Skip to about 1:42 in the video below. “The Star-Spangled Banner is going on. I don’t celebrate this shit. I’m black.” What is Josh Howard doing saying this crap on camera? The only reason I post this is to remind athletes and their advisors that it is too easy to have one small comment at […]
Month: September 2008
Only three players in the first round did not sign with the teams that selected them in the 2008 MLB Amateur Draft. The previous statement may not hold true if it is found that Pedro Alvarez and Eric Hosmer were signed after the deadline. That being said, of the three players who went unsigned, Aaron […]
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The Moral Clause
If a couple years ago most player contracts contained moral clauses, you better believe that in the wake of the Michael Vick case, almost every athlete will encounter such a clause when signing a deal with a team and/or sponsor. The clause often gives the team or sponsor the right to terminate the contract and […]
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SNL Michael Phelps Diet Skit
Nothing beats the pig in a blanket..
The inaugural U.S. Sports Film Festival (USSFF) will kick off this year on October 23 and run through the 26th in the City of Brotherly Love. The first series of nine films selected to be screened was announced earlier today via press release. Here is a portion of that release: The festival…will debut the Mixed Martial […]
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One Million Page Views Contest
If you would have told me on December 31, 2005 (when I first started this blog, originally named I Want to be a Sports Agent and located at www.dhpromo.com/blog) that this site would eventually reach a total of one-million page views, I most likely would have laughed hysterically. This site was created before the big […]
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Joel Bell Got Rung
Mid-day yesterday, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports broke the news that Michael Beasley dropped his agent, Joel Bell, and his advisor, D.C. Assault director Curtis Malone. Talk about some fun distractions for a rookie with a somewhat muddy past that should be focusing on meshing with his new teammates and learning how to play at the […]
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Holdem Starting Hands 101
Sponsored Post: Deciding which hold’em hands to start with can be confusing. Should you play any two suited cards? Should you play everything? Should you wait for aces? Here’s a quick guide to how you should think about starting hands when playing online holdem. Starting Hands by Position The later you are to act in a hand, the looser your starting hand requirements should […]
Congratulations to Dynasty clients, Dan Leatherman and Kyle Gunderson, for leading the Potomac Nationals to their first title since 1989 and their first in the Carolina League. The Mills Cup is theirs to cherish after beating the Myrtle Beach Pelicans three games to one, clinching the series with a win last night in Potomac. The […]
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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up
Three weeks down, and it barely even feels like I started my second year of law school. We have signed quite a few basketball clients at Dynasty; expect some of them to be placed on the website soon. NBDL and CBA tryouts are approaching, and we expect to place a few players in both leagues. […]