241. Zach Leonsis, Monumental Sports and Entertainment




Sports With Friends  show

Summary: This episode was recorded before the sports world shut down due to the coronavirus. However, this episode with Zach Leonsis is about the innovative ways fans can consume sports, and how Washington DC sports fans benefit from it. He is also the son of Wizards, Capitals, and Mystics owner Ted Leonsis. We also learn what Zach did with the Stanely Cup when the Capitals won it in 2018. Zach Leonsis is Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for Monumental Sports and Entertainment and General Manager of Monumental Sports Network, a first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile and over-the-top platforms. In 2016, Leonsis led the transformation of Monumental Sports Network - co-owned by Monumental Sports and Entertainment and NBC Sports Group - from an ad-based blogging platform into a direct-to-fan service content provider. Follow Zach on Twitter @ZacharyLeonsis