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‘Jeep Wrangler Celebrity Customs’ Features A-Rod And Other Celebs

Jeep recently announced its first-ever creative collaboration web-series featuring celebrities – Alex Rodriguez, Maria Menounos – and co-founders of The Infatuation app, Chris Stang and Andrew Steinthal. The contest, dubbed “Jeep Wrangler Celebrity Customs,” is part of the brand’s newest marketing campaign. The six-part series aired on September 6 and will air each week until […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (9/7/2018)

The NFL regular season is officially underway and it feels like the world is back on its regular orbit (if you’re able to ignore all the political drama going on in Washington D.C.). Speaking of football, the talk of the week was undoubtedly Nike’s new advertisements featuring Colin Kaepernick, who may be making more money […]

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Jacksonville Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette Partners With iFLY Luggage

According to a press release, Jacksonville Jaguars runningback and emerging star Leonard Fournette entered into a partnership with iFLY Luggage. The second-year back out of LSU will introduce and promote the X Series 7, a collection of exceptional bags and travel accessories inspired by Fournette’s fashion-sense. The X Series 7 collection will offer three new […]

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On To The Next One: Houston Astros C Martin Maldonado

Houston Astros C Martin Maldonado has enlisted the expertise of  Scott Boras to navigate through his remaining days on an MLB roster before he enters free agency in about two months. The decision, reported by Jon Heynman, is important in figuring out whether or not Maldonado wants an extension with the Astros, who lack depth […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (8/31/2018)

Happy end of the month and I wish you all an enjoyable Labor Day weekend. I have completed two of my fantasy drafts by now and I’m already spent. What’s interesting is that I think as sports betting expands, it may drastically reduce the amount of interest in daily/weekly fantasy sports, but season-long (particularly with […]

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Matthew Kingsley Moves 3 Kings Entertainment Office To L.A.

Matthew Kingsley, CEO/Founder of on-air talent agency, 3 Kings Entertainment, has announced that he’s packing up the agency’s bags in D.C. and shipping them out to Hollywood. The decision comes on the tails of Kingsley’s wife, Jan Jeffcoat, ending a five-year broadcasting role at WUSA-TV in D.C. The duo and the agency will opt out […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (8/24/2018)

Another solid week of The Sports Biz. Thanks to everyone who has supported the new website and followed it on Twitter. Exciting news about Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson doing a pay-per-view head-to-head event in November. Interesting discussions among NFL agents occurred this week that I touched upon in a blog post. To be clear, […]

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Wait A Second: Mike Francesa Is Partnering With CAA Sports?

According to a press release by DKC Public Relations, a Neopolitan ice cream-like effort between CAA Sports, Entercom and Mike Francesa reveals that Mike’s On is expanding into a digital platform. Something which started out as a radio show on WFAN, a station based in New York City, Mike’s On has become bloated with intentions […]

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NFL Agents Discuss Creation Of Agent Association And Changes To NFLPA Rules

Earlier today, roughly 300 NFL agents joined a conference call to discuss the state of being a representative for professional football players. The conversation began with one agent stating, “I wish I had two more hands to give the NFL Players Association four thumbs down” and ended with the call leader, NFL agent Peter Schaffer, […]

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New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley Joins CAA For Marketing

According to Darren Rovell, New York Giants rookie running back Saquon Barkley has made a change in his marketing representation. He has left Roc Nation Sports and turned to CAA to handle his marketing endeavors. However, Roc Nation and agent Kim Miale will still handle his contract negotiations and all football matters. Roc Nation helped […]