Jason Peck, an enterpreneur, internet marketer, consultant, sports business blogger, and friend of mine, read about the College Sport Research Institute 2009 Conference on SportsAgentBlog.com, and decided that he would attend the event due to his close proximity to Chapel Hill and its excellent schedule of events. He wrote up a report from the first…
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Apr
18
Jason Peck Reports On Day 1 Of The CSRI 2009 Conference
Apr
18
Dan Leatherman Having A Strong Start
While the Potomac Nationals lost their home opener at Pfitzner Stadium on Friday night, Dan Leatherman made his second appearance late in the game and gave the Nationals a chance to come back. Entering the game in the 8th inning with his team down 7-5, Leatherman went two full innings and gave up no runs…
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Apr
17
Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (4/17/09)
Are you ready for the 5th edition of “Jewish Major Leaguers” baseball cards? I hope I get Ian Kinsler’s shayna punim! Did you know that Long Island University’s basketball team sacrificed competing in the 1936 Olympics because of Hitler’s persecution of Jews? Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur may prevent Jewish NY Jets fans from going…
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Apr
17
Gundy Is Off To A Sizzling Start
Kyle Gunderson must not want to stay in High A for long. Last night, he came in to Potomac’s game to start off the 7th inning. Potomac was hanging in the game, only down 1-0. That one run would be all that Salem scored on the night. Gunderson pitched two innings of 1 hit, no…
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Apr
16
Bill Neff Reveals Plans For Flynn and Devendorf
Bill Neff is a basketball agent at Saga Sports. His NBA clients include Jason Hart, Demetris Nichols, Mike Taylor, Kevin Ollie, and Mike Wilks. He also has some overseas clients, including former Syracuse Orangeman, Gerry McNamara. Apparently, Neff wants to give back to Syracuse by contributing some quotes to one of its local TV stations.…
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Apr
16
Video Interview: Chris Layne
Chris Layne is both a sports agent and coach for track and field athletes. In the interview below, Chris talks to a website called Flotrack about balancing both professions and how he got to being a coach and agent. Chris coaches at Milligan College in east Tennessee and is an agent at Total Sports Management. …
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Apr
16
Leatherman Is Back
Last night, as the Potomac Nationals were losing to the Salem Red Sox, Dan Leatherman saw his first action of this young season. The Nationals put him in the game with one-out and a man on first and second in the bottom of the 8th. Leatherman walked the first batter he faced, but then got…
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Apr
15
Should You Hire A Social Media Consultant?
As more and more athletes and their agents begin to accept social media devices, professional leagues are also gaining a strong presence on the social networking sites. However, whereas the athletes are publicly posting information that is widely disseminated to a large audience of followers, the various leagues have decided to create much different identities…
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Apr
15
Does Michael Whitaker Have George Hill 2.0?
Michael Whitaker is a basketball agent at Reid Entertainment. Whitaker is not a common name in the industry like an Arn Tellem, Leon Rose, or Bill Duffy, and Reid Entertainment is not a name that floats around with WMG, CAA, or BDA, but Whitaker and Reid Entertainment have been making large strides in establishing a…
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Apr
15
Dan Leatherman Joins High A Potomac
The unfortunate and untimely death of Dan Leatherman‘s father with one week left of Spring Training, meant that Dan would have to miss the final week of games, when many players were cut and assigned to the various Minor League Affiliates. Dan had a very impressive Spring and was told that he would start the…
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