Everyone loves lists. That may explain why I got the press release for BusinessWeek’s Power 100 list sent to me three times (I’m not complaining…keep the tips coming!). BusinessWeek just announced their top 100 most influential people in sports, ranging from people with thin ties to sports (Dick Pound – Chairman, World Anti-Doping Agency) to […]
Year: 2007
AK47 Fully Loaded
AK47, also known as Andrei Kirilenko (#47 for the Utah Jazz), is clearly unhappy playing for the Utah Jazz under coach Jerry Sloan. He is so adamant about not playing for Sloan that he will give up the remaining unpaid portion of his $63 million contract with the Jazz if they let agree to let […]
Scott Boras likes to stick his nose in everything: from attempting to transform the World Series into a best out of 9 game series to apparently discussing business with the suspected future owner of the Chicago Cubs. Will Leitch, author of Deadspin, wrote a piece on the apparent talks between Boras and John Canning (the […]
For Immediate Release Young Entrepreneurs Launch a New Social Networking Site: “AccessAthletes.com” Gainesville, Fla. – Sept. 24, 2007, Darren Heitner, 22, of Hollywood, Fla. and Matthew Allinson, 26, of Baltimore, Md., have launched AccessAthletes, LLC. AccessAthletes.com is an interactive, social community that connects athletes, agents and the media across the globe so that […]
I’m hoping that at least half of the sports fans and future sports business players and sports agents out there are aware that the FIFA Women’s World Cup has been going on for the past couple of weeks now. If you watch Sportscenter in the morning I suppose you’ve got no choice but to be […]
Chris Cross
Well, finally Chris Judd has made a decision regarding his future and will return home from Perth across to Victoria. The speculation ended late last week when Chris revealed he wanted to move back for family reasons. As soon as he announced his decision, clubs began planning what they could bring to the table to […]
The PGA Tour: These Guys Aren’t Dopes
Let the Gary Player-lead witch hunt begin. The nine-time major champion said earlier this year that he knew for a fact that some golfers were using steroids and that one had confessed to him. Player didn’t identify the player, saying he had promised not to tell, drawing the ire of many professionals, including fellow countrymen […]
Recently Donovan McNabb appeared on HBO’s Real Sports where he discussed how he believes black QB’s are treated unfairly in the NFL. He said that fans just don’t accept black quarterbacks. I personally think Donovan is just a little off base with his comments. His situation is a rather odd one, I will admit that. […]
I would not quite call myself Dan Patrick (YET!), but I am starting to get my voice heard on the radio lately. I just had my second appearance on the Adam Taxin Show, which airs during the week on 1540 AM WNWR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I am also booked to speak on a Fantasy Sports […]
WVU College Of Law Sports Symposium
What: The West Virginia University College of Law will be hosting a 2-day sports symposium called: Reversing Field: Examining Issues of Commercialization, Labor, and Race in 21st Century Sports Law. When: October 5th and 6th. Where: The Lugar Courtroom at the Law Center on the WVU campus. Who: Associate Professor of Law and Sports Law […]