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Hockey Sports Agents

Rookie Duties: Back on the Horse

Well, some good news came last week – Matt had his final doctor’s appointment and fortunately he was cleared to play. While the Louisiana camp which Matt was originally signed up for started this past Friday and ended just yesterday, the GM still only has one defense-man signed, so he has been fairly flexible with […]

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College Football Players Headline NFL Players Sports Agents

No Media Love For Eugene Parker

Eugene Parker has had a very rough 2009 (minus the pleasant commissions that he takes).  Michael Crabtree‘s holdout was the story that would not go away.  It lasted from the start of training camp all the way to Week 5 of the regular season.  All the while, Parker kept himself away from the media.  No […]

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Headline Recruiting Sports Agents

Identifying the Strengths and Weaknesses of an Agent

Darren and I were chatting last week and we realized that it’s been some time since I had posted anything on the site, so I wanted to remedy that with this new article. This article is posted in the hope that it provides athletes with a way to more accurately assess the skills of an […]

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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/9/09)

Huge game this weekend.  If UF beats LSU, does UF become a unanimous #1 amongst all sports writers?  My boys at Bus Leagues Baseball had Dynasty client, Atahualpa Severino, as its 5th best Pitcher of the Year in the Minors in 2009.   What a week for Minnesota.  Amazing Vikings game followed by an even more […]

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Contract Negotiation Headline NFL Players Performance Analysis

Don’t Underachieve? You Better Believe

The end of the 2009 NFL season will allow a number of solid football players to hit the open market. Usually, in the last year of players’ contracts, that player will play hard and put forth a great deal of effort in order to receive a substantial contract the following year. This year, however, some […]

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Performance Analysis Soccer Sports Business

Teams in Transition

Although the transfer window may be shut, it hasn’t stopped the drama for many club executives involved in English football. Newcastle United, owned by Mike Ashley, was recently relegated from the FA Premier League’s top division after spending some time at the bottom of league. It goes without mentioning that fans are clearly upset at […]

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Colleges Sports Agents

All Aboard The Hawkeye Express

With over 2,340 posts, we proudly can call this site the official sports agent blog.  Jack Bechta, owner of JB Sports and writer at the National Football Post, is working his way to claim the official sports agent vlog.  He has been very generous to those interested in a look into the life of a […]

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Colleges Entertainment Headline Sports Law

Harvard Is Calling For Your Papers

Ashwin Krishnan (Editor-in-Chief) and Josh Podoll (Submissions Editor) at the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law (JSEL) are currently soliciting and reviewing submissions for the very first edition of its Journal.  Their plan is to publish the inaugural issue of the Journal in Spring 2010 and they believe that you kind people reading this […]

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Agent Spotlights Sports Agents

Agent Spotlight: Darek Braunecker

If you want to look at hotbeds for young baseball talent, the first places you will look at California, Florida, and Texas.  They are heavily populated, warm weather states, with traditionally strong high school and college programs.  However, there is also a lot of competition amongst agents in those states, trying to secure the rights […]

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NBA Teams

NBA: Atlantic Division Previews

Here we are back for the third straight year as a part of CelticsBlog.com’s NBA Division Previews.  For the past two years, I have covered the Miami Heat preview (2007 preview link, 2008 preview link).  My prediction last year was scary close.  I said the Heat would go 42-40 (which was a bold statement after […]