Always a big weekend for Florida football fans, this weekend is the annual Florida/Georgia match-up in Jacksonville, FL. I will not be heading there for the game or the pre/post game festivities, but I will definitely be watching on TV. My boys better pick up their play real soon, or I fear they will get […]
Month: October 2009
If you had two clients playing in the World Series, who would you want them to be after watching the first two games of the world series? Would they be Cliff Lee and A.J. Burnett? If your name is Darek Braunecker, that dream is actually a reality. Braunecker, whom I recently covered in an Agent […]
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Going The Extra 5M
Sports have always been a big part of Joey Kirk’s life. From covering Bob Knight basketball at Texas Tech for the student newspaper to long nights of designing the sports section of the newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona, he found himself completely immersed in sports. It wasn’t until after a year of establishing his first business, […]
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NBA: Southeast Division Previews
Last week, I posted my 2009-10 preview for the Miami Heat. I think we will have an above-average season, but I see the Magic taking this division. Solid offseason moves, and a great man in the middle by the name of Dwight Howard. Thus, I’ll give him some love by placing his image at the […]
I recently wrote a piece on veteran NFL players who were playing poorly during their contract year. News has broke from the Dallas Cowboys that they have signed DeMarcus Ware to a 6-year/$78,000,001 contract with nearly $40 million guaranteed. I will explain the added $1, shortly. Before signing this big extension, Ware was boasting a […]
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So You Want to Work In Sports?
My name is Zachary Lipari, and this is my first post on SportsAgentBlog.com. So you want to work in sports? You’ve put in the days, the months, and the years into getting yourself ready to be a productive member of the sports industry. You have recently graduated college, maybe even with an industry specific degree […]
For the past 48 hours, I have been debating whether or not I should actually make this post. Then, after talking to a few people, they woke me up and made me realize that I actually had absolutely no choice. If I did not write this post, I would be going against what this site […]
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Name That “Agent”
A few people recently tipped me to a certain sports agent’s LinkedIN profile. Apparently, this agent has been calling and emailing established professionals in this industry and giving them a good laugh. I have no intention of ruining anybody’s career or making a fool out of anyone, but this is something I could not ignore. […]
Brady Quinn looked ever-so-promising at Notre Dame. He made many believe that he’d be a solid quarterback in the NFL, but after a rough start to the season, he has been benched for former starter Derek Anderson. The devastation this causes on Quinn is two-fold. For one, he has to deal with the fact that […]
Eligibility issues for John Wall. I didn’t see that one coming. Oh wait, yeah I did. To refresh your memory, Brian Clifton was Wall’s AAU coach and was also a formerly registered agent. As far as we know, Brian Clifton never gave anything of significant monetary value to Wall, so Wall should be in the […]