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Don Weatherell Joins Ballengee Group

Ballengee Group has welcomed NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor, Don Weatherell, to their team as President of BG Football. Weatherell brings with him over 25 years of experience and was most recently the Vice President of BC Sports, a Mississippi-based agency. James Ballengee, Co-Founder of Ballengee Group, said: “We’re excited to keep moving things forward and […]

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Excel Sports Management Acquires Block Six Analytics

Excel Sports Management has acquired Block Six Analytics (B6A), which is an industry leading data insight and partnership valuation company. This acquisition adds a dedicated business intelligence function to the agency, integrating bespoke data and analytics solutions into the core of the agency’s work. This acquisition will allow Excel to offer in-house solutions that apply […]

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Jordan Burns Signs With Green Sports Management

Green Sports Management has signed rookie Jordan Burns from Colgate University to their client roster. Burns will be represented by NBA Agent, Daniel Green who is also a former Colgate Raider. The 6’0″, 185-pound, guard is from San Antonio, Texas where he attended high school at John Marshall High School and The Kent School. During […]

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D’Eriq King Signs First NIL Contract with Sports Franchise

Miami Hurricanes’ Quarterback D’Eriq King continues to wow the college football world with his monumental NIL deals. This time, King inked the first NIL deal with a professional sports franchise, the Florida Panthers and their “FLA Athlete” program. The Panthers play roughly miles from the University of Miami campus and ended a prolific-winning season with […]

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Wasserman And Athlete Exchange

A couple of years ago, sports agency powerhouse Wasserman launched an internal division within the company called Athlete Exchange. The premise of the division is to help sports stars evolve their brands into networks of individual media channels. This will assist the athlete in expanding their brands while bringing all the creative services for that […]

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Roc Nation Sports Partners With Mamelodi Sundowns FC

Earlier this week, one of the more prominent African football clubs Mamelodi Sundowns announced they have teamed up with Roc Nation Sports. Head of Football, Alan Redmond will be consulting from the London Office regarding transfers and the global football market. This alliance gives the football club access to commercial platforms and other business opportunities.  According to the […]

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Interview With The Athlete Manager: Ethan Weinstein

Ethan Weinstein is an up-and-coming athlete manager in college football from Boca Raton, Florida. He is a rising junior at the University of Wisconsin, but he has not let his age stand in the way of this opportunity. For the past two years, he has served as a Recruiting Assistant for the Wisconsin Badgers football […]

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ICM Partners Acquires Select Sports Group

ICM Steller Sports, the sports division for ICM Partners, acquired Select Sports Group. This move greatly expands ICM Partners’ reach and impact on the sport agency industry, specifically football. ICM Partners consists of three superstar NFL agents: Erik Burkhardt, Jeff Nalley, and Reggie Johnson. Burkhardt and Nalley come over from Select Sports Group while Johnson […]

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2021 NBA Draft Recap

By: Jacoby Vault and Samantha Greenberg The NBA welcomed its newest rookies last night as 60 players were drafted in the two rounds of the NBA Draft. The NBA Draft took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Excel Sports Management represented the first pick of the NBA Draft with Cade Cunningham from […]

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Georgia’s Nakobe Dean Signs STL Sports Group For NIL Representation

Junior University of Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean has signed with STL Sports Group for Name, Image, and Likeness representation. Agent Safarrah Lawson, who has been featured on SAB, will be representing him. Dean has been named to the Lott IMPACT Trophy and Bednarik Award watch list for the upcoming season. He was also voted to […]