The Rolfsen Report on the Comedy of Sport: Dec. 21

The Sports Professor Rick Horrow, host of the Sport Business Minute, joins The Sport Market to discuss some less than stellar TV ratings for the NBA's Emirates Cup, and the continued rise of streaming in the sports business landscape.

In his extended edition of The Rolfsen Report: The Comedy of Sport on the Sport Market, Vancouver comedian Torben Rolfsen talks NFL and college football, NBA basketball, NHL hockey and more. No one is safe from skewering!

The 12-2 Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL top the charts on the Sport Market Power Rankings, combining wins and losses with sport business indicators such as enterprise value, revenues, attendance and more. The Kansas City Chiefs are second and the Minnesota Vikings fourth in an NFL-heavy Power 5 this week. The #3 Milwaukee Bucks and #5 Toronto Maple Leafs round out the group.

Sport business commentator Tom Mayenknecht suggest that more owners and front offices consider family pricing for tickets and concession sales, following the lead of the NBA's Phoenix Suns. It's a good practice for fostering sustainability in the next generation of fans.

Sport business commentator and former brand management executive Tom Mayenknecht rolls out the top sport business stories of the week on The Sport Market, including $2 menu deals in Phoenix, the continued rise of streaming, College Football 25 becoming the top-selling American sport video game of all time, and a cold patch of TV ratings for NBA basketball.

Our Buy & Sell Panel comprised of Jon Festinger, Aziz Rajwani, producer Justin Morissette and host Tom Mayenknecht debate what we're buying, selling and holding on the stock market of sport, including a locker room divide in Canuckland, a troubling performance review for the BC Lions, and more.

Tom Mayenknecht hosts. In Hour 4, Tom is joined by Jon Festinger and Aziz Rajwani to flip through the sports section of the Vancouver Sun in this week's Weekend Extra. Joey Kenward joins the show to discuss the latest drama around the Canucks and tee up his guests in a new edition of Canucks Connected. We go around the horn in Vancouver sports with Province Sports scribe Steve Ewen. And we round out the show with our Closing Bell Commentary from Samantha Chang of The Broadscast.

Tom Mayenknecht hosts. In Hour 3, it's time for our weekly Buy and Sell Panel, as Tom is joined by law professors Jon Festinger and Aziz Rajwani, as well as Sport Market producer Justin Morissette for a look at what we're buying, selling and holding this week on the stock market of sport, as word of a rift between J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson in the Canucks locker room has dominated the discourse in Vancouver this week.

Tom Mayenknecht hosts. In Hour 2, Tom is joined by law professor and former Canucks executive Jon Festinger for a look at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly practices in the world of sport business. This podcast was produced by Justin Morissette.

Tom Mayenknecht hosts. In Hour 1 of the show, Tom rolls out the opening bell commentary and takes a look at this week's Sport Market Podium, tracking the biggest sport business stories of the week. Then it's time to chat with The Sport Professor Rick Horrow about a big week of football and dwindling TV ratings in the NBA, before connecting with our collectibles guru Ken Richardson of Pastime Sports & Games. We close out the hour with the latest edition of the Sport Market Power Rankings.