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Legacy Sports Group + The Agency Sports Management = 225 Clients

A couple of weeks ago, I linked to the official press release that documented the merging of a baseball agency (Legacy Sports Group – principals: Greg Genske, Scott Parker and Brian Peters) and a marketing agency (The Agency Sports Management – principals: Jordan Bazant, Kevin Canning, Peter Raskin, Russ Spielman, Andrew Witlieb) to form a […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (4/15/2011)

Travel, travel, travel…it’s all I seem to do lately.  Although after this weekend’s trip to Boston to speak at Suffolk Law School (I’m speaking there tonight), the traveling will settle down for a bit until I head up to Washington D.C. for the Sports Lawyers Association Conference mid-May.  I just sat through my first mediation. […]

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Insanity in the Nation’s Capital: Is Jayson “Werth” $126 Million?

A lot of money was spent in Washington on Sunday, just not in the typical way. Admittedly, I haven’t done a great job on posting here in recent months. But sometimes a story will come along that screams out to me, and I feel obligated to write about it. The signing of Jayson Werth to […]

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Your MLB Playoffs Preview

The leaves are falling, Halloween is around the corner, and the MLB playoffs are officially upon us. After 162 games, eight teams have separated themselves from the pack and emerged as World Series contenders. Two divisions and both wild cards needed that 162nd game to decide the winner, but our matchups are now set for […]

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Follow-up on Alvin Fall & Carl Crawford

Not too long ago, I wrote about the deal I secured  for my sports Artist, Alvin Fall, with the Tampa Bay Rays. Two days ago, Alvin met up with Carl Crawford during BP at Tropicana Field. I wanted to share some of the pictures of Carl Crawford posing for a picture with Alvin and signing […]

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Illustration of Carl Crawford

A few months ago, I signed sports artist Alvin Fall as my second client.  While I always aspired to be a sports agent, owning AccessAthletes has taken me in a much different direction.  I can honestly say that I never expected to represent sports artists, but I am grateful for the opportunity to do so.  […]