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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Fundamentals: Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson

Welcome to the latest episode of Fundamentals with Ian Thomas, a Front Office Sports interview show featuring leading operators and voices of the sports industry.

Our four-part esports series — presented by Topgolf — comes to an end today with Nicole LaPointe Jameson, CEO of professional esports team Evil Geniuses.

Note: Today’s episode will begin at 2pm ET.

Esports series, presented by Topgolf:
Weds July 15 — 4pm ET
Steve Arhancet (Co-CEO / Owner of Team Liquid)
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Thurs July 16 — 12pm ET
Mike Neligan (EVP, VaynerSports) and Darren Glover (Division Lead, VaynerGaming)
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Fri July 17 — 12:15pm ET
Nicole LaPointe (CEO, Evil Geniuses)
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