Remember when I said during the day yesterday that I would save indulging in the finer fruits of life until nighttime? Yeah…well an open bar with unlimited Black Label and a white chocolate fountain made things a little interesting. Anyway, the night started out well. I picked up my date from her apartment and we […]
Month: January 2008
Team Florida put together quite a showing at the inaugural AAFL Draft. All of its 39 Protected Players, who had spots on the team before today’s draft were present shaking hands, taking pictures, and signing autographs. Cute girls were passing out mini AAFL footballs and a few lucky people got snazzy New Balance AAFL t-shirts […]
Today marks the official beginning of a new football league that has made it through initial funding, generation of effective press, and convincing solid athletes (like Chris Leak and Peter Warrick) of its potential success. At 12:00PM Eastern Time, the All American Football League (AAFL) will be conducting its inaugural draft. Fifty rounds are scheduled; […]
Because everyone else seems to love it. A New York Times’ article this week, for example, previews today’s Senior Bowl, and specifically its relatively newfound media exposure and frenzy. Some excerpts: “This week’s practices in preparation for Saturday’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. served as the beginning of an intense three-month evaluation that will culminate […]
My 2nd favorite team, the New York Giants, will be taking on the evil empire in the Super Bowl. Can’t wait to see if Lawrence Tynes is still a savior in February. Anyway, lots and lots of links for you to visit on this week’s edition of Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up. Here are the links […]
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The Primary Cut
Fourteenth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. Links Sports, We Hardly Knew Ye When David Parker of the now-defunct Links Sports Management Group announced via email to his clients, Kenny Perry, Chad Campbell and Shaun Micheel, that he would […]
And unfortunately, it is not me who will reap the new kicks along with a nice stack of change in return for endorsing the Beavertown, Oregon product. The other Darren, Darren McFadden, is reportedly very close to signing a deal with Nike and may end up signing his name on the dotted line after he […]
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The Wash Up: 7th – 21st January
Here are some stories you may have missed from the last two weeks: I Don’t Need No Agent Last week, I read an interesting article about how a few of today’s sporting stars and personalities are choosing to conduct their own business and have no agent. [Why show me the money doesn’t always make cents] […]
Details about Rich Rodriguez’s agent Mike Brown’s negotiated deal with the University of Michigan recently came out, when the school’s AD Bruce Madej reported that the newly hired Rodriguez had signed a general offer sheet back in December for a six-year contract worth $2.5 million annually. Rodriguez’s base salary will be $300,000, and the rest […]
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Agent Spotlight: Ron Shapiro
Combining a great understanding of sport with an impeccable intellect makes for quite a potentially successful agent. Baltimore, MD based Ron Shapiro embodies both elements as one of the most popular baseball agents who also happened to graduate cum laude from Harvard Law School. The USA Today and Sporting News have even thrown him some […]