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MLB Players MLB Teams Sports Agents

Is Scott Boras Stepping Over the Line?

I’ve only written about hockey on this site, but I am a huge sports fan in general. I like to think that I have a good working knowledge of the business side of the four major North American sports leagues. So something caught my eye while I was perusing the sports pages over the past […]

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MLB Players MLB Teams Sports Agents

Boras Calls Out The Tigers For Being Narrow-Minded

Myopic – [mahy-op-ik, –oh-pik] –adjective Ophthalmology. pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted. unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted. lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded. Scott Boras recently called out the Detroit Tigers organization for being myopic in the organization’s decision to bench Magglio Ordonez.  By all accounts, Ordonez is having a mediocre season.  His graphs […]

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Contract Negotiation NBA Players

Turkoglu Testing Waters

If there is one thing that many learned from this season’s NBA Playoffs, it is that Orlando Magic small forward Hedo Turkoglu is a great basketball player. Hedo and his agent Lon Babby have realized this and are using it to their advantage. Turkoglu opted out of his final year with the Magic and has […]

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Book Reviews

Book Review: The 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live

For the second consecutive book review, I am discussing a book that has nothing to do with being a sports agent.  I promise that the next one on the list will be all the sports agent you can handle.  Anyway, I received The 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live directly from author, Robert Tuchman.  […]

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Headline Hockey

NHL Draft Preview

The NHL Entry Draft begins on Friday.  Montreal is a great host city for the draft and should be a lot like the NFL Draft in NYC with fans cheering and booing with each pick in the first round.  The first two selections are on every fan’s radar.  The debate of who deserves to be […]