Sean Avery has returned to the ice in his first competitive week of hockey since being suspended indefinitely by the Dallas Stars. Avery played his first game with New York Rangers’ affiliate, the Hartford Wolfpack, on February 14th. Most are familiar with his long history of controversial comments and a good summary of his antics […]
“Friends don’t let friends wear the FroHawk. If you are a soon to be pro athlete and are considering hiring an agent. Just do the “FroHawk Search”. If they have any clients with Fro Hawks, pick a different agent.” Those are the words of Mark Cuban from his blog, blogmaverick.com. Despite his legal troubles with […]
At halftime of the Monday Night Football game between the Texans and the Jaguars three weeks ago, Drew Rosenhaus was given the opportunity to speak live about his client, Plaxico Burress‘ most recent legal situation. Rosenhaus did his usual clean up job, answering only the questions that he seemed to feel would help his client, […]
Heather MacKenzie received her law degree from Duke University Law School and undergraduate degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. With over 15 years of legal experience in the US and in Germany, Ms. MacKenzie is well-qualified to represent athletes in the international sports market. She is a State of North Carolina certified sports […]
Drew Rosenhaus recently sat down for a chat with sports fans on ESPN, probably to publicize his recently released book that I reviewed, Next Question. Anyway, here are three conversations that I thought were more interesting: Matt: Mr. Rosenhaus, does it ever bother you that your perception among the general sports public is that you’re […]
He is undoubtedly in love with himself and definitely believes that he is G-d’s gift to the world, but with all of the criticism directed at Drew Rosenhaus, I must give him some credit: the man tells it how it is. His clients love him, people that I know in South Florida who have met […]
Not every player is interested in going with a mega-agency like CAA or IMG (depending on the sport). Some are just fine with going for a smaller firm that has a proven track record. That’s what Joe Thomas was looking for going into the 2007 NFL Draft. “One of the big things I really liked,” […]
Around this time last year when BusinessWeek released its Power 100, documenting the 100 most influential people in the business of sports, I was interested to see various sports agent related names pop up on the list. Tiger Woods once again tops the overall list, but how did our guys who were mentioned last year […]
Two weeks of 2L year down, and I can honestly say that it is not too bad. The main beef I had with my first year of law school was that I could not pick the times that my classes would meet. My favorite class thus far has to be Labor Law. Can’t wait until […]
Should I go to law school? What law school should I go to? Should I go to a law school that has a sports law specialty? What should I Major in at my undergraduate institution? Do my Minors matter? Those are some of the most common questions that I receive by email, even though all […]