Do Major League Baseball owners, GMs, and scouts tend to favor a specific type of race over another when in the draft room? Gary Sheffield says yes. Not only have Latin players replaced African-Americans as the largest minority group in the MLB since the 1980s, but the gap is rather large. In 2005, it was […]
Jonah Freedman of SI.com recently released Sports Illustrated’s 4th annual Fortunate 50. The list documents America’s top 50 money-making athletes for the past year (includes money made by actually playing the sport plus any off-the-field money…endorsements, appearances, etc.). Jonah also released the International 20, which highlights the top 20 money grossing athletes in the world […]
Will the PGA Tour eventually adopt a minimum age requirement, a la those of the NFL and the NBA? Chances are, not anytime soon. However, there is a growing number of people in the golf community and industry alike who happen to agree with Hank Haney, golf instructor and swing coach to Tiger Woods, that […]
Interview With The Athlete By Matthew Vuckovich Steve Weatherford is a 24 year-old NFL player. He is the punter for the New Orleans Saints (http://www.neworleanssaints.com/playerbio.cfm?playerid=361). I became friends with Steve through one of my fraternity brothers while Steve was playing football at the University of Illinois. Being a former Illini, he will always be star […]
Joel Segal’s Worldwide Football Inc. has been acquired by Blue Equity LLC. If you have ever heard of Joel Segal, it is probably because he is Reggie Bush’s agent for contractual negotiations with NFL teams. In the past, I may have even put some of the blame on Segal for not negotiating Bush in the […]
Wikis and blogs. The world cannot get enough of them now-a-days. Every day, there is a new blog about some obscure topic that sprouts up, and you will probably read it (if you read this mess, you’ll probably read anything). Wikis are growing at an increasing pace as well. I am in the process of […]
There has been a lot of talk on Beckham over the site since his massive move to LA Galaxy. Talk has surrounded Beckham making a huge impact on the sport of soccer and lifting its profile through the US, but this may come sooner than expected. [Beckham sells for Galaxy] The club’s owner, Tim Leiweke […]
Steve Kauffman is leading the fight among sports agents to end the mass genocide in Darfur. The Holocaust occurred in Europe less than 70 years ago and the event killed over 6 million Jews. It seems like the world has not yet escaped the threat of mass genocide. Today in the Sudan, many more people […]
Sorry for the belated post guys, but my internet was down all Sunday and early Monday. You may notice that Darren is back, but that I’m still bringing you the Nightmare Clients of the Week. Well, turns out Darren thought I filled in admirably in his absence and since his summer will be hectic enough […]
The Sports Law Professor was able to attend the 33rd annual Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) Conference in Cambridge, MA that occurred from May 17-19. I would have loved to have been able to attend, but as you are probably aware, I was falling in love with Israel at the time. Anyway, TSLP made some comments […]