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Former NFL Player And Agent, Horace Smith, Pleads Guilty To Fraud

Update (3/6/15): The NFLPA has informed Sports Agent Blog that they have no record of Mr. Smith ever being a certified contract advisor with them. Former NFL agent and Cincinnati Bengals player, Horace Smith, admitted in February that he used the names of football recruits to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from a veterinarian […]

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New York University 4th Annual Sports Law Colloquium

What: New York University 4th Annual Sports Law Colloquium Where: Furman Hall, Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, 245 Sullivan Street, New York, NY 10012 When: Friday, April 3, 2015 10:00am -4:00pm Description The NYU Law Sports Law Committee of the Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law Society, in collaboration with the NYU School of Professional Studies Tisch […]

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DeVante Parker Signs With Management One

Louisville WR DeVante Parker has selected agent Jimmy Gould of Management One for representation. Per Sports Business Journal, Gould will handle Parker’s playing contract as well as all marketing/endorsement deals. This is Gould’s first 1st round prospect since Peter Warrick in 2000. DeVante Parker is one of the top prospects in the NFL Draft and […]

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2nd Annual TBT Announces Partnership With ESPN And Field Expansion For 2015 Event

Building on the success from their inaugural tournament in 2014, The Basketball Tournament (TBT) has announced its plans to expand the field for the single-elimination, winner-take-all, open-application event. Last year’s tournament included only 32 teams and was hosted by Philadelphia University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year’s tournament will consist of 96 teams and the 2014 TBT Champions (‘Notre […]

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Falcons QB Matt Ryan Signs with Excel Sports Management For Marketing

Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan has signed on with agents Alan Zucker and Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Management for his marketing work and off-the-field endeavors, according to SBJ’s Liz Mullen. Ryan has decided to join on with Zucker and Excel Sports Management, the marketing agent to the Manning brothers and recently former Oregon QB […]