Shabbat Shalom everybody! I will be heading to the Miami Dolphins vs. Carolina Panthers game tonight to check out some preseason action. The story of the week (and possibly the year) was easily penned by Charles Robinson at Yahoo! Sports. His article, Renegade Miami football booster spells out illicit benefits to players, is still one […]
There are a lot more undrafted free agents (UDFAs) being signed by NFL teams this year compared to years past. The main reason for that is the fact that NFL teams are now able to bring 90 players into training camp. Whether the UDFAs who are signed actually make it onto their respective teams’ regular […]
First Round Gerrit Cole (Pittsburgh Pirates) – Boras Corp. – I assume this negotiation was not as brutal as Pedro Alvarez’s? Danny Hultzen (Seattle Mariners) – Creative Artists Agency Trevor Bauer (Arizona Diamondbacks) – Wasserman Media Group Dylan Bundy (Baltimore Orioles) – Jay Franklin (BBI Sports Group) – I hope he will look as good […]
When the United Football League (UFL) was just beginning at the tail end of 2007, Michael Huyghue was asked to become the new league’s Commissioner. Huyghue’s résumé spoke for itself. He was Senior Vice President of Football Operations for the Jacksonville Jaguars prior to becoming the President and CEO of a successful Jacksonville, Florida based sports agency titled, Axcess Sports […]
Back in 2009 I reviewed Tank Black’s book titled, Tanked! The Tank Black Story. Black wrote the book roughly a year post-release from prison. He found his way behind bars in July 2000 after being accused of stealing money from clients and illegally paying money to college players to induce them to sign with his company, along with […]
I have covered baseball agent Barry Meister of Meister Sports Management on this website multiple times in the past, but never had the opportunity to speak to him. The circumstance surrounding my first communication with Meister is an unfortunate one (the passing of one of his colleagues), but I am thankful that Meister reached out to me […]
In a December 2010 Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up post, I linked to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article that discussed sports agent Harold Lewis’ purchase of a $27 million mansion for a relative bargain price of $4.75 million. At the time of purchase, Lewis said, “We look at it as turning lemon into lemonade.” Months later, it looks […]
University of Michigan baseball assistant coach Matt White has announced that he is leaving the Michigan baseball program to join up with super agency Boras Corp. led by agent Scott Boras. White was only at Michigan for a little over a year. While in Ann Arbor, White assisted the Wolverines as the team’s pitching coach. Prior to joining […]
NFL football is back! The Middle East could become an even more volatile region if the United Nations general assembly approves a resolution recognizing the state of Palestine with a capital of East Jerusalem. Michael Crowley of TIME believes that Palestinian statehood could become a big campaign issue. Former Israeli envoy Gabriela Shalev thinks that […]
Earlier this week, Bloomberg aired a fantastic profile of baseball super-agent Scott Boras. Bloomberg highlighted everything from Boras’ early days growing up on a farm and listening to baseball on the radio up to negotiating some of the biggest contracts in the MLB. Great stories include Boras’ own negotiation with the St. Louis Cardinals when […]