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Octagon Basketball Signs Moses Wright

Octagon Basketball has signed senior Moses Wright from the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to their client roster. Wright will be joining McKinley Wright, Josh Giddey, Jordan Schakel, and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl as they each prepare for the 2021 NBA Draft on July 29th. The 6’9″, 233-pound Forward is from Raleigh, North Carolina and attended William G. […]

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Syracuse DE Ron Thompson Jr. Signs With DEC Management

We’re currently in the middle of bowl season and this time of year brings plenty of player-agent signings from athletes entering the upcoming NFL draft. One such signing was recently announced by David Canter of DEC Management. Syracuse DE, Ron Thompson Jr., has selected DEC Management to represent him for the 2016 NFL Draft. Ron […]

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Jahlil Okafor To Sign With Bill Duffy

Consensus first-team All-American and ACC Player of the Year center Jahlil Okafor will sign with power agent Bill Duffy of BDA Sports Management a source tells Sports Agent Blog’s Darren Heitner. Jahlil Okafor is a 6’11” center who spent his freshman season playing for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke University, winning the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I […]

2010 WNBA Draft Prospects: Jayne Appel and Monica Wright

“We’re talking about women’s professional basketball here. We’re still new at this. A lot of times people forget the NBA was once where we are now. We’ve got to go beyond the true die hard women’s professional-sports fan.” – Sheryl Swoopes Jayne Appel (pictured to the right) is another extraordinary athlete. She stands 6’4” and […]

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Hamilton Gets a New Deal

This is my first coaching contract negotiation piece, ever. Upon researching my topic, I realized that the numbers in coaching contracts get very confusing. So, while listing the different incentives in Florida State basketball coach Leonard Hamilton‘s new contract, I figured I’d explain them a little more in depth: Hamilton will receive a base salary […]

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Hokie Nation

News from Blacksburg, Virginia, the home base for Hokie Nation.  Head Coach Frank Beamer officially announced Tuesday that Sophomore QB, Tyrod Taylor will be red shirting this season. This means that Senior Sean Glennon will get all the snaps (pending not getting injured). The Hokies had played with dual quarterbacks last season as the offensive […]