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Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

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Sports are about more than what happens on the field. Skin in the Game takes you inside the deals, decisions, and trends driving today’s sports industry.Hosted by sports marketing expert John Cimperman and veteran sports business journalist Tim O’Shei, the weekly podcast features conversations with top level executives, athletes, journalists, entrepreneurs, and innovators from across the sports world. From NIL and media rights to professional leagues and youth sports, Skin in the Game uncovers the stories behind the scoreboard.Listen Tuesdays and 11 a.m. and Saturdays at 4 p.m. on BTPM NPR or stream anytime on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and more. Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Lyndsey D’Arcangelo on Walking Away, Starting Over and the Game Within

    Lyndsey D’Arcangelo on Walking Away, Starting Over and the Game Within
    10 Oct 2026
    Why walk away from a successful sportswriting career just as women’s sports are experiencing unprecedented growth? On this episode of Skin In The Game, John Cimperman and Tim O’Shei welcome longtime sportswriter and author Lyndsey D’Arcangelo, who built a career telling the human stories behind athletes and helping launch The Athletic’s WNBA coverage. D’Arcangelo explains why she stepped away from sports journalism, including an industry increasingly driven by clicks, outrage and social media engagement instead of the kind of storytelling that first drew her to the profession. She also reflects on the remarkable growth of women’s sports and why she believes the audience was there all along. Today, D’Arcangelo is taking the skills she developed interviewing some of the biggest names in sports and applying them in a new way as a life coach working primarily with women athletes. She helps athletes navigate performance pressure, major transitions and a question that can become especially difficult when sports have defined so much of their lives: Who am I beyond the athlete? The conversation also explores the pressures surrounding youth sports, the role parents play, what D’Arcangelo learned from elite athletes about mindset, and why she has returned to writing through her newsletter, The Game Within.
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    47 min
  • Why Being a Sports Fan Gets So Emotional

    Why Being a Sports Fan Gets So Emotional
    19 Sep 2026
    On this episode of Skin In The Game, John Cimperman and Tim O’Shei welcome psychologist and lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan Dr. Patrick McElwaine to explore the psychology behind sports fandom and why our favorite teams can become such an important part of our identity.
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    54 min
  • Why She’s Betting on Women’s Sports

    Why She’s Betting on Women’s Sports
    29 Aug 2026
    Women’s sports are booming. But when investors look beyond the headlines, where are the real opportunities? On this episode of Skin In The Game, John Cimperman and Tim O’Shei welcome entrepreneur, investor, and author Chantell Preston, one of the owners and founders of the League One Volleyball San Francisco Signal, to talk about why she believes professional volleyball could be one of the next big growth stories in sports. Preston spent years evaluating emerging sports leagues before deciding where to put her own money. She explains why volleyball stood out, what she looks for before investing in a team or league, and why the sport’s enormous participation base and growing professional infrastructure caught her attention. The conversation also explores the broader surge in women’s sports, the importance of investing in female athletes and businesses, the opportunities — and risks — surrounding emerging leagues, and what athletes can bring from the court into the boardroom. Preston also shares lessons from her book, The Success Lie, including why she stopped defining success by money and titles, how sports helped shape her approach to leadership and resilience, and why success may have more to do with the journey than the outcome. It’s a conversation about money, opportunity, leadership, and what happens when you’re willing to bet on something before everyone else sees its potential.
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    47 min
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