Interview With The Athlete By Matthew Vuckovich Steve Weatherford is a 24 year-old NFL player. He is the punter for the New Orleans Saints (http://www.neworleanssaints.com/playerbio.cfm?playerid=361). I became friends with Steve through one of my fraternity brothers while Steve was playing football at the University of Illinois. Being a former Illini, he will always be star […]
Month: May 2007
Joel Segal’s Worldwide Football Inc. has been acquired by Blue Equity LLC. If you have ever heard of Joel Segal, it is probably because he is Reggie Bush’s agent for contractual negotiations with NFL teams. In the past, I may have even put some of the blame on Segal for not negotiating Bush in the […]
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Rookiepedia NBA
Wikis and blogs. The world cannot get enough of them now-a-days. Every day, there is a new blog about some obscure topic that sprouts up, and you will probably read it (if you read this mess, you’ll probably read anything). Wikis are growing at an increasing pace as well. I am in the process of […]
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Beckham paying off
There has been a lot of talk on Beckham over the site since his massive move to LA Galaxy. Talk has surrounded Beckham making a huge impact on the sport of soccer and lifting its profile through the US, but this may come sooner than expected. [Beckham sells for Galaxy] The club’s owner, Tim Leiweke […]
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Philanthropy: Darfur
Steve Kauffman is leading the fight among sports agents to end the mass genocide in Darfur. The Holocaust occurred in Europe less than 70 years ago and the event killed over 6 million Jews. It seems like the world has not yet escaped the threat of mass genocide. Today in the Sudan, many more people […]
Sorry for the belated post guys, but my internet was down all Sunday and early Monday. You may notice that Darren is back, but that I’m still bringing you the Nightmare Clients of the Week. Well, turns out Darren thought I filled in admirably in his absence and since his summer will be hectic enough […]
The Sports Law Professor was able to attend the 33rd annual Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) Conference in Cambridge, MA that occurred from May 17-19. I would have loved to have been able to attend, but as you are probably aware, I was falling in love with Israel at the time. Anyway, TSLP made some comments […]
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New Looks
If you are new to the site, welcome! If you are a returning visitor, you may see some new things around SportsAgentBlog.com At the top left and right sides of the header, you will find boxes. These boxes will feature our newest and most popular sections of the site. For now, check out Interview With […]
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Israel Stuff
I promised to put up pictures from my trip to Israel once I got the majority of them up on the internet. Coming through on my promise, my select favorite pictures will be displayed after the “read more” link is clicked, plus look below for a special treat. Music: Everyone who went on birthright sometime […]
Interview With The Athlete By Matthew Vuckovich Welcome to I Want to be a Sports Agent‘s newest column: Interview With The Athlete. All of us here at SportsAgentBlog.com hope that you enjoy. Danny Richmond is a 22-year-old NHL player. He plays Defense for the Chicago Blackhawks (http://www.chicagoblackhawks.com/team/player.asp?player_id=203). I have been best friends with Danny since […]