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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (6/15/2018)

Happy Father’s Day to all the papas celebrating this Sunday. While my Florida Gators have had a few down years in football and basketball, they continue their dominance in baseball. Congrats to the reigning champions on making a fourth consecutive trip to Omaha for the College World Series. The Gators flag is blowing proudly at […]

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Report: Impact Sports Basketball Suffers Setback

According to DrafExpress.com, Impact Sports Basketball — a division of Impact Sports — represents fewer than 15 current NBA players. And yet, for the upcoming 2014 NBA Draft, the agency’s draft class is less than stellar. That may be in part because Impact recently lost one of its top recruiters in Carlos Dew, according to […]

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Football Agent Carl Carey Responds To Claim That He Set Up Website To Attack A Reporter’s Credibility

Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead recently reported that football agent Carl Carey may be the person who created a website at http://www.dirtydankane.com, which appears to smear Raleigh News & Observer’s Dan Kane for his “sensationalized” and “twisted” stories concerning a “sports agent” (Carl Carey) teaching a class at UNC-Chapel Hill.  McIntyre surmized that Carey is the owned […]

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On To The Next One: Orson Charles

On February 20, 2012, I caught up with Impact Sports’ 2012 NFL Draft Class.  At the time, Mitch Frankel, Tony Fleming, and Sean Kiernan listed Travis Benjamin, Zach Brown, Orson Charles, Lavonte David, Jayron Hosley, and Marquis Maze as draft prospect clients.  As of yesterday, Orson Charles moved on from Impact Sports and signed with Joel Segal of Lagardere Unlimited. Charles, a tight end from the University of […]

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A Couple Of 2012 Draft Eligible Miami Hurricanes Don’t Pick Rosenhaus

I have recently received word that former University of Miami wide receivers Travis Benjamin and Laron Byrd have selected their agents.  Both receivers just completed their Senior seasons with the Miami Hurricanes.  Neither player signed with the popular Drew Rosenhaus.  Rosenhaus has already locked up a total of seven former Hurricanes who have declared for the 2012 NFL Draft, […]

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Robert Quinn Is One Of Many UNC Drafted Players To Change Agents

As I reported earlier today, Robert Quinn’s former agent Carl Carey, Jr. is suing Quinn, Quinn’s Business Manager, Impact Sports Football, LLC, and two of Impact Sports’ agents based on what I deem to be only two counts worth litigating – 1) tortious interference with contract and conspiracy; and 2) breach of contract.  But the Robert Quinn drama […]