The final round finish to the second-leg of the PGA Tour’s first-ever “playoffs” at the Deutsche Bank Championship outside of Boston saw yet another thrilling installment in golf’s best rivalry between Phil Mickelson (now #1 in the FedEx standings) and Tiger Woods (currently third). Yet the Labor Day duel was marred somewhat by Mickelson’s seemingly […]
Year: 2007
On June 29, I Want to be a Sports Agent contributor Paul Schackman wrote a Rookie Holdouts post, where he declared that “It is almost a guarantee that Jamarcus Russell will start this season, whether is it week 1 or three weeks in.” 2 months and a few days later, it looks like Mr. Schackman […]
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Live September 4th on WNWR
I will be on a live feed tomorrow (Sept 4th) at 1 PM EST with sports radio host, Adam Taxin, on wnwr.com (and, if you’re in Philly, on 1540 AM WNWR). The interview will last for a few minutes on a segment for Adam’s NFL Preview show. Someone had already snatched up the AFC East […]
1. Philadelphia pitcher Brett Myers allowed two solo homers in the ninth inning of the Phillies’ 4-3 loss to San Diego on Saturday night. He told reporters a few times after the game that he didn’t think either ball was hit well, calling both “popups.” When one writer asked him to repeat his answer, the […]
The image above is I Want to be a Sports Agent‘s 12 month visit and page view chart. I have to say that I am pretty impressed. In August, the site broke 100,000 total unique visits and 250,000 total page views. We sure have come a long way since the site used to use this […]
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A League of their Own
Apparently history does repeat itself. In the 1970’s, a rebel Cricket League by the name of World Series Cricket (WSC) was introduced and players defected from their national bodies to play in a lucrative one day series. Now, a rebel league is being created that is drawing parallels to the WSC. The Indian Cricket League […]
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What A Summer!!!
When people think of summer, people think of the beach, vacations and baseball. That is before this summer. This one has been one for the ages, and to be honest, it has been a disgrace to all sports fans. For the longest time Barry Bonds and his homerun chase ruled the summer, and just when […]
It is quite likely that the majority of readers have not been tuning into the Versus television network as of late to catch the IAAF World Track and Field Championships being held in Osaka, Japan this week. That aside, the fact that the coverage even exists, and happens to be as extensive as it has […]
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World Wide Sports Screw-Up
Dunyasha M. Yetts was once the big man on campus at The Ohio State University. He was the Big Ten wrestling champion of his weight class in 1994 and made it to the semifinal round of the NCAA Championship in wrestling that year. His passion in the ring was transfered in the sports agent industry. […]
Last thing many sports agents want to hear/discuss are issues relating to regulatory laws/rules and ethical guidelines that bound our industry. However, it is important to be aware that such laws/rules exist and to consider them when deciding a certain course of action. Yesterday, I was able to speak briefly with Melissa Neiman, author of […]