Halloween is on Monday, but most people I know are celebrating this Saturday. Any good costume ideas? About to jump into speaking season, as I will be traveling to New York Law School next Friday and then hopping on a flight that night so that I can lend my words to the attendees of Arizona […]
Earlier this week, the world was told that an MLB agent used porn star Bibi Jones, who’s work can be easily found on websites similar to https://www.nu-bay.com/, to assist him in the recruitment of potential clients. Just yesterday, the same journalist who broke the first story released the name of the agent. According to Tony […]
Last year, sports agent Harold Lewis purchased a $27 million mansion for a relative bargain price of $4.75 million. Lewis eventually filed a lawsuit against the former owner of the mansion for failing to include a fountain, dining room furniture, and some home appliances and electronics after the home was purchased. The lawyer who negotiated the sale […]
What: Mississippi School of Law Bi-Annual Symposia: “Social Media and Intercollegiate Athletics” When: November 11, 2011 Where: Robert C. Khayat Law Center (map) The University of Mississippi School of Law will officially announce its newest law journal on November 11, 2011. The new journal will be titled, The Mississippi Sports Law Review (MSLR). These kinds […]
Michael Beasley of the Minnesota Timberwolves is currently a client of Jeff Schwartz at Excel Sports Management, but that was not always the case. Prior to hiring Schwartz, Beasley had been represented for team contract negotiations and off-court marketing deals by Joel Bell of Bell Sports, Inc. When Beasley left Bell Sports, Inc., the company filed a lawsuit […]
On November 1, 2011, a group of individuals who are tied to college sports in a variety of ways will converge in Washington D.C. to participate in a roundtable discussion titled, Hypocrisy or Hype? The Impacts of Back-Room Deals, Payoffs, and Scandals in American Collegiate Student Athletics. The roundtable has been put together by U.S. […]
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Aaron Hill has left Beverly Hills Sports Council and signed with Brian Peters and Greg Genske of Legacy Sports Group. Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal tweeted the change of representation just yesterday. Hill was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks only a couple of months ago. The Blue Jays received […]
The NBA Lockout has taken its toll on a lot more people that you may think. Other than owners forfeiting earnings due to missed games and NBA players out of jobs, there are many other team employees looking for work. Scott Lauer, the subject of this interview, was one of those team employees who suddenly […]
In the past few months, the sports media (particularly those people focusing on golf) have been fawning over golf agent Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler. The Managing Director of International Sports Management (ISM) represents Darren Clarke, Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen, Lee Westwood, and used to represent U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy. The loss of McIlroy is particularly tough for Chandler considering […]
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics was established in 1989 as an entity dedicated to searching for ways to positively reform college athletics. Today, the commission will meet in public in Washington D.C. for the first time since its October 2009 meeting in Miami, Florida. In 2009, the commission was concerned about the escalating costs […]