSG’s business strategy from solely an events company to a global media rights operator, selling premium football rights. This delivered record setting results. Sillman negotiated more than $2 billion in international media rights for LaLiga in North America, inking partnerships with Disney/ESPN in the US & Canada and Televisa in Mexico & Central America. The ESPN deal was the largest football media rights deals ever in the US & Canada at the time.The success of the media rights deals has led to further unprecedented opportunities for RSG. This year RSG secured the rights to sell UEFA’s club competitions media rights in the US. This is the first time UEFA has used a new media rights sales partner since the formation of the champions league over 30 years ago.The LaLiga media deals and securing the media rights sales mandate from UEFA has positioned RSG as one of the most influential and important football companies in the world.Prior to joining RSG, Sillman served as the Director of Business Development at RSE Ventures, responsible for new investments. Sillman started his career founding and operating a multi-family office for professional athletes, Compass Management, which he later sold to FFO in 2015. Sillman was awarded the 2019 Sports Business Journal’s forty under 40 and Forbes’ Sports 30 under 30 for 2018.Sillman lives in New York City, holds a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business. He serves as Chairman of the NextGen Council at the University of Michigan.

December 11, 2023Episode 1524 min

Episode 45: Mike Tannenbaum - Jets/Dolphins/NFL/ESPN

Mike Tannenbaum joined ESPN as an NFL Front Office Insider in April 2019. A former NFL executive with more than two decades of experience in team front offices, he appears on a variety of ESPN platforms, including Get Up, First Take, SportsCenter and NFL Live. Tannenbaum has also contributed to ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Draft since 2019, serving as an analyst on ESPN Radio.In addition to his ESPN role, Tannenbaum is the founder of football think tank The 33rd Team, and he teaches Football Business Management: The Inner Workings of the NFL at Columbia University.Prior to ESPN, Tannenbaum worked for several NFL franchises, most notably as executive vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins (2015-18), and executive vice president and general manager for the New York Jets (2006-12).Under Tannenbaum’s leadership, the Dolphins made the playoffs in 2016 for the first time in eight seasons, and the Jets advanced to the playoffs in three seasons, won four playoff games and made two AFC Championship game appearances. Tannenbaum’s tenure as general manager of the Jets marked the most successful seven-year period in franchise history.Between executive roles with the Jets and Dolphins, Tannenbaum represented head coaches Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors), David Blatt (then with the Cleveland Cavaliers) and others serving as an agent and principal at Priority Sports and Entertainment from 2013-14.Tannenbaum began his NFL career as an intern for the New Orleans Saints in 1994. He went on to the Cleveland Browns as a player personnel assistant in 1995, then returned to the Saints for the 1996 season.In 1997, then-New York Jets head coach Bill Parcells, now a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, hired Tannenbaum as director of player contracts, launching his 16-year career with the team. From there, Tannenbaum advanced to director of pro player development/player contracts in 2000, assistant general manager/director of pro personnel in 2001 and general manager/senior vice president of football operations in 2006.Tannenbaum graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a degree in accounting and then, while working for the Saints, earned his certificate in sports law, graduating cum laude from Tulane University Law School.In 2008, while serving as a member of the American Bar Association in the sports and entertainment division, Tannenbaum was appointed to the Sports Lawyers Association board of directors. In the same year, he was also appointed to the NFL General Managers Advisory Committee.Devoted to philanthropic endeavors and helping young people get their start in sports, Tannenbaum remains true to one of his core values that education and knowledge will always pave a successful path. In keeping with these beliefs, the Tannenbaum family instituted scholarship programs with Tannenbaum’s alma maters, UMass and Tulane Law School, as well as a New Jersey YMCA to afford young professionals the opportunity to pursue their passion in the sports industry without the burden of living expenses.A native of Needham, Mass., Tannenbaum resides in Boca Raton, Fla., with his wife and their two children.

December 7, 2023Episode 1446 min

Episode 44: Matt Higgins - Shark Tank/RSE Ventures

Matt Higgins is a proven operator, investor and business builder with a knack for helping founders at pivotal growth moments achieve breakout success. He serves as CEO of RSE Ventures, a private firm that incubates and invests in companies across sports and entertainment, food and lifestyle, media and marketing, and technology.Higgins co-founded RSE with Miami Dolphins owner, Stephen M. Ross, the most prominent private developer in the U.S. and a serial entrepreneur. Together Higgins and Ross have helped build enterprises from scratch, including the largest privately owned soccer tournament in the world (International Champions Cup) and leading brand strategy and communications agency Derris.As an incubator, RSE has helped build leading restaurant software company RESY and the world's premier drone racing circuit, the Drone Racing League. Higgins was the first client of marketing guru Gary Vaynerchuk, before becoming a co-owner of VaynerMedia and a partner with early-stage venture fund Vayner/RSE. RSE most recently built a portfolio of dynamic restaurant brands by partnering with Momofuku, Milk Bar, &pizza and Bluestone Lane, and invested in cybersecurity with the acquisition of SkOUT.Higgins began his career as the youngest press secretary in New York City history, where he helped manage the global press response during 9/11. He has been an executive for two NFL teams – currently serving as vice chairman of the Miami Dolphins.

November 6, 2023Episode 1352 min

Episode 43: Mat Cashman - Options/Trading

On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Mat Cashman, the Principal of Investor Education at the Options Clearing Corporation. Mat Cashman is a Financial Services professional with 20 years of experience trading all segments of the Derivatives market. He started his career on the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange in 2000 and has since traded multiple asset classes across a wide array of exchanges including the CME, CBOT, and the Eurex Exchange. In 2005, Mat helped launch the London trading desk of DRW, a Chicago-based options trading firm, and was instrumental in building the DRW presence in the London trading community. After his time in London, Mat returned to Chicago to join Toro Trading, and was quickly named a partner, overseeing all aspects of their growing U.S. Index Options trading business. During Mat’s time in the options industry, he has always been heavily involved in training and overseeing new traders and has created multiple options education programs along the way to share his knowledge of trading and optionality with people new to the industry. At OCC, Mat is responsible for providing support to a comprehensive options resource center that provides information and education about options. In addition to his responsibilities with OCC, Mat also serves as an instructor of The Options Industry Council (OIC), conducting option seminars and presenting online webinars to all segments of the investing community, including registered representatives and advisors as well as individual investors.

November 2, 2023Episode 1225 min

Episode 42: Ishwara Glassman Chrein - Verizon/Sports

On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Ishwara Glassman Chrein. Ishwara Glassman Chrein was the Head of Sports Partnerships and Business Development at Yahoo Sports / Verizon Media, where she led relationships and negotiations with the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, BetMGM, and NBC, as well as other sports leagues, broadcasters, streamers, data companies, and technology companies.While at Yahoo Sports / Verizon Media, she also oversaw gaming strategy, evaluated sports rights acquisition deals across the globe, and worked with sports technology start-ups. She began her career at McKinsey & Company and Lehman Brothers, before spending nine years at WME IMG Sports, Entertainment and Media, most recently as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Sales Operations and Strategic Planning.She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University with a degree in economics and political science and received her Master in International Affairs (International Finance) from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.Glassman Chrein was a 2020 recipient of the Sports Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 award. She lives in Lincoln Park, Chicago, with her husband, two kids, and one enormous golden retriever. She is believed to be only the fourth woman in league history to serve in this role.

September 25, 2023Episode 1123 min

Episode 41: Drew Bentley - DC United/MLS

On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Drew Bentley, the Vice President of DC United.Drew Bentley has a diverse work experience, starting with their role at Myers Tree Farm as a Landscaper from April 2011 to August 2013. Drew then worked at Hy-Vee Inc. as a Cashier/Stocker from August 2006 to March 2014. Following that, they had multiple roles at Kingdom Hoops Basketball, including Marketing and Operations Intern, Site Director, and Tournament Director, from January 2013 to April 2014.In 2014, Drew joined Simpson College as an On-Air Talent for 88.9 The Storm, from January 2014 to April 2014. Drew then transitioned to NASCAR, where they started as an Account Executive, Ticketing & Group Sales in April 2014, eventually becoming a Senior Account Executive from December 2015 to April 2017. During their time at NASCAR, Drew was responsible for various tasks such as group ticket sales, premium sales, season ticket sales, and managing ticket operations. Drew also contributed to social media strategy and content development, as well as production and management of Victory Lane celebrations.In 2017, Drew joined the Orange Bowl Committee as a Manager, Ticket Operations & Analytics from April 2017 to April 2019. Drew then moved on to D.C. United, where they held several roles, starting as Director, Ticket Operations in May 2019 until November 2019. Drew then became the Senior Director and later the Vice President, Business Strategy & Analytics, with their most recent role starting in January 2023.Throughout their career, Drew has gained experience in ticket operations, analytics, sales, management, and marketing, showcasing their versatility and adaptability in various industries.Drew Bentley has a background in sports administration, business administration (marketing), and high school education. From 2011 to 2014, they attended Simpson College, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Sports Administration. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2011, they attended the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, focusing on Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing. Drew'ssecondary education was completed at Burlington High School from 2006 to 2010. In addition to their academic qualifications, Drew Bentley has obtained certifications in Business Analytics from Wharton Executive Education in July 2022 and CPR/AED from the American Heart Association.