Athletes First has hired veteran football agent Sean Kiernan and his colleague, Olivia Green as first announced by Athlete First’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Murphy. Before Kiernan begins his 2nd stint at Athletes First (intern in 2002) he spent the last 7 years at Select Sports Group, representing 100+ high profile NFL players, including First […]
Creative Artist Agency, CAA, has required ICM Partners, making this the biggest agency business acquisition since WMA and Endeavor. With the newfound partnership, CAA and ICM will dominate the sports representation space. With CAA acquiring ICM Partners, it will reap the benefits of ICM ‘s former M&A’s as well. Last year, ICM Partners increased […]
The NBPA welcomed the successor to Executive Director Michele Roberts: Tamika Tremaglio. Tremaglio, formerly Managing Principal at Deloitte, has over nine years of experience with the NBPA, acting as an advisor and consultant. Tremaglio holds both an MBA and JD, has fifteen years of experience working with several player associations, led over 14,000 employees in […]
Massive sports agencies have been brought into battle in the State of New York. On September 14, Excel Sports Management initiated litigation against Endeavor Group Holdings (formerly known as William Morris Endeavor Entertainment — “WME”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary WME Sports, alleging tortious plans and efforts by Endeavor to form a baseball agency by unlawfully […]
Peter Ariz has been promoted to Director of Football Operations of First Round Management. With the promotion, the twenty-seven year old is the youngest executive in the company. First Round Management has over 50 employees nationwide on the football and MMA side. Prior to his promotion, Peter was a certified NFLPA Agent, and handled the […]
Since Klutch Sports created its football division in 2019, they have made quite a bit of noise within the industry, hiring prominent agents Damarius Bilbo and Nicole Lynn to lead the division, both of whom brought prominent players with them from their previous agencies. Klutch took another step to making even more noise within the […]
Rosenhaus Sports Representation has welcomed Miami Hurricanes Football alum and NFLPA Certified Agent, Shawn O’Dare to their team. O’Dare will be working alongside football agent tycoon Drew Rosenhaus, Jason Rosenhaus, and Robert Bailey. O’Dare has recently made headlines by paving the way for NIL Representation around the country as he has helped sign numerous University […]
Excel Sports Management has welcomed Scott Lexton and Elijah Wolf to their team. Scott Lexton comes to Excel after most recently being the Vice President at The Raine Group. He first joined The Raine Group in 2011 as their first analyst class. Lexton sits on the board at Thrill One Sports & Entertainment. Prior to […]
The battle between NBA agents David Lee and Raymond Brothers surrounding New York Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson III is heating up. Earlier this year, Lee initiated a lawsuit against Brothers based on the allegation that Brothers influenced Robinson to change his representation with the promise of a brand-new pickup truck. Lee has claimed that, […]
Distinction Agency, a Miami-based marketing agency that represents athletes, social media influencers and various businesses, announced today they have signed Gus Schumacher, a 2020 USA Junior World Champion in Skiing, and Hunter Church, a USA Bobsled 5-Time North American Cup Champion, to marketing representation agreements. Distinction Agency will assist Schumacher and Church with building their brand beyond […]