Mar
03

We Should Not Be In The Business Of Empty Promises

Alonzo Mourning

Henry Abbott of ESPN’s TrueHoop recently wrote a piece concerning how sports agents promise the world to athletes in order to give them a fighting chance at being hired for representation purposes.  He draws interesting comparisons to the medical and real estate worlds, where many doctors and real estate brokers will over-promise and under-deliver.  Alonzo Mourning’s…
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Jul
02

Gambling With Your Career

After the whole Tim Donaghy scandal, it would be smart if athletes decided to stop gambling, at least for a while.  Since the Donaghy story broke, we have heard about Charles Barkley and Adam Jones (formerly known as Pacman) getting sued by Las Vegas casinos for not paying their gambling bills.  This week we now…
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