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NHL Goalie Martin Brodeur Switched Agents, But Not Teams

No goalie, in the history of the NHL, has won as many hockey games as goalie Martin Brodeur.  The 40-year-old goalie has played in the NHL for half of his life (a total of 20 years) and recently signed a deal that will allow him to play at least 2 more seasons in the league […]

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2012 NBA Draft Agents/Players List

Prior coverage of NBA Draft (agent/player) relationships: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 Keep up with Sports Agent Blog on Twitter | Facebook | RSS Highlights Excel Sports Management with 7 clients selected – 11.67% (4 in 1st round) BDA Sports with 7 clients selected – 11.67% (3 in 1st round) Wasserman Media Group with 5 clients selected – 10.00% (4 in 1st round) Priority Sports with […]

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Bosh Gives A Bunch Of Domain Names To The NBPA

I hope everyone is enjoying their apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah.  At this time of the year, I like to spend some time thinking about what I am thankful for.  In particular, I am thankful to have supportive friends and family, good health, and independence.  Quite a few professional basketball players should be thankful […]

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On to the Next One: Shaun White

For eight years, action sports icon Shaun White has worked with agent Mark Ervin and IMG. This was a successful and lucrative pairing that saw White become one of the most recognizable faces in sports, but like they say, all good things eventually come to an end. Last week, White dropped Ervin for the services […]

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Influential People According To SportsBusiness Journal

Yesterday, SportsBusiness Journal released its annual 50 most influential people in sports business list.  Baseball tied Football with locking up the most slots (8 for each), Jacques Rogge (President of the International Olympic Committee) was ranked #1, and six agent types/groups were listed. #26 – George Pyne (President of IMG Sports & Entertainment) #32 – […]

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CAA Goes All “Strategery”

Why not just call CAA’s sport division, IMG?  It seems like besides representing a few notable individual-sport athletes like Tiger Woods, most former IMG team-sport clients and their agents have moved from cold Cleveland to sunny California and joined the ranks of the always growing Creative Artists Agency.  CAA’s latest IMG pick-up is Bob Kain, […]

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Boras Loses A Couple Of Danks’

While I was sifting through the names of players drafted from the 5th to 25th round of this year’s MLB Amateur Draft, a few names stood out to me. Some caught my eye because I had talked to them previously about potentially serving as their advisor and others had last names that just clicked in […]

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Agent Talk Leading Up To The NFL Draft

We are just an hour away from the beginning of the 2008 NFL Draft. Here are some good reads to check out before the show kicks off. Choosing an agent, players say, can be difficult because, as former CU guard Brian Daniels of the Minnesota Vikings warned, “They’re all going to tell you what you […]