I’m heading up to Gainesville, Florida today for UF vs. LSU weekend. To say that I cannot wait is a huge understatement. Allen Iverson on Maccabi Haifa for U.S. games? Okay, let’s see how that turns out. I published a couple of stories on Forbes.com yesterday: 1) 1 In 5 American Parents Spending More Than […]
Earlier this year, the NCAA banned three AAU teams from playing in NCAA-certified summer basketball events based on an NCAA finding that basketball agent Andy Miller of ASM Sports “implored” AAU team administrators to recruit future draft picks for his agency. Another AAU team found to have ties to Andy Miller was the SEBL Elite All-stars (17U and 15U), but that club […]
What: Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s 3rd Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law When: Saturday, October 27, 2012 (9 a.m. – 6 p.m.) Where: Armstrong Hall Panel: Amateurism Chuck Schmidt (Associate Executive Director, Arizona Interscholastic Association) (Moderator) Timothy Epstein (Partner, SmithAmundsen) Darren Heitner (Attorney, Wolfe Law Miami P.A + Writer at Forbes) Marc […]
Former Phoenix, Arizona-based baseball agent Jason Dubin was scheduled to receive sentencing at the end of September after pleading guilty to “two counts of computer tampering with sexual motivation” resulting from his his attempt to meet two underage girls for a “blowjob tutorial.” On Friday, Dubin was sentenced to two years of probation. As reported by the […]
Amy Jo Martin’s Renegades Write The Rules (officially released tomorrow, but can be ordered today), is the social media maven’s “how-to” book that explains how she used social media to reconfigure her business and life, and how all of us can do the same. The most important take away from the 176 page (advance uncorrected […]
The NFL has become a league of teams that choose to run the ball by committee – rarely will a team rest all of its running success on one running back. This has allowed many “second options” to gain prominence, including Ben Tate of the Houston Texans. Tate was selected by the Texans in the second […]