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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/5/2010)

It sure is nice to be back in South Florida for a semi-extended period of time.  I will be down here until March 14, when I start the last month of my life as a college student.  Law school is so close to being over, but even after I graduate, I will never stop learning. […]

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Boxing Entertainment MMA Ultimate Fighting

James Toney Signs a UFC Contract

It actually happened. After a few months of extreme persistence and incoherent rants, former boxing champion, James Toney, has gotten his way and has signed a deal to fight for the UFC. Toney first started his campaign to fight for the UFC on January 2nd, 2010 at UFC 108, where he was demanding to talk to […]

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Dynasty Athlete Representation MLB Players MLB Teams

Johnny Lujan Becomes A Part Of Dynasty

I would like to welcome a new member into the Dynasty family, a week after he and his wife welcomed a new child into their own family.  Johnny Lujan, a Triple A pitcher with the New York Mets, had his first child; a daughter named Eden Isabella Lujan.  We wish Johnny, his wife Erica, and […]

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Dynasty Athlete Representation MLB Players

The Start Of Spring Training Play For Pete Parise

In 10 minutes, the St. Louis Cardinals will take the field for their first game of Spring Training vs. the New York Mets.  Pete Parise is not on the traveling roster for today’s game, so he will not be reporting to St. Lucie, but neither are a majority of the Cardinals pitchers.  Parise threw some […]

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Hockey

How Much Does the Trade Deadline Alter Team Chemistry in the NHL?

The NHL trading deadline has passed, and this year was the busiest in history.  Prior to the 3PM deadline on March 3, 30 trades took place.  With these trades, the rights to 53 players and 25 draft picks changed hands.  Compared to Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA, the NHL typically has an […]

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NFL Players NFL Teams

An Update To The 2010 NFL Mock Draft

Dominic Perilli does not update his 2010 NFL Mock Draft every day like some of the other NFL Mockers out there, and I know that is because he wants to make sure that he puts out a quality product.  Dominic put a lot of time into his most recent update, which was posted early this […]

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Headline Sports Agents

Alvin Keels And Corporate Athletic Management Join Forces

Earlier this week, it was reported that Alvin Keels, a young (early thirties) and successful NFL agent who was President of Global Management Group, merged with a new startup firm, Corporate Athletic Management.  Keels has a unique story.  He started his own agency at the age of twenty one and had a client drafted by […]

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College Basketball Players

Tourney Hopes in Turmoil

March Madness may be just a few weeks away, but for the Purdue Boilermakers, the excitement may have ended February 24th with the loss of Robbie Hummel. While it’s a given that Purdue will be in the Tournament, the question is, how far will they go? The answer lies in a simple equation: Team – […]

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Colleges Headline Sports Law

James Paxton’s College Baseball Career Is Over

James Paxton‘s fight with the NCAA brings out everything I hate about organized sports.  When it becomes all about money, power, and respect, people suffer.  Those, like Paxton, who do nothing illegal, unethical, nothing out of hatred or spite, but still get punished, show the problems that may exist in organized sport.  When institutions grow […]

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Headline MLB Players Sports Law

Athletes Premier International And Hendricks Sports Management Reach Settlement

Most claims get settled before they ever make it to court.  File Athletes Premier International, Inc. v. Hendricks Sports Management in that class of claims.  Yesterday, Jon Heyman and Melissa Segura of Sports Illustrated, reported that the parties have settled for an undisclosed amount of money.  In all likelihood, Mejia agreed to keep the settlement […]