Jimmer Fredette is to BYU as Kemba Walker is to the University of Connecticut. UConn has advanced to the Sweet 16 and fans should be thanking Kemba for the 33 points he contributed to the team in its battle against the University of Cincinnati on Saturday night. Next up for UConn is San Diego State […]
Year: 2011
This is coming to you late, but better than never. We continue the Agent Selection Scenarios series with Purdue. The Boilermakers destroyed St. Peters by 22 points earlier today, with JaJuan Johnson scoring 16 points and notching 16 rebounds. Purdue will play the winner of Georgetown and VCU, which is in progress at the time of […]
Barak Netanya wishes you a Happy Purim. I am up in Atlanta, Georgia for the day, speaking to the student body at Emory University. I absolutely love this time of the year. I do not think there is a sport event as engaging as the NCAA Tournament. And the icing on the cake is that […]
As each NCAA Tournament, NIT Tournament, CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and CBI Tournament team gets knocked out of their respective tournaments, more and more college basketball players will make a decision regarding whether they will leave school for the professional ranks prior to the exhaustion of their student-athlete eligibility. At the same time, those early entries along […]
The world has been overcome with Jimmer Fredette fever. At least for a couple of weeks, Justin Bieber’s fever has been cured. For quite some time, many people believed that a full-squad, healthy BYU team had a chance to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament, and even possibly make it to the Final […]
What: Sports Lawyers Association 37th Annual Conference When: May 19-21, 2011 Where: Renaissance Hotel, Washington D.C. (map) Easiest to learn about the panels, cost, registration, and other pertinent information by sifting through the brochure, which is embedded below. Attire: Business casual
Going into the season, I thought Syracuse had a fantastic shot at winning the National Title. As a #3 seed, the Orange still are in a nice position to make a post-season run; however, unfortunately for Scoop, Kris, et al., they have to make it through a very difficult East Region. Will they actually put […]
Later this month IMG and SportsBusiness Journal/SportsBusiness Daily are hosting their annual World Congress of Sports. It is seen as one of the most prominent conferences in Sports Business with A-List Speakers and fantastic networking opportunities. This year’s Congress will be held at the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami, Florida. The Panel List reads as […]
The San Diego State Aztecs are not an NCAA Basketball powerhouse. Needless to say, SDSU cannot brag about having a bunch of former players make it to the NBA. In fact, hardly any SDSU alumni have played professionally, even excluding the NBA. But let’s give some love to the #2 seed in the West Region. […]
What: 2nd Annual Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law Spring Symposium When: March 24, 2011 Where: Eidman Courtroom and Joe Jamail Pavilion (at University of Texas School of Law) Title: “The Role of Agents in Sports & Entertainment Law” Agenda 9:00-9:30 am Registration and Coffee 9:30-10:00 am Opening Remarks 10:00-11:00 am Professor David Caudill, […]