The Bay Area Online Sports Network has been in the business of televising and streaming live athletics contests in the Bay Area since 2014.
Our mission is to leverage technology to deliver cost-effective, high-quality broadcasts of local high school, college and professional sporting events to websites, OTT platforms and to linear TV outlets. Our tagline says: Game On — Live and Later. All broadcasts carried on our website or OTT channel are available live and then archived for two years. Some of our clients have their own sites which we stream to and others have arrangements with linear TV stations where the games air.
We are a local organization working with high schools, colleges and pro franchises to share the excitement and enjoyment of athletics. Our productions showcase not only the game on the field, but also the pageantry of athletic events.
The BAOSN team consists of former players, coaches, athletics administrators and sports fanatics. All team members share the vision and commitment to deliver high quality broadcasts of local sporting events. In addition to football productions, we also broadcast: Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Water Polo, Softball, Track & Field, Rugby, Rowing, Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee and many others.
Our client list includes but is not limited to:
- Santa Clara University’s games for ESPN+ in nine sports
- College of San Mateo Football (2022 National Junior College Champions)
- West Catholic League Football (Serra, St. Francis, St. Ignatius, Riordan, etc.)
- California Community College Athletic Assoc. Football and nine other State Championship events
- California Collegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA Div. II)
- Oakland Roots Professional Soccer
- Oakland Soul Professional Women’s Soccer
- SF Glens Professional Soccer
- TownFC MLS NEXT Pro Team
- University of California Crew
- Northern California Special Olympics Opening Ceremonies
BAOSN Productions have aired on:
- ESPN+
- beIN Sports (Internationally)
- Eleven Sports (Internationally)
- KRON 4
- KOFY – TV 20
- Comcast Hometown Channel
- The Rugby Network (Internationally)
- PAC 12 Networks
Leadership Team
Jim Petromilli, President
Jim Petromilli is the founder and President of the Bay Area Online Sports Network (BAOSN), a rapidly growing and respected sports production and streaming company. Jim has more than four decades of technology leadership and development of instructional technologies. In addition to leading BAOSN, he oversees the technical direction of the company’s production equipment and live streaming.
Prior to founding BAOSN, Jim served as Chief Technology Officer at two community colleges. Prior to that, Jim served as Director of the Centers for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation in the San Mateo Community College District. Jim holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Design and Industry, with an emphasis on electronics, from San Francisco State University.
Steve Nicolopulos, Vice President & Co-Founder
Steve has 38 years of football coaching experience on the NCAA Division III and High School levels locally. He has been a head coach as well as an assistant coach. Additionally, he was a high school athletics director for 10 years.
For the past 10 seasons, he has served as BAOSN’s primary football color analyst. When the Network covered Laney College football, Steve’s color calls could be heard in numerous game clips during the final season of Netflix’s Last Chance U Football.
Steve Hurlbut, Vice President and Executive Producer
Steve has run regional and national sports networks over the past 25 years. Additionally, he has an extensive background in football production. He is currently the Coordinating Producer for the New Orleans Saints pre-season games – the highest-rated preseason broadcasts in the NFL. For four seasons he was the coordinating producer of all Arena Football League games appearing on ESPN and CBSSN. In addition to the professional games, he also has led football productions for The Mountain West Network (BYU, TCU, Utah, San Diego State, Air Force Academy, etc.), Eleven Sports production of UMASS, Big Sky and Ivy League football, Atlantic 10 Network coverage of football (including Delaware and James Madison’s National Championship seasons). He is the recipient of an Emmy Award as well as a Sports Video Group Live Game and Event Production Award.