The Boston Marathon bombing was shocking, disappointing and sad. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of anyone who was killed or injured in the attack. There have been excellent columns written about the atrocities, and I implore you to scour the web to read some of them. Shifting gears. A couple of nights […]
What: Aba Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries Presents From New York to Hollywood to South Beach:The Fourth Annual International Legal Symposium onthe World of Music, Film, Television and Sports When: May 2-3, 2013 Where: The Palms Hotel & Spa: 3025 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, 33140 The document, embedded below, contains the symposium schedule, location information, […]
What: St. John’s University School of Law Spring 2013 Symposium: Arbitration in Professional Sport When: Friday, April 19, 2013 (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) Where: St. John’s School of Law, Belson Moot Court Room | Second Floor, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439 Schedule 8:30 – 9 a.m. Registration and Light Breakfast 9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome Michael […]
Safety Jerron McMillian played his college ball at Maine before he was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. When drafted, McMillian was represented by Abu Toppin of Reliance Sports Management (RSM). However, according to Andy Simms, McMillian has recently made a change, and Simms is the beneficiary of that decision. [blackbirdpie […]
Basketball players who have declared for the 2013 NBA Draft have until tomorrow to withdraw their names and return to their respective schools should they determine that it is not yet the right time for them to join the professional ranks. Complying with the NCAA Early Entry Withdrawal Deadline will be enough for those aforementioned […]
Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher, Heath Bell, is in his first year with the club. On December 1, 2011, he signed a hefty 3-year, $27 million contract with the Miami Marlins, but as was the case with the vast majority of players signed to large contracts with the Marlins, Bell was on his way out of […]
Landon Williams was a part of Creative Artists Agency’s (CAA) baseball division when the company negotiated the largest contract (at the time) in baseball history. It was a $127.5 million deal for San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain. Prior to joining CAA, Williams helped build and brand a baseball division at Athletic Resource Management (ARM), increasing […]
On April 2, The Hollywood Reporter had a front page story titled, “Relativity Secures $115M Revolving Line of Credit.” I did not hear a peep from a person (save one) in the sports industry, but should it at least be on sports business professionals’ radar? While everyone was fawning over Jay-Z entering the world of […]
In July 2011, outfielder Colby Rasmus was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays. Since then, Rasmus has signed a couple of one year deals: a $2.7 million contract in January 2012 and a $4.675 million contract in January of this year. He was represented by Beverly Hills Sports Council for both of those […]
Golf agent Mark Steinberg is known throughout the agent community as being very “laid back,” “behind the scenes,” and “reserved.” Those are some of the words that I have heard agents used when describing the long-time agent of Tiger Woods, among other popular golfers. However, even the quiet Steinberg opened up to Sports Agent Blog […]