In the beginning of June, I reported that New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora parted ways with his agent Tony Agnone of Eastern Athletic Services. Umenyiora only had to wait five days from the date that he left Agnone to hire a new agent, but did not decide on new representation until last week, when he hired Tom Condon […]
Yesterday was my half-birthday. Don’t laugh – I actually used to celebrate my half birthday growing up (just another excuse to party…or shove chocolate cake in my face). This looks like a good cause: Help Support the Netanya Foundation’s Hoops for Kids Program. One thing I always love about the Olympics is the great morale […]
Professional athletes have people they trust to manage their money. They also hire business managers to control finances, accounting, trust work, and day-to-day bill pay. But all too often we see many of these so-called trusted advisors breach that level of trust. The most important question, though, is “who is managing the advisors?” Financial advisors […]
What: Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law’s 4th Annual Symposium – The Dark Side of Sports and Entertainment Law When: Friday, September 7, 2012 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Where: Eidman Courtroom at the University of Texas School of Law Agenda 8:30-9:00 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast 9:00-9:15 a.m. – Opening Speakers: Professor David Sokolow, Mr. Tristan Griffin 9:15-10:45 a.m. – […]
The life of a baseball agent is a constant grind. Tony Ciccolella of Excess Sports would likely put up no resistance to the making of such a statement. Ciccolella is a happy graduate of the Sports Management Worldwide (SMWW) program who has been able to achieve a fair amount of success on his own. I recently discussed his […]
Product Review by University of Miami law school student and Wolfe Law Miami, P.A. law clerk, Amber Wilson. Follow her @aywilson. Let me start off by disclosing that I am a Miami Heat fan (disclaimer: if you live in Boston, or just about anywhere with an area code other than 305, don’t give up on […]
Representing a cricketer is like representing no other athlete in the world. Whilst agents managing clients in Football, Hockey or Basketball only need to deal with one league at a time, the ever evolving cricket landscape means it’s conceivable for a cricketer to be employed in a number of countries. In fact, a cricketer may […]
Jeff Otah has had a full plate as of late. The offensive tackle was traded by the Carolina Panthers to the New York Jets last week, only to go back to the Panthers based on the trade not going through due to Otah’s failure to pass a mandatory physical. Otah was a first round pick by […]
Former United States Golf Association (USGA) Girls Junior champion and 11-year LPGA Tour golfer Emilee Klein has joined Lagardère Unlimited’s Golf Division as a player manager. She will work directly with Eddie Smith, who currently represents 9 LPGA golfers, including Wendy Ward, who was on the same golf team as Klein at Arizona State University on NCAA championship teams in 1993-94. Klein […]
The Olympics have been an absolute joy to watch, even if it is tape delayed. How about this story about a French swimmer getting a tattoo in Hebrew that translates to: “I am nothing without them.” And what about Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel knocking off Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, who won the gold […]