New Feature: Connect To Others

Google has been nice enough to single out SportsAgentBlog.com as one of its initial sites to test out a new Beta platform: Google Friend Connect.  Look on the right sidebar to see the new tool.  Click to join and make it your new home to network with others who read this site on a regular […]

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The Future of Major League Baseball, Far-East Talent Pool

Guest contribution by a loyal reader of SportsAgentBlog.com, Brent DeCoster With the recent report coming out of Boston that the Red Sox have agreed to a three year deal, worth about $3 million with Japanese pitcher Junichi Tazawa, is it finally time to start paying closer attention to the impact of Asian-born players on America’s […]

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Follow Up: BoSox Sign Tazawa

This post is a follow up to: Red Sox Make Offer to Japanese Righty Tazawa The Boston Red Sox and Japanese pitcher Junichi Tazawa have come to terms on a 3-year deal worth about $3 million. Although not officially announced, the completion of a physical is the only hurdle left in the team’s way. BoSox […]

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One Month Until The U.S. Army All-American Bowl

Every year, football agents, scouts, GMs, etc. start following the local papers very closely to see which college seniors will be invited to play in various post-season college football all-star games.  Those games include the Senior Bowl, East-West Shrine Game, and my favorite title, Texas vs. The Nation Game.  It seems like proper sponsors would […]

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12/1/08 News & Notes

11/28/08 SE Missouri State (Rodney Hamilton) (2-3)  vs. Longwood Calvin Williams scored a career high 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Southeast Missouri State beat Longwood 81-77 Friday in the third round of the Las Vegas invitational tournament. Kenard Moore added 18 points for the Redhawks (2-3), who won despite blowing a 12-point lead […]

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Carolina Panthers Bag CB Gamble

The Carolina Panthers have made Chris Gamble one of the five highest-paid cornerbacks in the NFL. Friday, the Panthers gave Gamble signed a six-year extension in excess of $50 million. When Gamble was asked about whether Carolina was the right place for him or not, he replied: “I wanted to be in Carolina. I didn’t […]

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David Frost Cleared Of Sexual Exploitation Charges

Put one tally in the win column for ex-NHL agent David Frost.  He has just been acquitted in a case involving four sexual exploitation charges (reduced from the twelve I originally reported).  He still has to deal with a fraud charge after using a former client’s credit card without permission (yeah…Mike Danton, the guy who […]