Team

Mike Tannenbaum joined ESPN as an NFL Front Office Insider in April 2019. A former NFL executive with more than two decades of experience in team front offices, he now appears on a variety of ESPN platforms, including NFL Live, SportsCenter, First Take and Get Up. Mike has also contributed to ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Draft since 2019, serving as an analyst on ESPN Radio.
Prior to ESPN, Mike worked for several NFL franchises, most notably as Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Miami Dolphins (2015-18), and Executive Vice President and General Manager for the New York Jets (2006-12). Under Mike’s leadership, the Dolphins made the playoffs in 2016 for the first time in eight seasons, and the Jets advanced to the playoffs in three seasons, won four playoff games and made two AFC Championship game appearances. Mike’s tenure as General Manager of the Jets marked the most successful seven-year period in franchise history.
Between executive roles with the Jets and Dolphins, Mike represented head coaches Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors), David Blatt (then with the Cleveland Cavaliers) and others serving as an agent and principal at Priority Sports and Entertainment from 2013-14.
Mike began his NFL career as an intern for the New Orleans Saints in 1994. He went on to the Cleveland Browns as a player personnel assistant in 1995, then returned to the Saints for the 1996 season.
In 1997, then-New York Jets head coach Bill Parcells, now a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, hired Mike as Director of Player Contracts, launching his 16-year career with the team. From there, Mike advanced to Director of Pro Player Development/Player Contracts in 2000, Assistant General Manager/Director of Pro Personnel in 2001 and then General Manager/Senior Vice President of Football Operations in 2006.
Mike graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a degree in accounting and then, while working for the Saints, earned his certificate in sports law, graduating cum laude from Tulane University Law School.

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Joe has dedicated his life to his two passions– football and service.
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Joe began his professional football career in 1994 with the Philadelphia Eagles. He has served as the team’s strategic advisor to the owner, President & CEO, Executive Vice President of Administration and Senior Vice President. As a tireless advocate for the sports community, he helped build the Philadelphia Eagles in to one of the most admired NFL teams in the country. During his tenure, his contract was extended 3 times.
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In July 2012, Joe played a pivotal role in the negotiation and purchasing of the Cleveland Browns at a great value and completed this venture in a very short time. He served as CEO of the Cleveland Browns from 2012-2014. From 2015-2018, Joe was an analyst for a variety of shows on ESPN.
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His service not only is evident in the numerous initiatives to support the sports fans, but to also help children in need through his involvement with City Year. He has grown the Philadelphia non-profit organization which sends teams of young people to city schools to teach and mentor at-risk children.

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Daniel Sillman, Chief Executive Officer of Relevent Sports Group, is passionate about media businesses that lie at the intersection of sports and entertainment. Daniel leads the largest privately-owned soccer company in North America, focused on growing the popularity of the sport in North America and Asia. Relevent Sports Group owns and operates the International Champions Cup (ICC), the summer’s premiere international club tournament. The tournament has sold 5 million tickets and draws over 100 million viewers annually.

Daniel’s initial foray into soccer was leading the strategy to bring the famed soccer rivalry, El Clásico, to the U.S. for the first time in 2017 creating a week of events and entertainment activities, marketing the match to be the highest grossing soccer match in recorded history. Daniel has been named to the 2019 Sports Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” list and Forbes’  “Sports 30 Under 30” for 2018.

During his time as CEO, Daniel has led the company through a period of exponential growth, creating new properties and completing the landmark deal, a first-of-its-kind 20-year deal with LaLiga, an equal joint venture to promote soccer in the U.S. and Canada.

Prior to joining Relevent Sports Group, Daniel served as the Director of Business Development at RSE Ventures, responsible for sourcing, structuring, and executing on new investments at RSE Ventures, including NextVR, Student Sports, Krossover and PureWow, among others.

Daniel is also a business partner and advisor to NBA star, Draymond Green, with whom he co-owns Blink Fitness franchises that encompasses the state of Michigan and Chicago area.

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After graduating from DePauw University where he was an all-conference member of the men’s basketball team, Austin began his professional career on Wall Street as an analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities in the Tax-Exempt Capital Markets Group, focusing specifically on municipal clients in Florida and Puerto Rico. Austin then went on to earn his J.D. from Washington & Lee University, School of Law and spent time at the New York based law firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell, working in both the Mergers & Acquisitions and Investment Management groups.

Austin currently serves as Co-Head of the Basketball Division at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), representing some of the world’s top talent in professional basketball. Since joining CAA in 2013, Austin has helped lead a team that has negotiated more than $2.17 billion in free agent deals for its clients.

Additionally, Austin was featured in Forbes’ “30 Under 30: The Sports World’s Brightest Young Stars” list in 2015 and Forbes’ “World’s Most Powerful Sports Agents” list in 2019. Austin is also a recipient of the Sports Business Journal’s prestigious “Forty Under 40” award, honoring the top sports business executives in their respective fields.