Bears linebacker Lance Briggs may soon be a Washington Redskin. Remember when everyone was going nuts about the Lance Briggs situation? Briggs was mad that the Bears Franchise Tagged him, he loathed the Bears organization, and wanted out of the city [The End Of The Franchise?]. But the major thing that I pointed out here […]
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Making Par With Endorsements
With no true contract negotiation in golf, agents look to endorsement deals to make a living. If you want to be a golf agent, you will not be banking on the success of your clients. Well at least that is the case on the greens. As one of my hometown papers (the Sun-Sentinel) reports, golf […]
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Frosty The Fraud Man
David Frost gets arrested again; he uses former client’s credit card to purchase gas. Remember David Frost? Yeah…this guy. It looks like the former NHL agent was never phased by the fact that his former client, Mike Danton (previously named Mike Jefferson), tried to kill him. Because just when you thought that David Frost might […]
1. Joey Porter, now of the Miami Dolphins, and Levi Jones of the Cincinnati Bengals got into a fist fight in Las Vegas and Porter could get a year in jail (doubtful) stemming from a battery charge [Dolphins’ Porter cited for battery in Vegas casino]. 2. Khalif Barnes of the Jacksonville Jaguars proclaims his distaste […]
Some believe that soccer will become a major American sport and kick the NHL out of U.S. homes. One thing that I try to do here at SportsAgentBlog.com – I Want to be a Sports Agent is talk about rising sports and items that may be classified as sports (video gaming) as possible arenas for […]
With the end of March Madness less than a few weeks away, there has been a ton of speculation over whether freshman college basketball sensations Greg Oden (Ohio State Buckeyes center) and Kevin Durant (Texas Longhorns guard-forward) will turn pro at the end of the season. Long before these Diaper Dandies even set foot on […]
by Jason Wulterkens While much of the sports world is currently abuzz over whether or not college basketball freshmen phenoms Greg Oden of [the] Ohio St. University and Kevin Durant of Texas will decide to turn professional by declaring for this June’s NBA Draft, the golf community received a shock this week when one of […]
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Let’s Do Chinese
That’s what Kobe Bryant’s agent (Rob Pelinka of SFX) is thinking. The NBA continues to grow in China, and more people are buying jerseys (especially Kobe Bryant’s). Besides being alongside Kobe throughout all of his struggles, Rob Pelinka has helped him become one of the most prized athletes in China. Kobe’s jersey is more popular […]
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The Big Baby Is Growing Up
Glen “Big Baby” Davis will leave school early to enter the NBA Draft with John Hamilton of Performance Sports Management Group as his agent. LSU fans may not be too happy, but here in Gainesville, FL, we were ecstatic to find out that Glen Davis will be foregoing his senior year to turn pro this […]
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2 New Sports Agency Links Added
Professional Sports Representation, Inc. (PSR Inc.) A family-run sports agency by Bob and Lynn LaMonte. A few baseball players use PSR for representation, but most of the clientèle includes head coaches, coordinators, and NFL management. 2X Inc. They’re slogan is Representing the female athlete, and that is exactly what the company does with most of […]