Excel Sports Management. The company represents a variety of well-known NBA players and NCAA coach Jim Calhoun. Know of a Sports Agency website that is not listed on the ‘Pages & Links’ section? Send it my way.
Month: November 2006
Introducing Chris Lesley
I Want to be a Sports Agent has just acquired another contributor: Chris Lesley. He is a recent Sports Management graduate from Deakin University in Australia, which apparently is the leader in Sports Management studies in the land down under. Hopefully Chris will bring a new touch to this site by offering stories and opinion […]
Dunn, But Not Dead
According to ProFootballTalk.com, Sports Agent David Dunn has picked up Baltimore Ravens quarterback Kyle Boller for Dunn’s company: Athletes First. This news is interesting, since it was just reported that players may leave Dunn because of his possible suspension from the NFLPA for two years [It’s a Gore-y Situation]. Why would Boller switch from Octagon […]
It’s not the NFL. It’s not the MLB. And it sure as hell is not the NHL (it is even too good for the Outdoor Life Network). This post is focused on the MLG, which will make its debut on the USA Network on November 11th. MLG stands for Major League Gaming, and is a […]
Slow week for nightmare clients = good week for agents. 1. Guillermo Mota, formerly of the New York Mets, will be suspended for the first 50 games of the 2007 season [Drug violation nets Mets pitcher Mota 50-game ban]. He has filed for free agency, but his agent, Adam Katz, says that Mota intends to […]
Americans have been smuggling Cuban items into the country since the formation of the Cuban Embargo. The latest item: professional baseball players. Gustavo “Gus” Dominguez has been charged for paying aides to illegally bring Cuban players to California with the end goal being that they get signed by MLB teams [Feds charge agent with smuggling […]