Congratulations to Dynasty client, Robert Lara, for being named to the Arizona Rookie League All-Star Team. Robert has definitely made Padres executives very happy about selecting him in the nineteenth round. In a post made yesterday on Paul DePodesta’s blog, he had this to say about Lara: Round 19 – Robert Lara, signed, Arizona – […]
Month: August 2008
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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up
My first official week as a 2L is over. Besides running around Wednesday night like a chicken with its head cut off, the week was a success. I was going crazy Wed. night due to the fact that I hated my Child Support Enforcement Law class, dropped it, and needed to pick up something in […]
PBA News Team USA won its second consecutive five-player team gold medal at the 2008 World Tenpin Bowling Association Men’s World Championships in a dramatic tiebreaker Wednesday. Patrick Allen led Team USA in the finals with 249, followed by Page with 244, Barnes with 205, Jones with 201 and Bill Hoffman of Columbus, Ohio, with […]
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CAA Is Dominant
Earlier this week, Liz Mullen and David Broughton wrote in Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal the following statement: CAA Sports, in two short years of existence, has become the dominant sports agency in the United States. Earlier this month, Jason Belzer positioned CAA as the second strongest American agency behind Wasserman Media Group (WMG). The […]
While I was frantically trying to find a class to substitute the terrible Child Support Enforcement Law that I dropped yesterday, I received an IM from Brian Foley of TheCollegeBaseballBlog.com. I had read headlines about Pedro Alvarez yesterday, but had not checked the full story yet. He wanted a quote, so this is what I […]
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Agent Spotlight: Carlos Fleming
A former top-ranked college player in the early 90s for the University of Kansas, Carlos Fleming hung up his racket after a short-lived professional career, and wondered, what now? Returning to his hometown in Cleveland, Fleming enrolled in a JD/MBA program at Case Western, and also sought any opportunity he could to meet people associated […]
You heard it here first. I had the privilege of watching Xavier play live at the AAU Championships in Orlando, FL back in July and the pleasure of speaking with him briefly after one of his games. The AAU Athletes First team member told me, at the time, that he was between Kansas, UCLA, Memphis, […]
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Jericho Scott Is A Free Agent
Everyone has their two-cents on the story about a nine-year-old boy, Jericho Scott, who was told by his youth baseball league that his stuff on the mound was too damn good that he was not longer permitted to play in the organization. The league wants Jericho’s team to be terminated and redistributed to other teams […]
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Hokie Nation
News from Blacksburg, Virginia, the home base for Hokie Nation. Head Coach Frank Beamer officially announced Tuesday that Sophomore QB, Tyrod Taylor will be red shirting this season. This means that Senior Sean Glennon will get all the snaps (pending not getting injured). The Hokies had played with dual quarterbacks last season as the offensive […]
PBA NEWS Team USA settled for a pair of bronze medals in trios’ competition. Patrick Allen, Page and Hoffman started strong in their match against Japan, with Allen striking on five of his first six shots and Page on four of his first five. However, Hoffman only struck twice and opened in the final two […]