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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom!  Rosh Hashanah is right around the corner, followed by Yom Kippur.  Nothing like looking forward to a day of no eating and drinking.  How about Oregon State last night?  Looking good for the Gators.  Hopefully they aren’t too busy thing about LSU in two weeks and instead, make sure to blow out Ole […]

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Corporate Sponsors Endorsements Sports Business

Shirt Selling? – How the current financial crisis affects your client

Unless you’ve lived under a rock the last few weeks you would have seen that financial markets around the world are in wide state of volatility. As the US Government tries to flesh out a bailout plan to rescue some of the world’s biggest companies, it is a good time to take a look at […]

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NBA Players NBA Teams Sports Law

Monta Mo-ped Ellis

Looks like Monta Ellis may in fact be on his own island.  At least he has an agent, Jeff Fried, to help him along in the process of trying to resolve the mess Monta currently finds himself in.  However, this is the same agent who may have played a role in Ellis initially lying to […]

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Endorsements NFL Players Sports Business

An Endorsement With Swagger

Just got this sent my way: Humorous, strong brand identification, and probably paid a good endorsement fee.  I love it from every angle.

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Headline Interview With The Agent

Interview With The Agent: Darren Heitner

Yesterday, I had the privilege of answering a few interview questions for the very popular sports website, Hugging Harold Reynolds.  HHR has started a new column titled, So You Want to Work in Sports?, where they will be interviewing 20 and 30-something-year-olds in various careers in professional, amateur and collegiate sports to get a take […]

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Colleges

Odd Man Out: USC Left Out of BCS Title Game?

Take my word for it, this will be the year that the BCS comes crashing down. Do you want to know why?  The USC Trojans, the top ranked and most talented team in the country, could fail to make the BCS Championship Game despite an undefeated record. Imagine what implications that would have on the […]

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Endorsements International Basketball Sports Business

UnderArmour Enters Basketball

I briefly mentioned Brandon Jennings yesterday and then came to find out that the soon-to-be overseas youngster just signed a deal with UnderArmour.  Since right around the 2008 NBA Draft, I had heard rumors from many industry insiders about UnderArmour making a push into the basketball shoe market.  Derrick Rose’s name was mentioned as the […]

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NBA Players NBA Teams Sports Agents

The Millers: Andre and Andy

Many of Philly’s finest believe that PG, Andre Miller, was the MVP of their team last year.  Those sentiments mean a lot right now as Miller is in the final year of his contract with the 76ers and will be earning $10.2 million this year.  The Sixers want to start talking about a contract extension […]

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NBA Players Sports Business

Is It All About The Benjamins?

Brandon Jennings decided to go overseas to play for Pallacanestro Virtus Roma in the Italian league instead of going to Arizona.  Apparently he did not have the scores to play for U of A and additionally wanted to start making cash now instead of waiting a year.  Let’s make one thing clear, though: Jennings did not […]

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Agent Spotlights

Agent Spotlight: Kyle Rote Jr.

Kyle Rote Jr. is a man who has lived a very full life.  He is currently in his late 50s, but as a young child, was probably heavily influenced by his father, who once played for the New York Giants.  A lot of people talk about athleticism running in a family.  The Rote family may […]