According to Yahoo! Sports NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski, veteran and highly respected sports agent, Arn Tellem has agreed to become the Vice Chairman of Palace Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns the Detroit Pistons. Per ESPN.com, Tellem will be in charge of business operations and league initiatives for the Pistons, as well as be […]
Yesterday, I published a few social media posts describing my joy that Sports Agent Blog is approaching 10 million tracked page views since its inception on December 31, 2005. One of the responses I received was from JB Bernstein, the subject of Disney’s Million Dollar Arm movie. He suggested that I do a top 10 list of what I […]
According to a Tweet from Jerry Crasnick, The ACES Group has added two new MLB clients to its roster: Diamondbacks OF David Peralta and Royals IF Christian Colon. The Venezuelan born Peralta is hitting .258 this season with 5 HR and 24 RBI. Originally signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher in 2006, […]
Excel Sports Management has hired veteran sports marketing agent Bill Sanders as Senior Vice President of Athlete and Talent Marketing. Before joining Excel, Sanders was Senior Vice President of Personal Brand Management at PMK•BNC, and before that he served as Chief Marketing Officer of BDA Sports Management. Excel has a roster that includes star athletes […]
Per Darren Heitner, Roc Nation has hired Kyle Thousand as its Managing Director of Baseball. He was previously at Excel Sports Management as a MLBPA Certified Player Agent. Thousand played collegiate baseball at the University of Iowa and was drafted in the 26th round of the 2003 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He played […]