Don and Chris talk with Rich Gallagher, Senior Account Executive for Digital & Emerging Media at Taylor, a "sports, lifestyle and entertainment public relations firm" that has been very active in engaging sports blogs in promoting its clients.

One of those brands - Diageo Liquors (whose portfolio includes Guinness, Captain Morgan and Cuervo) was an early and energetic part of both or our Blogs With Balls events. We talk about what the brands are looking for in online partners, how they see the value in events like BwB, and we touch a little on the FTC's new online disclosure guidelines.

Don and Chris from (Hugging Harold Reynolds).com are joined by Yardbarker.com CEO, Pete Vlateslica.

We are lucky to get a chance to speak with Pete on the heals of the recently announced partnership between Yardbarker and FoxSports.com.

Viva Las Vegas!

We're heading out to the desert tomorrow, so this week's show gets an early release.

We talk with Mike Tollin, director of ESPN 30 For 30 documentary Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL.

Tollin's resume also includes sports classics Ready to Rumble (executive producer), Varsity Blues (producer) and Lucas favorite, Summer Catch (producer).

ESPN.com Editor-in-Chief Rob King, who talks about his role, True Hoop, NFL Blog Network, ESPN Local, “What does Bill Simmons have to do to get fired,” and more.

You can catch Rob alongside Jalen Rose, SB Nation’s Jim Bankoff and SLAM Magazine’s Lang Whitaker in Vegas next week at Blogs With Balls and the BlogWorld & New Media Expo.

Dan Levy from OnTheDLPodcast joins the crew to talk Blogs with Balls 2.0 in Las Vegas on October 14th.

Don, Chris and Dan talk podcasting and conference panels and engage in a little "Skyped Up," featuring "Famous DL's".

This week we formally announce our collaboration with ESPN to help provide tickets to Blogs With Balls at Blog World Expo for only $100.

Guests: Senior Editor of BwB 1.0 sponsor SB Nation, Chris Mottram - renowned athlete stalker, one half of Mister Irrelevant's Brothers Mottram and formerly of Fanhouse and The Sporting Blog.

This week we have a big announcement (that we can't really announce). But the important detail we can share is that later this week, we will announce that a very prominent partner has come on board who will sponsor registration for a limited time that will result in $100 tickets for Blogs With Balls-only attendees at Blog World Expo.

Guests: Gary Vaynerchuk, owner of VaynerMedia - a social media firm he and his brother AJ started and run. VaynerMedia represents BwB2.0 featured speaker Jalen Rose, among other sports figures and entities. His first book, as part of a 7-figure deal he signed with Harper Studio is due out in October and is currently available for presale.

This week we sit down with Mitch German, VP of Communications for the Sacramento Kings and in addition to discussing important issues surrounding blogger credentialing we make him play "Name That King."

Guests: Mitch German, VP of Communications for the Sacramento Kings

Today we tease our flubbed conversation with John McEnroe. Don’t worry – we will salvage it. Nevertheless, we had a ton of fun talking about this week’s Ballsy Blog of the Week – our good friends at WhoDeyRevolution.com. There latest task in “Project Mayhem” could very well have resulted in the first time in the history of the NFL that an owner of a team ordered the grounding of an airplane.

Guests: Lewis Howes; social networker, author, entrepreneur and former college standout/Arena League player

We begin Episode 1 by kicking off with a show intro to let you know where we plan to take the show, and highlight what’s going on with the planning of Blogs With Balls 2.0 at the Blog World & New Media Expo.

Guests: We also have our first guest of the show, NCAA All-American from West Virginia, former 2nd round draft pick of the Tennessee Titans, former Cincinnati Bengals captain, and Founder & Co-CEO of JockBiz.com, John Thornton (@JohnThornton). In his post-playing career, John blogs at AllProBlogger.com and offers full-service consulting for players in everything from nutrition and dieting to social media development at Jock Biz.