Sep
30

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (9/30/11)

NFL: DEC 07 Bengals at Colts

I am on my way up to Gainesville, Florida to return to my alma mater (undergrad and law school) and watch the Gators take on the Alabama Crimson Tide.  I can’t wait to see a lot of friends and watch some good football under the lights at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (8 p.m. kickoff).  I…
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Jul
12

Mark Steinberg Joins Jeff Schwartz, Casey Close At Excel Sports Management

Just yesterday, Mark Steinberg officially decided his new agency destination after leaving IMG roughly a month-and-a-half ago. Steinberg had been the Director of IMG’s Global Golf Business and was responsible for the representation of Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam, and other golfers. I had speculated for quite some time that Steinberg would seriously consider joining up…
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May
25

Mark Steinberg Leaving IMG, Tiger Woods To Follow?

Yesterday, Darren Rovell of CNBC broke the news that Tiger Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg is no longer an employee of IMG (his contract expires in June 2011), where at one point in time he was director of Global Golf Business.  At IMG, Steinberg was responsible for the representation of Woods and LPGA golfer Annika Sorenstam,…
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Feb
08

Would You Invest in a Golfer?

Scott Stallings

I recently stumbled upon an excellent blog written by an up and coming professional golfer named Scott Stallings. Scott’s blog is a little different than most other celebrity blogs in that he blogs for B Net, which is a business and management specific website. In his blog titled “Chief Executive Golfer” Scott gives readers insight…
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Nov
26

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (11/26/2010)

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all.  Anyone go out to the stores real early today?  With so many great deals to be found online, I feel like it is not even necessary to do your body such a disservice by waking up so early after a big day of eating.  I am up in Tallahassee, Florida…
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Jun
25

INTRODUCING: The Sports Agent Directory

sports agent directory

The Sports Agent Directory is the most comprehensive sports agent directory in the world.  Sure, we provide links to various agency websites in our Sports Agencies feature, but the Sports Agency Directory, which is offered by Sports Agent 411, LLC provides everything you could possibly need in terms of information regarding athletes and their agents.…
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Nov
10

Moore For Me

Moore

PGA Tour pro Ryan Moore has made headlines this last week for finally signing an endorsement deal with Scratch Golf.  What’s the big deal? For those of you who don’t know, Moore has been known on the PGA Tour this past year as the “logo-less” guy and not because he wasn’t offered endorsement deals, but…
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May
06

CAA Acquires Another Important Piece Of IMG

caa img

CAA is the old IMG, shot up with a dose of corporate steroids.  Its football division is leaps and bounds above its competition, in a sport where new entrants come into the fold every day trying to take some of CAA’s share (with not much success).  Its baseball division is right up there with names…
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Mar
24

The Tiger Tax

tiger woods

The Victorian Government has decided that Tiger Woods is a worthy investment. The world’s number 1 golfer will be appearing at the Australian Masters in November this year – but at a price. For the tournament, Tiger will receive an appearance fee of $3 million, or roughly US$2 million. Outside of the US PGA Tour,…
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Mar
13

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/13/09)

key west

I took a short vacation to Key West earlier this week, although as we all know, there is no vacation when you run a company.  It was still very enjoyable to get away for a little bit, and I came back with a pretty decent tan.  Akron’s Pro Day is this coming Wednesday.  Dynasty represents…
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