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CAA Adds Under Armour’s Walker Jones Who Joins Coaches Division

Sports agent, Jimmy Sexton, leads Creative Artists Agency’s Coaches Division.  Referred to as college football’s most powerful agent by Sports Illustrated, Sexton will be distributing a little bit more of the workload these days.  This week, the agency added Under Armour’s Walker Jones, as reported by Michael Smith of Sports Business Journal. Jones — the […]

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Octagon Hires Industry Veteran Mindy Coppin To Lead Strategic Initiatives In Asia Pacific

Octagon, the world’s largest sports and entertainment management and marketing company, recently snagged one of the industry’s veteran leaders from another industry giant. Mindy Coppin — former Senior Vice President/Managing Director of IMG Artists Asia Pacific — will now serve as Octagon’s Head of Asia Pacific Business Development and Strategic Initiatives. “I am thrilled to […]

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Op-Ed: The Economics of Professional Sports, Is Younger Really Better?

The following guest post is by Allain Roy, CMG Sports President & CEO In today’s professional sports, a single injury can decimate a team and ruin a team’s and fan’s season. With salary caps playing a major role in sports leagues such as the NFL and the NHL and other leagues, the top players are […]

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Six Questions With Danny Horwits, Partner At Beverly Hills Sports Council

The following “Six Questions” short interview with Danny Horwits, partner at Beverly Hills Sports Council, was conducted by Richard Pallarino (@rpallarino). 1) When was it that you realized a career in sports management was right for you? I was an intern when I was 18 and within the first 2 months of it I realized this was […]