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2013 NHL Entry Draft Overview And Picks

The following is a guest contribution from Niko de Jonge. The 2013 NHL Entry Draft is taking place this coming Sunday at the Devils home rink in Newark, New Jersey.  The NHL draft usually is split up between two days, with the first round taking place on prime time television on day 1, while the […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (6/28/2013)

The Miami Heat celebrated its second consecutive championship this week.  Thankfully, LeBron James’ head was not sliced off by low hanging bridges on the route.  What are your thoughts about last night’s NBA Draft?  Exciting class of rookies?  This week on FORBES: (1) Are Executive Search Firms Worth The Cost To College Athletic Departments?; (2) Jay-Z Signs […]

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2013 NBA Draft Agents/Players List

Prior coverage of NBA Draft (agent/player) relationships: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 Keep up with Sports Agent Blog on Twitter | Facebook | RSS Highlights Excel Sports Management with 7 clients selected  in 1st round. 11 clients selected overall. Wasserman Media Group with 4 clients selected  in 1st round. 9 clients selected overall Octagon Basketball with 3 clients selected  in 1st round. 5 clients selected overall. […]

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Santa Clara Law Symposium On Sports Concussions

What: Third Annual Sports Law and Ethics Symposium at Santa Clara Law – Sports Concussions: Problems and Proposed Solutions When: September 12, 2013 (9 a.m. – 6 p.m.) Where: Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, Santa Clara, California 95053 9:00-9:05 a.m. Welcome – Chairman of the Institute of Sports Law and Ethics 9:05-10:00 a.m. Keynote Addresses:Alan Schwarz, NY Times […]

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NCAA Looking At PJ Hairston’s Relationship With Basketball Agent Rodney Blackstock

Last week, The Big Lead learned that the NCAA opened an investigation into UNC-Chapel Hill guard PJ Hairston.  Specifically, an apparent relationship between Hairston and basketball agent Rodney Blackstock is under question.  The Big Lead included a GIF of Blackstock saluting Hairston at a basketball game.  Not quite sure what that proves other than the […]

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Golf Executive Switches From Lagardere To Octagon

Early yesterday morning Sports Agent Blog published an article announcing that Lagardère Unlimited Golf’s senior vice president David Yates resigned from the company.  Later that day, Octagon revealed that it had already hired Yates, who will join the company next month as its Managing Director of Golf in Octagon’s Athletes & Personalities Division.  Yates will be […]

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On To The Next One: Orie Lemon

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Orie Lemon has terminated his standard representation agreement with football agent Peter Schaffer and signed with Jordan Woy of Willis & Woy Sports Group.  Lemon, an undrafted player from Oklahoma State University, was signed by the Dallas Cowboys before becoming a member of the Chiefs.  In 2013, he played in five […]

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Jay-Z’s Next Target For Roc Nation Sports May Be Agent Rob London

The following article is a guest contribution from Joshua Gleason.  Mr. Gleason is an NFL Draft Coordinator for Pro Football Spot and an award-winning broadcaster.  Follow him on Twitter at @JGleas. Roc Nation Sports has launched into the sporting world and made quite the impact in only a short time. This can’t be seen as too […]

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Sports Agent Blog’s 2013 NBA Mock Draft

The following article is a guest contribution by Benjamin Haynes, Esq.   Haynes is a former Division 1 Basketball Player at Oral Roberts University and currently practices law in the State of Florida. The 2013 NBA draft has been discussed at length for an extended period of time.  However, these discussions have not been talks of optimism and […]

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Gaylord Sports Architect Resigns From Lagardère Unlimited Golf

In January 2012, Lagardère Unlimited acquired Scottsdale, Arizona-based Gaylord Sports Management Group.  Gaylord Sports was well known for its expansive golf division, which included 2012 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Phil Mickelson and 2011 PGA Championship winner and 2011 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Keegan Bradley.  The company’s senior vice president, David Yates, stayed on board with Lagardère Unlimited. […]