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Nick D'Urbano is the Co-Founder and COO of RareCircles, a next-generation membership platform that helps turn community engagement into revenue. RareCircles just launched Pistons RareAccess in partnership with the Detroit Pistons, a community that gives fans access to private Huddle Sessions alongside players and legends, limited merch drops, exclusive experiences, and opportunities to give feedback to the team. Brian and Nick talk chat about building fan communities, how sports teams can take advantage of web3 projects, and how teams and leagues are innovating fan experiences with technology.
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Maryam Naz is an NBA journalist at Sky Sports, and previously covered football at The Guardian. Brian and Maryam chat about how she got into journalism and covering the NBA, how the NBA is growing their audience in Europe following the NBA Paris Game, and how Sky Sports is helping grow basketball in the UK.
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Zach Soskin is the Co-founder of Voltage Management, an athlete and brand marketing agency specializing in athlete representation, brand strategy, content creation, and ownership. Zach started his career in grassroots football marketing at adidas before starting Voltage Management. Brian and Zach chat about why athletes can build such powerful personal brands, how athletes can develop their content strategy to achieve their goals, and best practices for brands that want to work with athletes.
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Brian Bosche is joined by Robyn Love from the Loughborough Lightning who compete in the British Wheelchair Basketball Women's Premier League. Robyn is a Paralympian, a world silver medallist, and a three-time European medalist. Brian and Robyn chat about the formation of the Women's Premier League, the Lightning's undefeated season so far, and how wheelchair basketball can grow as a sport in the UK.
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Megan Reyes is a social media & athlete branding consultant, and built her experience working at places like Blue Wire, The Athletic, 2K, and the Golden State Warriors. Brian and Megan chat about what makes a strong brand for an athlete, how athletes can start building their brand pillars, what athletes can do to differentiate themselves, and how brands can better work with athletes.
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Brian Bosche is joined by Dirk Williams from the London Lions after the team's impressive 4-0 start in the FIBA Europe Cup. Dirk talks about playing college basketball in Alabama, why he wanted to play in the BBL, how the Lions are building team chemistry, and what it would mean for British Basketball for the Lions to have success in the FIBA Europe Cup.
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Brian Bosche is joined by Elvisi Dusha and Cameron King from the Plymouth City Patriots as the club starts it's first season in the BBL. They chat about growing up in London playing basketball, why they were excited to join the Patriots, and the different personalities on the team.
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Brian Bosche is joined by Holly Winterburn from the London Lions as she prepares for the second leg of their EuroCup qualifier against Spar Gran Canaria. They chat about Holly growing up playing basketball in the UK, playing at Oregon with current WNBA stars like Sabrina Ionescu, her decision to join the London Lions, and what it would mean to British Basketball for the Lions to qualify for EuroCup.
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On this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosché is joined by British hooper and creator, Jesse Chuku. Jesse was one of the top basketball players growing up in the UK, and had a successful college career in the States at Lehigh University and then professionally in Greece, Spain, and the BBL. Since he stopped playing professional basketball last year, Jesse has become a content creator and amassed more than 3M TikTok followers and 620K YouTube Subscribers. They chat about what it was like growing up in the UK playing basketball, the cultural differences he experienced playing in the States, getting fame as a content creator, the TikTok Creator Basketball Tournament at the GG3x3, and advice for other athlete creators.
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On this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosché is joined by Deric Eze, Founder of DezeReels. DezeReels features the best British Basketball content in the UK, and Deric has become well known in the basketball community for his video work in the BBL, NBL, and basketball leagues around the country. They chat about why he started DezeReels, what he's learned covering basketball across the UK, how social media is building community for the next generation of hoopers, and how he thinks basketball can continue to grow in the UK.
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Brian Bosche and Skylar Smith are joined by Manchester Giants and GB Basketball player Will Saunders. They chat with Will about growing up playing basketball in the UK, playing college basketball in the States, playing overseas in Spain and Iceland, signing with the Manchester Giants, and how to grow the BBL in the UK.
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In this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosche is joined by Bucks fan and friend of the show Costas Anastassiou. They chat about the Bucks winning Game 6 and the NBA Finals, The Buck's path through the Playoffs, how the Bucks built a championship team over the last five years, and what winning the Finals means for Giannis.
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In this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosche is joined by recurring guest Huw Hopkins from Sky Sports and Double Clutch. They chat about the Sixers collapse against the Hawks, KD and the Nets coming up short against the Bucks, the Clippers role players stepping up to defeat the Jazz, the surging Suns, and their predictions for the rest of the NBA Playoffs.
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In this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosche is joined by recurring guest Yani Ourabah from Sky Sports. They chat about playing pickup hoops in East London, the NBA Play-In Tournament, their favorite matchups in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, and their predictions for the rest of the Playoffs.
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On this week’s show, Brian Bosche and Skylar Smith chat about the BBL and WBBL Playoff Finals after attending the games in Leicester! They cover the Eagles and Lions advancing to the Finals, the best moments from the BBL Finals, their thoughts on the performances by the Eagles and Lions, and a breakdown of the WBBL Finals, which was also between the Eagles and Lions.
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On this week’s show, Brian Bosche and Skylar Smith chat everything May Madness! They cover the BBL Quarterfinals and how the aggregate format affected the games, the WBBL Quarterfinals and the Newcastle Eagles' historical run, what it was like attending the BBL Semifinals in Leicester, and predictions for the remaining games!
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Matt Desmond is the Founder of the Sports Creative Community, a group of creative professionals in the sports industry with over 5,600 active members. After working on creative teams at sports and media organizations, Matthew saw a need to bring together the sports community to collaborate and share best practices. In just three years, the Sports Creative Community has a thriving Slack group, regular events, a podcast, and more. We talk about the evolution of creative and media in sports, how players are creating content for their own brands, growing membership in a community, and building a community culture.
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On this week's show, Skylar Smith and Brian Bosché chat about an exciting week in British Basketball. They cover the announcement of May Madness for the BBL and WBBL Playoffs, the Flu Game All Stars Basketball Tournament with AJ Tracey and the London Lions, the creation of the British Wheelchair Basketball Women’s Premier League, Ball Out 3x3, and why basketball is going to continue to grow in the UK.
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On this episode of Tea Time, Brian and Skylar chat with Ashton Keys and Jared Eummer, the Co-Founders of Athlytic. Athlytic allows athlete influencers to connect with brands and take full ownership of their brand identity with partnerships and deals. They talk about why Ashton and Jared started Athlytic, the new Name, Image, and Likeness rules for NCAA athletes, what brands are looking for when they work with athletes, and what young athletes can do to start and grow their brand.
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On this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosché and Skylar Smith are joined by Behrad Bakhtiari and Denzel Kazembe from SBB (Simply British Ballers). SBB's mission is to help build the British Basketball community. They've grown their TikTok following to more than 135K as they travel to outdoor basketball courts across the UK. They chat about how they are using TikTok to reach a younger audience of hoopers, hoops culture in the UK, and how they think basketball can grow in the UK.
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