I hope everyone is enjoying their apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah. At this time of the year, I like to spend some time thinking about what I am thankful for. In particular, I am thankful to have supportive friends and family, good health, and independence. Quite a few professional basketball players should be thankful…
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Sep
09
Bosh Gives A Bunch Of Domain Names To The NBPA
Jun
04
On to the Next One: Shaun White
For eight years, action sports icon Shaun White has worked with agent Mark Ervin and IMG. This was a successful and lucrative pairing that saw White become one of the most recognizable faces in sports, but like they say, all good things eventually come to an end. Last week, White dropped Ervin for the services…
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Dec
15
Influential People According To SportsBusiness Journal
Yesterday, SportsBusiness Journal released its annual 50 most influential people in sports business list. Baseball tied Football with locking up the most slots (8 for each), Jacques Rogge (President of the International Olympic Committee) was ranked #1, and six agent types/groups were listed. #26 – George Pyne (President of IMG Sports & Entertainment) #32 –…
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Feb
03
CAA Goes All “Strategery”
Why not just call CAA’s sport division, IMG? It seems like besides representing a few notable individual-sport athletes like Tiger Woods, most former IMG team-sport clients and their agents have moved from cold Cleveland to sunny California and joined the ranks of the always growing Creative Artists Agency. CAA’s latest IMG pick-up is Bob Kain,…
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Jun
11
Boras Loses A Couple Of Danks’
While I was sifting through the names of players drafted from the 5th to 25th round of this year’s MLB Amateur Draft, a few names stood out to me. Some caught my eye because I had talked to them previously about potentially serving as their advisor and others had last names that just clicked in…
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Apr
26
Agent Talk Leading Up To The NFL Draft
We are just an hour away from the beginning of the 2008 NFL Draft. Here are some good reads to check out before the show kicks off. Choosing an agent, players say, can be difficult because, as former CU guard Brian Daniels of the Minnesota Vikings warned, “They’re all going to tell you what you…
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