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Frosty The Fraud Man

David Frost gets arrested again; he uses former client’s credit card to purchase gas. Remember David Frost? Yeah…this guy. It looks like the former NHL agent was never phased by the fact that his former client, Mike Danton (previously named Mike Jefferson), tried to kill him. Because just when you thought that David Frost might […]

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Nightmare Clients of the Week

Nightmare Clients for the Week of March 18th-March 25th

1. Joey Porter, now of the Miami Dolphins, and Levi Jones of the Cincinnati Bengals got into a fist fight in Las Vegas and Porter could get a year in jail (doubtful) stemming from a battery charge [Dolphins’ Porter cited for battery in Vegas casino]. 2. Khalif Barnes of the Jacksonville Jaguars proclaims his distaste […]

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Hockey Soccer

The MLS Kicking The NHL

Some believe that soccer will become a major American sport and kick the NHL out of U.S. homes. One thing that I try to do here at SportsAgentBlog.com – I Want to be a Sports Agent is talk about rising sports and items that may be classified as sports (video gaming) as possible arenas for […]

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NBA Players Sports Business

Top Players Will & Should Turn Pro

With the end of March Madness less than a few weeks away, there has been a ton of speculation over whether freshman college basketball sensations Greg Oden (Ohio State Buckeyes center) and Kevin Durant (Texas Longhorns guard-forward) will turn pro at the end of the season. Long before these Diaper Dandies even set foot on […]

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Golf Recruiting

Golf: Martin’s imminent exit will have golf agents salivating over the possible ‘next Sergio’

by Jason Wulterkens While much of the sports world is currently abuzz over whether or not college basketball freshmen phenoms Greg Oden of [the] Ohio St. University and Kevin Durant of Texas will decide to turn professional by declaring for this June’s NBA Draft, the golf community received a shock this week when one of […]

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NBA Players Sports Agents Sports Business

Let’s Do Chinese

That’s what Kobe Bryant’s agent (Rob Pelinka of SFX) is thinking. The NBA continues to grow in China, and more people are buying jerseys (especially Kobe Bryant’s). Besides being alongside Kobe throughout all of his struggles, Rob Pelinka has helped him become one of the most prized athletes in China. Kobe’s jersey is more popular […]

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NBA Players Sports Agents

The Big Baby Is Growing Up

Glen “Big Baby” Davis will leave school early to enter the NBA Draft with John Hamilton of Performance Sports Management Group as his agent. LSU fans may not be too happy, but here in Gainesville, FL, we were ecstatic to find out that Glen Davis will be foregoing his senior year to turn pro this […]

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2 New Sports Agency Links Added

Professional Sports Representation, Inc. (PSR Inc.) A family-run sports agency by Bob and Lynn LaMonte. A few baseball players use PSR for representation, but most of the clientèle includes head coaches, coordinators, and NFL management. 2X Inc. They’re slogan is Representing the female athlete, and that is exactly what the company does with most of […]

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Retirement Sports Agents Sports Law

When Agents go bad

Story from the UK this week, with former agent Nicholas Fowler sentenced to jail for defrauding his clients [Stars Fraud Agent Jailed]. It wasn’t a higher cut on a contract, but rather Nicholas losing player’s pension funds. Nicholas told his clients that he was investing in bonds, but was actually investing in high risk shares. […]

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1 New Sports Agency Link Added

I have not added any Sports Agency links in a while and decided that I would return to scrounging around the internet for some sites that have been left off the list. Today’s addition: Prestige Sports International. Led by Terry Bolar, Prestige focuses on representing football players. If you ever come across any dead links, […]