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121 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
BloombergExplicit
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Date created
2024/02/20
Latest episode
2026/11/05
Average duration
32 min.
Release period
8 days
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When sports, business and culture collide, there’s often a deal to be made. Join Alex Rodriguez and Bloomberg correspondent Jason Kelly as they get the inside track from corporate titans, sports champions and game-changing entrepreneurs on investing, strategy, reinvention and the ones that got away. The Deal is a Bloomberg Podcasts and Bloomberg Originals series that’s passionate, relaxed, insightful and inspirational. If you think you know these icons, prepare to be surprised. Hosts: Alex Rodriguez is chairman and chief executive of A-Rod Corp, an investment firm that backs startups and partners with global companies across real estate, sports and entertainment. While best known as a fourteen-time All-Star and World Series champion with the New York Yankees, Rodriguez is now an owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx sports teams and an on-air analyst for Major League Baseball. Jason Kelly is the chief correspondent of Bloomberg Originals. During his two decades at Bloomberg, Kelly has served as executive editor of Bloomberg Television, hosted Bloomberg Businessweek on television and radio, and also hosted Power Players and Next in Sports series. He’s also the author of two books, The New Tycoons, about the global private equity industry, and Sweat Equity, an inside look at the business of fitness.
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Renee Montgomery on Her Move From WNBA Player to Owner
2026/11/05
Renee Montgomery says she had no intention of retiring from the WNBA in 2020. But then she changed her mind, and left the locker room for the head office. In this episode of The Deal, Montgomery tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how she made the deal to become co-owner and vice president of the Atlanta Dream, why she always reads her contracts in full and why she’s investing in NIL merchandise.
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How Taylor Rooks Is Turning Her Name Into a Brand
2026/10/29
Taylor Rooks became the host of Prime Video’s NBA studio show, broke news for NFL Thursday Night on Prime and even starred in a Wingstop commercial – and all just this year. In this episode of The Deal, Rooks tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly what she’s learned from interviewing some of the biggest-name athletes and how she wants to keep building her brand.
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Henrik Lundqvist on His Second Act at MSG After Hockey
2026/10/22
Henrik Lundqvist isn’t just a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, but he’s one of only 11 New York Rangers to have had his jersey retired. In this episode of The Deal, the Olympic and World Championship gold medalist tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly why he wanted to keep working at Madison Square Garden with Jim Dolan and how he developed business opportunities while still on the ice.
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How K. Don Cornwell’s Private Equity Firm Is Changing the NFL
2026/10/15
When K. Don Cornwell co-founded Dynasty Equity with Jonathan Nelson in 2022, investing in sports was seen as more of a vanity play than real business move. In this episode of The Deal, Cornwell tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how he knew his thesis was strong, why he decided to invest in the Seattle Seahawks and the TMRW Golf League and the impact he sees private equity having on teams and leagues.
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Olympian Gabby Thomas On Building a New Track League
2026/10/08
The world of track and field is quite unstructured, with each race coordinated by a different entity and paychecks few and far between. A new track and field league called Athlos is trying to change that. In this episode of The Deal, three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how she teamed up with entrepreneur and investor Alexis Ohanian to found Athlos, why she thinks it’s important to give equity to the athletes helping to build the league, and how good it felt to wear the Athlos champion crown at the end of a race weekend.
You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page.
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Atlanta Braves Investor on Selling the Team
2026/10/01
The Atlanta Braves are one of only a few publicly traded sports teams, which makes the argument for its sale a unique one in a year when two other MLB teams – the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Angels – were sold at record valuations. One investor says the time for a conversation about selling is now. In this episode of The Deal, the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Breach Inlet Capital Management, Chris Colvin, shares his investment thesis for the Braves with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, and explains how a looming lockout over CBA negotiations plays a role in his sales pitch.
You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page.
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How AI is Changing the Fan Experience, with Jump’s Jordy Leiser
2026/09/24
There are a lot of concerns surrounding artificial intelligence’s creep into all aspects of day-to-day life, but Jordy Leiser also sees a lot of opportunity for AI to help sports fans. That’s why he co-founded the AI-powered fan experience and ticketing platform Jump alongside Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez. On this week’s episode of The Deal, Jordy tells Alex and Jason Kelly how AI can help fans interact with their favorite teams and players, and how a new wave of team owners who made their money in tech are helping to power innovation in the sports industry.
You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page.
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Kerri Walsh Jennings on Growing the Game of Volleyball
2026/09/17
Volleyball is the world’s most popular female sport and it’s the top team sport for high school girls in the U.S., but the professional opportunities have not reflected that popularity. Until now, with the recent launch of two professional volleyball leagues: Major League Volleyball (MLV) and League One Volleyball (LOVB).
Kerri Walsh Jennings – one of the most decorated beach volleyball players in the sport's history – joined MLV as a founding partner when the league officially launched early in 2025, and is now a Founding Owner and the Chief Impact Officer of MLV’s NorCal team. In this episode of The Deal, she tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how she’s converting her Olympian and World Champion star-power into team ownership, and what she thinks MLV needs to do to win the war of the leagues.
You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page.
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How Jenny Nguyen is Growing Women’s Sports from a Bar
2026/09/10
Sports bars are a $2 billion industry, and women’s sports overall are now a $3 billion global industry. But there was a major gap in the market where the two intersected: Until 2022, there weren’t any dedicated sports bars solely dedicated to playing women’s sports on the TVs. Jenny Nguyen set out to change that.
In this episode of The Deal, Jenny tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how she founded The Sports Bra in Portland, Oregon, and why she decided to open the business to franchising across the country. They also talk about what she’s doing to create new fans from the barstool and how she was able to get major investors like Alexis Ohanian and Renee Montgomery on board.
You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page.
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Re-Run: Serena Williams Wants to Conquer Wall Street
2026/09/03
As the U.S. Open gets underway in New York City, the tennis world is abuzz to see the Williams sisters back on the court. Serena Williams’ return to the Open’s doubles tournament got us thinking back to an earlier episode of The Deal, recorded shortly after her retirement from the sport when she had moved on to the world of finance and started her own venture capital firm, Serena Ventures. We revisit that conversation, with Williams telling the hosts how she thinks about the “business of Serena” both on and off the court.
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Ryan Howard on Sports Investing and MLB’s Labor Fight
2026/08/27
Ryan Howard spent more than a decade as one of baseball’s most feared hitters. Since retiring, he’s built an interesting second act as an entrepreneur and investor, with bets spanning everything from the “Topgolf of baseball” to youth sports and professional soccer.
In this episode of The Deal, Ryan tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly how he transitioned from playing baseball to investing in ventures like Batter Up that will help more people play baseball, why making deals can feel like playing baseball, and which issues he thinks could shape the labor fight between the MLB and the players' union.
You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page.
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Why Everyone's Watching Vanderbilt
2026/08/20
Vanderbilt is having a moment. The university has transformed from a respected southern institution into one of the country’s most selective and sought after schools. Athletics has become an increasingly important part of that rise. At the center of it is Vanderbilt University’s Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director.
In this episode of The Deal, Candice Storey Lee joins us to discuss what it takes to build a winning culture, and how athletic success can amplify a university’s broader ambitions. They also talk about the forces reshaping college athletics, from NIL and revenue sharing to conference realignment, and what those changes could mean for athletes, universities, and fans.
You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page.
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Re-Run: Why Wall Street Giant David Rubenstein Bought the Baltimore Orioles
2026/08/13
Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly recently had the opportunity to sit down again with David Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group, to chat about his new book, “Inside the Owner's Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports.” That conversation got us thinking back to an earlier episode of The Deal, recorded shortly after Rubenstein's purchase of the Baltimore Orioles. We revisit that conversation, with Rubenstein telling the hosts why he bought his hometown baseball team, how he assembled the ownership group, and what the Orioles mean for the city of Baltimore.
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Alex Rodriguez on MLB’s CBA Negotiations
2026/08/06
With the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, the Major League Baseball season is officially entering its final innings. So in this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly break down some of the latest headlines, including what is happening with the negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players, the trade that may have guaranteed the Los Angeles Dodgers another World Series win, and why Alex is still bullish on his New York Yankees. Plus, Alex previews a very special 50th anniversary celebration for the Seattle Mariners.
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Andy Campion’s Unrivaled Approach to Youth Sports
2026/07/30
Investors have poured money into youth sports in recent years, with some reports saying the industry is worth as much as $40 billion. It’s no surprise, then, that renowned investors David Blitzer and Josh Harris partnered with The Chernin Group in 2024 to start Unrivaled Sports, a growing portfolio of youth sports investments across baseball, softball, flag football, and more. Unrivaled’s chairman and CEO Andy Campion says they’re only just getting started.
In this episode of The Deal, Andy tells Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly why he left Nike to go all in on youth sports. From the sidelines of a youth baseball tournament at Cooperstown All-Star Village, he explains the business model making youth sports more accessible while also offering premier experiences.
You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page.
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Md713 2026/08/14
An Insult to Anyone with Half a Brain
Bloomberg’s The Deal is an unmitigated disaster and an absolute insult to anyone who expects actual financial journalism. The entire premise relies on...
TC4174 2026/08/06
More numbers
Need a little more critical examination of the guests rather than just high fives. And that extends to the hosts- we know A Rod was a great player Jas...
JustBe100! 2026/07/17
Great Podcast
This show took a turn and not a good one. Too much coverage about obscure sport topics.
Djactionman 2025/07/03
Best guests and worst hosts.
It’s the Jason Kelly show.
Can have a NYT bestseller with the best football coach of all time and still makes it about him.
Worth it for the guest...
Squints Palladorous 2025/05/23
Dollars. No sense.
Keep the wolves in Minneapolis.
racingintothefuture 2025/05/08
Great show
Loved Zack Brown!
Jodie Lee La 2024/11/11
David Rubenstein! 🫶
Really enjoyed the conversation with David Rubenstein! Very inspiring, thank you
BKopakin 2024/05/10
So far so good
Good flow. Like how they let the guest have the floor and tell their story.
joe6425 2024/04/24
Great Podcast
I enjoy the athlete approach the podcast takes to business it is inspiring for people who love sports who are now in the professional world.
Rianm714 2024/03/13
Talkin Yanks
I’m here bc Jomboy and Jake sent me. Solid listen
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