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Shabbat Shalom/Merry Christmas Friday Wrap-Up (12/24/2010)

I made my 4th appearance as a Panelist on Rick Horrow’s Beyond the Game this past Saturday, which airs on CBS 12 in Palm Beach, Florida (video is embedded at the bottom of this post).  So who wants to represent me in my broadcast journalism career?  I’m heading into the Championship Game of Fantasy Football; […]

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Agent Fees Often Raise A Red Flag To The IRS

Last week I published a couple of posts about taxes (see Cliff Lee Thinking About Texas Taxes and Did Taxes Have A Role In Cliff Lee’s Decision?).  I have no formal education in that particular area and I imagine that many agents similarly are not well versed on various state and federal tax laws.  Thus, […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (12/17/2010)

I feel honored to be nominated as the Top Sports Social Media Professional of 2010.  It is a very impressive list of professionals with a variety of backgrounds.  If you enjoy my work on this site and my Tweets, cast a vote in my direction.  And this blog feels very honored to be up for Top […]

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Did Taxes Have A Role In Cliff Lee’s Decision?

Monday’s post about Cliff Lee’s taxes created quite an interesting discussion in the comments section.  Off of the site, I had a good conversation with Robert Raiola, a CPA at Van Duyne, Behrens & Co., P.A. Raiola helps many athletes with their taxes and provided great insight to Darren Rovell of CNBC in his piece on Cliff Lee […]

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Cliff Lee Thinking About Texas Taxes

It would be silly for Cliff Lee and his team of advisors to not take into consider the tax consequences of signing a long-term contract.  Lee is looking to sign a 7-year contract, which will lock him up in a certain locale, where he will play all of his home games and likely be taxed […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (11/5/2010)

I am currently up in Bloomington, Indiana, where I am finishing up a nice little tour of college campuses this week.  On Monday, I had the joy of speaking to the YCP Sport Management Student Association with Peg Kaufmann (AD Millersville U.) & Bryan Minniti (Assistant GM Washington Nationals), who were great speakers and very […]

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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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Breaking Down the Halladay Deal

Before I begin, I just wanted you all to know that I will try to leave all my sentiments for Cliff Lee aside in this post. Cliff did a great job in the World Series and gave my Phillies the only real chance of winning. However, Roy Halladay was the pitcher that the Phils originally […]

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Cliff Lee: The Phillies Bargain Ace

This is my first post on Sports Agent Blog after getting my start at Entertainment Agent Blog.  Being from outside the Philadelphia area, I’m heartbroken the Phillies lost to the Yankees.  But now that the season is over, the Phillies should reflect on their season and think about who will be returning next year.  The […]

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Darek Braunecker Is A Fan Of This World Series

If you had two clients playing in the World Series, who would you want them to be after watching the first two games of the world series?  Would they be Cliff Lee and A.J. Burnett?  If your name is Darek Braunecker, that dream is actually a reality.  Braunecker, whom I recently covered in an Agent […]