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Jason Smith and Mike Harmon reacted to the big NBA trade and asked if the Cavs are now the favorites to win the East. Are the guys believing in the Houston Texans? And all the latest details on Mark Walter reportedly wanting to cash out Lakers, Dodgers TV deals!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Part 2 of this ToddCast Special Report, Chuck Todd picks up the thread where Part 1 left it: if an insurance company's capital cushion is determined by how risky its investments are judged to be, then who is doing the judging? The answer leads to private letter ratings — a corner of finance almost no one outside it has heard of, and one that has exploded in size. Wall Street Journal reporting by Shane Shiflett and Heather Gillers assembled data on nearly 18,000 privately rated instruments held by U.S. insurers, and the growth curve is the number to remember: roughly $47 billion in 2018 to roughly $480 billion seven years later, with one estimate putting total private credit in insurance portfolios near $1 trillion. Much of that grading runs through firms most people have never heard of, and Chuck focuses on Egan-Jones, which privately graded roughly $40 billion of debt held by U.S. insurers, faces a 2024 lawsuit from two former executives alleging they were fired after raising conflict-of-interest concerns and that the firm pressured staff to inflate ratings, has drawn SEC questions about its reliability, and in January was removed by Bermuda regulators from their list of recognized ratings providers — all of which Egan-Jones forcefully denies, saying it stands behind the integrity and independence of its work. Chuck is careful throughout about what this does and does not establish: agencies can legitimately disagree, private raters often see borrower information outsiders never will, and none of it means any particular rating is wrong. It means the ratings deserve scrutiny, because if the grade helps set the size of the rainy day fund, being wrong about the grade means being wrong about the cushion. From there the episode widens out. Chuck walks through what a clean audit opinion actually certifies versus what people assume it certifies, revisits Executive Life — the insurer that reached for yield in junk bonds in the 1980s and was eventually seized — as a more instructive warning than Enron or 2008, and is direct that this is not a story about an insurer on the brink: Group 1001 says it is cooperating fully and that its financial position remains sound, Delaware Life reported roughly $69 billion in assets as of March and Clear Spring roughly $16 billion, and no charges have been announced against the companies or any individuals. AM Best has affirmed both companies' A- (Excellent) financial strength ratings while revising their outlooks to negative following the reclassification of private credit investments from unaffiliated to affiliated. Complicated private assets are not insolvency; related-party exposure is not insolvency; a federal investigation is not insolvency. The question Chuck is actually chasing is structural — whether a system split across fifty state insurance departments, the SEC, the Fed, offshore reinsurance regulators, and private ratings firms can assemble the whole machine fast enough when one piece breaks, and whether the real lesson of the post-2008 era is that we made the banks safer without ever asking where the behavior would go. He lays out three ways this ends, six specific questions he'd chase with subpoena power he doesn't have, and — unusually — the exact evidence that would bring him back in six months to say the warning lights looked worse than the engine. Because capitalism doesn't run on money alone. It runs on people believing that a price means what it says, that a rating means something, and that somebody understands the risk underneath a promise made to a retiree thirty years out. Timeline: 00:00 Recapping Part 1: inside Mark Walter's world of structured finance00:30 Who looked inside the box and decided how safe it was?01:00 Why the risk grade determines the size of an insurer's cushion01:30 Credit rating agencies as the report card for debt02:00 A better grade can mean less capital sitting behind it02:15 The special purpose vehicle, the note, and the rating02:45 Does the grade on the box accurately reflect what's inside?03:15 WSJ data on nearly 18,000 privately rated investments03:30 From $47 billion in 2018 to $480 billion seven years later03:45 One estimate puts private credit near $1 trillion in insurance portfolios04:15 What "privately rated" actually means04:30 Private letter ratings and what the public can't see05:00 Why the quality and independence of the rating matters so much05:15 Egan-Jones — and the Arthur Andersen flashback05:45 The ratings agencies you know, and the one you don't06:00 Roughly $40 billion of insurer-held debt privately rated by Egan-Jones06:15 Egan-Jones also rated the Dodgers TV network debt06:30 Following the chain from annuity customer to capital cushion06:45 Who pays the ratings agencies? The inherent tension07:15 The Journal's comparison: roughly one grade higher on average07:45 Egan-Jones strongly disputes the Journal's analysis08:00 Former executives' lawsuit alleging pressure to inflate ratings08:15 Egan-Jones denies it; the SEC has examined its processes08:30 Bermuda removed Egan-Jones as a recognized ratings provider08:45 Allianz's response: requiring a second rating09:15 This doesn't mean the ratings are wrong — it means scrutiny09:30 Enter the auditor: KPMG and the clean opinions10:00 What an audit opinion addresses — and what it doesn't10:30 The right question to ask about a clean opinion11:00 Executive Life: the more useful historical warning11:30 Junk bonds, Michael Milken, and the reach for yield12:00 How Executive Life ended — and why it isn't the same thing12:15 The evidence that cuts against the scariest version of this story12:30 Delaware Life's reported assets, capital, and surplus12:45 Financial strength ratings and what "A-" actually means13:00 The more recent caution from the ratings agencies13:30 This is not an insurer on the verge of seizure13:45 The real question: confidence in conventional measures of strength14:00 Why asset quality matters when you're backing promises14:30 The safety net: state guaranty associations14:45 And who ultimately pays for that safety net15:00 Accumulating echoes: Executive Life, Enron, and 200815:45 The warning lights of 202616:15 Not a crisis — but a reason to ask better questions16:30 Can regulators adapt as fast as the system is changing?17:00 What regulators are actually doing right now17:30 This is not asleep-at-the-switch17:45 The structural problem: nobody sees the whole machine18:15 Fifty states, fifty insurance departments18:45 Why we regulate different financial businesses differently19:00 Assembling the machine when each regulator holds one piece19:45 Finance moves at the speed of a term sheet20:15 Regulation moves at the speed of rulemaking20:45 Understanding regulatory arbitrage21:00 Same television, different rules21:45 Most regulatory arbitrage is perfectly legal22:00 But risk doesn't change just because the address does22:15 Why regulators are reconsidering what qualifies as a bond22:30 Show me what's inside the box, not the wrapping paper23:00 The rules are being rewritten — but the money is already there23:30 The mistake Washington may have made after 200824:00 You can't pass a law eliminating the desire to make money24:45 The campaign finance parallel25:00 We regulated the scene of the accident25:30 We get very good at preventing the last financial crisis26:00 Incentives work: if banks pull back, somebody else lends26:15 Maybe the behavior simply migrated27:15 The systemic stress test Chuck doesn't think we can pass27:45 Why the investigation is useful regardless of the outcome28:00 Looking through the legal boxes to the economics underneath28:30 Where the central argument lands29:15 What happens when something goes wrong? The honest answer29:30 The strongest case that nothing catastrophic happens30:00 Why private credit isn't structured like a bank run30:15 Longer-term liabilities and patient money30:45 Three ways this story could end31:00 Possibility one: Walter is the problem31:15 Possibility two: an extreme example of a manageable problem31:45 Possibility three: Walter is the X-ray32:00 What we do — and don't — have evidence of32:30 Being careful not to invent the next 200832:45 Where pressure could actually come from33:15 When patient money becomes less patient33:30 Other sources of insurance funding under stress33:45 Borrowing, credit lines, and reinsurance triggers34:00 Who else made a promise based on that valuation?34:15 Being fair to Delaware Life and Clear Spring34:45 The narrower question: how much stress can the cushions absorb?35:15 Back to the Lakers one last time35:45 Why you sell the thing you can sell36:00 What Chuck is and isn't ready to say36:30 If I had subpoena power: the reporting roadmap37:00 What open-source reporting can and can't do37:30 One: open the boxes and show the underlying assets37:45 Two: did the structure change the regulatory treatment?38:15 Schedule D vs. Schedule BA — show us the math38:30 Three: who graded the box, and on what information?38:45 Four: why did 3% become something vastly larger?39:00 Who made that judgment, and what changed after the subpoenas?39:30 Five: did the Lakers money actually matter?39:45 Six: how much stress can these insurers absorb?40:15 What we know, and what we don't40:30 The final test: what would make Chuck say he was too worried40:45 Show me the marks hold up41:15 "I'd love to make that podcast"41:30 What this story already tells us41:45 Coming back to Josh Kushner and the timing42:00 No evidence of a quid pro quo42:15 Why the political question is the smaller question42:45 The more consequential story43:00 The full thread: Lakers to Walter to Dodgers to private credit43:30 What we have and haven't established43:45 We reinforced the part of the house that burned down44:15 Every private equity firm wanted its own insurance company44:30 "Money always finds a way"45:00 The failure was assuming we'd solved the behavior45:15 Why this matters well beyond Wall Street45:30 Our hypothetical retiree, and what she has to trust45:45 Capitalism runs on trust, not just money46:15 If that trust breaks, everyone finds a different villain46:45 Where Chuck's instincts are — and what the evidence doesn't establish47:00 What would change his mind47:15 Why it's fitting we got here through the Lakers47:45 Let's figure out what it is before the patient gets sickSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What started as a simple sports question: why did Mark Walter sell the Los Angeles Lakers after just 14 months? — turned into something else entirely. In Part 1 of this two-part ToddCast Special Report, Chuck Todd pulls the thread from a record $12.5 billion franchise sale to the life insurance companies, private credit vehicles, and obscure Delaware LLCs sitting underneath one of the least understood transformations in American finance since 2008. The facts on the record: Walter's Delaware Life Insurance Co. and Clear Spring Life and Annuity Co. received grand jury subpoenas from Manhattan prosecutors in February, disclosed in June 26 regulatory filings, with a parallel SEC review, following earlier inquiries into Guggenheim's $362 billion money management arm. After receiving the subpoenas, both insurers conducted internal reviews, found reporting errors, and revised earlier disclosures — with Delaware Life disclosing an additional $16 billion in private credit assets linked to affiliated entities beyond what had previously been reported. Chuck is emphatic about what that does not mean: no money disappeared, no loans were declared bad, and a disclosure change is not a financial loss. No charges have been announced against the companies or any individuals, Group 1001 says it is cooperating fully with federal authorities and that its financial position remains strong, and the filings did not state that assets were improperly managed or that investors suffered losses. From there, Chuck builds the machine from the ground up in plain English — a retiree in Indiana buying an annuity, an insurer that has to earn enough to keep that promise, a post-2008 world where banks got safer and the risky lending simply moved somewhere with no public market attached to it. He traces Walter's career from asset-backed securitization in the 1990s through the 2012 Dodgers purchase (and the question Andrew Ross Sorkin asked at the time about where the money came from), through the corporate genealogy of Guggenheim, Delaware Life, Clear Spring, and Group 1001, to insurance filings showing hundreds of millions in debt tied to the Dodgers' regional sports network and ticket revenue. He credits the reporting he's leaning on throughout — Katie Baker at The Ringer, independent researcher Nick Nemeth at Mispriced Assets, plus Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times — and he is scrupulous about the line between what the public record establishes and what it simply cannot. The core question isn't whether anyone broke the law; investigators with subpoena power will answer that. It's whether we understand this system well enough to know what happens when it comes under stress — because when the assets underneath an institution's balance sheet can't be continuously tested in a public market, how much confidence should any of us have in the numbers? Part 2 continues the story. Timeline: 00:00 Why did Mark Walter sell the Lakers? Pulling the thread 00:30 This stopped being a basketball story 00:45 A record $12.5B sale — and why the seller is the story, not the buyers 01:15 Walter took control just 14 months earlier at a $10B valuation 01:30 The thread led to life insurance companies 02:00 A financial market that's grown enormously since the last crisis 02:30 Things that rhyme with 2008 — and things that rhyme with Enron 02:45 Executive Life: the insurer that failed three decades ago 03:15 Three different historical examples — not the same thing 03:45 Not saying another 2008 is coming 04:00 "A sneaking suspicion we may be looking at the beginning of something very bad" 04:15 The questions public filings simply cannot answer 05:15 Why some answers only exist in depositions 05:30 Why the federal investigation matters — subpoena power 06:00 The rule for this episode: what we know vs. what we don't 06:30 The central question about measuring financial strength 07:15 Why this should be a five-alarm fire for regulators 07:45 An enormous market built around things that are private by definition 08:15 Credit where it's due: The Ringer, Mispriced Assets, WSJ, Bloomberg, FT 09:15 Connecting dots vs. building a case 10:00 We made banks safer after 2008 — the money went somewhere else 11:00 Even if it's all legal, the larger question remains 11:45 A simple rule: when someone tells you "it's complicated" 12:15 Complexity as a feature, not a bug 13:00 The innocent explanation: a $2.5B gain in 14 months 13:30 Iger and Kushner were already exploring an NBA expansion team 13:45 Why buy the Lakers instead of building from scratch 14:45 What "valued at $10 billion" does and doesn't mean 15:30 We don't know how much cash Walter personally receives 15:45 Why sell at all? Walter collects teams, he doesn't flip them 16:30 Why only the Lakers? He's keeping the Dodgers 17:15 February grand jury subpoenas and the parallel SEC review 17:30 The disclosure change inside the insurers' filings 18:15 A disclosure change is not a financial loss 19:30 Nobody's been charged; companies say they're cooperating 20:00 Reporting on liquidity — and the precision that question requires 21:00 Why the timing is a legitimate reporting question 21:15 Keeping two separate sports stories separate 21:45 The FIFA deal collapsed roughly 10 days before the Lakers deal 22:15 What the timing does and does not establish 23:00 The political question: Josh Kushner, Jared Kushner, the executive branch 23:45 The pattern is context — it is not evidence 24:00 No evidence of a quid pro quo 24:45 Why the question stays on the shelf 25:15 What does "billionaire" actually mean? 26:00 Who is Mark Walter? Cedar Rapids, a concrete plant, and anonymity 27:15 "I'm nothing special. I'm just the king of common sense." 27:45 Why the low profile matters to this story 28:30 Liberty Hampshire and asset-backed securitization 29:30 Meeting the Guggenheims and building Guggenheim Partners 30:45 Wealth vs. commanding capital that isn't yours 31:45 2012: buying the Dodgers, and the Frank McCourt cautionary tale 33:00 Baseball wanted the exact opposite of McCourt 33:45 Andrew Ross Sorkin's question: where's the rest of the money? 34:15 Insurance company capital in the Dodgers financing 35:15 How does retirement money end up near a baseball team? 36:30 Following the money: a hypothetical retiree in Indiana 37:15 The annuity bargain and what insurers do with the money 38:15 How 2008 scrambled the insurance business 39:00 Low rates and the hunt for yield 39:45 Chuck's Widget Company and the loan the bank won't make 41:00 Money always finds a way — the lesson from campaign finance 41:45 What private credit actually is 42:15 The genuine advantages of private credit 43:00 Stickier capital — and why runs still happen 43:45 Private credit isn't inherently bad. What happens when it gets big? 44:15 No public market means no continuous price check 45:15 What replaces the market as the check on valuation? 46:00 Two sides looking for each other 47:00 Multiplying one retiree's $100,000 by hundreds of thousands 47:45 What happens when the same person owns both sides? 48:30 This is an entire industry, not one man's invention 49:15 Guggenheim's move into insurance and the roots of Group 1001 50:30 The ecosystem: asset management, insurance, private credit 51:00 Why the corporate structure is so hard to follow 51:30 Sportsnet LA and American Media Productions 52:00 Roughly $587M of that debt held by the two insurers, per filings 52:30 Dodgers Tickets LLC and slicing up a franchise 53:00 Is the Dodgers one entity or many? 53:30 Asset-backed securitization, applied to a baseball team 54:30 Is lending against Dodgers TV revenue inherently bad? 55:00 The brother analogy: conflicts and other people's money 55:30 February: subpoenas to Delaware Life and Clear Spring 56:15 The assets were always on the books — the question is characterization 56:30 General interrogatory 13.2 and the original 3% answer 57:00 The revised figure: roughly $16.4B described as dependent on affiliates 57:30 Three separate questions the public record can't resolve 58:15 What the internal reviews concluded 58:45 Comparing that figure to Delaware Life's reported capital and surplus 59:15 What the number does NOT mean 59:45 Concentration, governance, and disclosure 1:00:30 The questions that actually matter 1:01:00 Why the opacity itself is part of the story 1:01:15 Someone looked at the individual borrowers, one by one 1:02:00 Nick Nemeth and the Mispriced Assets research 1:03:15 Why independent research matters in the new media world 1:03:45 Roughly 230 holdings with striking similarities 1:04:00 The names: Verdant Hills, Pines, Iroquois, Yellow Creek 1:04:30 Special purpose vehicles — what's inside the box? 1:05:00 The legitimate reasons to use an LLC 1:05:30 How structure can change regulatory treatment 1:06:15 Does the legal wrapper describe the economic risk underneath? 1:06:45 Does that explain 230 vehicles? We don't know. 1:07:15 The echo of the mortgage crisis 1:08:00 Formation dates, filing numbers, and same-day funding 1:08:45 Roughly 44% of positions held by both insurers, purchased the same day 1:09:15 Innocent explanations exist — but this looks like a system 1:09:30 The questions only investigators can answer 1:10:00 Identification numbers and why outsiders can't check a price 1:10:45 A sophisticated process may exist — but it isn't a public market 1:11:15 What's a private note worth this morning? 1:11:30 Carried at or near purchase price: the concern raised 1:12:00 The great irony: the Lakers are the easy thing to value 1:12:30 Who owns these investments — and who was promised whatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jerry Hairston Jr., Dodgers TV analyst, joins Zach Gelb.

Which NFL/CFB head coaches are on the hot seat? I Jerry Hairston Jr., Dodgers TV analyst, joins Zach Gelb. I Jeff Landry rips Scott Woodward.

Jerry Hairston Jr, Dodgers TV Analyst joins Zach Gelb

He's in town for the huge series at Truist Park between our Braves and Dodgers, but more importantly, he's surviving two young kids at home while navigating his crazy broadcast schedule. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob reacts to the Padres' hot start, Aaron Judge being named the Captain of Team USA, and Spencer Strider making history in his return from injury. Spectrum Sportsnet Analyst Jerry Hairston Jr. joins Rob to dive into the Dodgers' start of the season and give his thoughts on Jackie Robinson Day. Tigers Radio Analyst Bobby Scales breaks down what the Tigers need to do to get back to the postseason. Plus, Fair or Foul with JR Gamble, Weekend Wagers, Rob's latest appearance on MLB Network, and much more! Subscribe and download all of the latest Inside the Parker podcasts and follow Rob on Twitter!! #OddCouple See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"DodgerHeads" live show with Jeff Spiegel and DodgerBlue.com senior staff writer Scott Geirman discussing the latest on Shohei Ohtani's left shoulder injury, Los Angeles Dodgers being a big draw for TV ratings in the World Series, confidence in the bullpen and Walker Buehler heading into Game 3, and more. ⚾️ New Dodgers bobbleheads: http://foco.vegb.net/3Peb5K ⚾️ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/dodgerblue1958 ⚾️ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dodgerheads-by-dodgerblue-com/id1610389381  ⚾️ Twitter: @DodgerBlue1958 | https://twitter.com/dodgerblue1958 ⚾️ Instagram: @DodgerBlue1958 | https://instagram.com/dodgerblue1958/ ⚾️ Facebook: http://facebook.com/Dodgerblue1958 ⚾️ Website: https://dodgerblue.com/ ⚾️ Watch parties: https://www.getplayback.com/room/dodgerblue1958 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dodgers TV Play-by-Play Announcer Stephen Nelson joined Nick Cellini and Chris Dimino to talk about the Braves and Dodgers series, the banged up Dodgers pitching, Shohei Ohtani's habits and a thorn in the Braves side.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Casey is joined by Dodgers television analyst Jerry Hairston Jr. to discuss Shohei Ohtani, and the pressure on the Dodgers heading into this season.

In the first hour of The Vince Coglianese Show, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, or as Vince calls them, the “Dudes of Perpetual Bigotry” are set to be honored at tonight's Dodgers game. The Dodgers TV affiliate refuses to air a commercial made by the Catholic Vote criticizing their decision to honor an anti-Catholic hate group. Trevor Williams speaks out against the Dodgers decision and defends his religion. Vince speaks with Shawn Fleetwood, Staff Writer for The Federalist about his column “Daniel Penny's Indictment Deserve The Level of Outrage Trump's Got.”   For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.   To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3- MLB analyst Mark Sweeney previews Padres Dodgers series, tv listings, fusion.

Angelo and the morning team discuss the Eagles preseason game, the Phillies big series against the Mets and Dodgers TV reporter David Vassegh slide mishap. 

Bill opens the final hour of the show hearing what defensive coordinator Joe Barry had to say to the media. He then talks about Randall Cobb's take on the young wide receiver room, hears Brian Gutenkunst speak to the media and talks about a Dodgers TV guy breaking his wrist at AmFam FieldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He covers one of the most iconic teams in sports and lets us know what Atlanta Braves fans can expect from the Dodgers this weekend at Truist....and what it's been like watching Freddie Freeman so far this season.      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He covers one of the most iconic teams in sports and lets us know what Atlanta Braves fans can expect from the Dodgers this weekend at Truist....and what it's been like watching Freddie Freeman so far this season.      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dodgers television pregame and postgame host Jerry Hairston Jr. introduces us to the current version of AJ Pollock, whom the White Sox acquired earlier in the day. Can he even play right field?

SD Loyal Sal Zizzo, best bets, Joe Musgrove talks about facing the dodgers, TV listings & a joke

Dodgers TV analyst, best-selling author of The Big Chair and former GM, Ned Colletti joins the podcast this week to share some of his incredible stories from his near 40 year career in baseball.  We finally set the record straight about Kourtney's role in Justin's original minor league deal that capped off with a night at the blackjack tables in Australia.  Ned recalls his lengthy hiring process and transition from the rival Giants to the Dodgers. He'll give his thoughts on the current team he helped shape as well as the current cross-town rivalry in Chicago.   Follow Ned: @therealnedcolletti   

The Orioles are in the Yasiel Puig market. But why? Why would that make any sense at all? We discussed that to start today's show-with Dodgers TV analyst/former Oriole Jerry Hairston Jr.-who thinks the signing WOULD make sense for Baltimore. Also in Hour 1, we discussed the Ravens' silly all-time but also why it isn't quite as silly as it is but that actually makes it even more silly. It's a whole thing. At the top of Hour 2, we met Baltimore republican mayoral nominee Pastor Shannon Wright, who discussed sports-related topics like the future of Pimlico, Royal Farms Arena, the Orioles' lease and Baltimore athletes protesting. And at the bottom of Hour 2, our pal Jeremy Conn from 105.7 The Fan joined us to discuss Puig, the insanity of leaving Derrick Maason off the Ravens' team and the whole Will Smith thing.

Ryan Covay and Joe Shasky are joined by sixteen year MLB vet and current Dodgers TV analyst, Jerry Hairston Jr, as they discuss the current state of the MLB and the ongoing discussions between players and owners.

PMS talks to Dodger 1988 World Series Champion and Dodgers TV analyst Orel Hershiser.

Behind Enemy Lines: Joe Davis, Dodgers TV play-by-play announcer

Solo Talk! I hosted Dodgers pre/post game show on TV! Walked around the stadium in suit and felt like a dream come true. That and more.

Solo Talk! I hosted Dodgers pre/post game show on TV! Walked around the stadium in suit and felt like a dream come true. That and more.

Our first PODCAST!!! Desire (@prettyybirrd), Alex (@alexuur) and Gabe (@gaberealsports) tell you a little about what you can expect from the Pantone 294 Podcast plus they give their opinions on the Dodgers TV deal, Fan Fest and Dad Jokes!

Our first PODCAST!!! Desire (@prettyybirrd), Alex (@alexuur) and Gabe (@gaberealsports) tell you a little about what you can expect from the Pantone 294 Podcast plus they give their opinions on the Dodgers TV deal, Fan Fest and Dad Jokes!

From Wednesday, October 25, 2017: Thom welcomes on former baseball player Jerry Hairston Jr. to discuss his long career in the MLB. They cover the time he was traded for Sammy Sosa, playing for Dusty Baker, his thoughts on him not returning to the Nationals and more. Jerry currently is part of the Dodgers TV broadcasts.

In a serious episode of Guys In Shorts, the guys tackle the hard hitting issues at play in the dumpster fire that is the Dodgers TV deal... ok, so it's not all that serious, but it's definitely hard hitting. Who's to blame? The Dodgers? Time Warner? DirecTV? The guys discuss all the reasons you can't hear Vin Scully on TV in his final season. You'll also be brought up to speed on the Kings and Clippers playoffs, the Rams #1 pick in the NFL draft and the LA Galaxy taking out a guy named Darlington Nagby... I know what you're thinking, yes that's a real name and yes, he probably negotiates Time Warner's TV deals.

Host Adam John (San Diego State Sports MBA Candidate 2014) welcomes fellow classmates Dom Lucq, Jasmine McGee, Patrick Coghlan and Walter Franco to discuss a variety of topics in this Sports Business Roundtable. Topics include: the real value of the Dodgers TV deal, Maryland/Rutgers moving to the Big 10, Tennessee Athletic Department financial woes and Cisco's StadiumVision Mobile product.