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Roc Nation Sports Signs Boxer John Bauza

Per a tweet from the company, Roc Nation Sports has added 18 year old John Bauza to its Boxing roster. Bauza is a Junior Welterweight from San Juan, Puerto Rico and will make his professional debut on April 23 at the Roger L. Mendoza Coliseum in Caguas, Puerto Rico, as part of Miguel Cotto Promotions’ DIRECTV Boxing Nights […]

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Headline Hockey Sports Business

Octagon Hockey and GONGSHOW Launch Original Content Series: The Road

Per a press release from the company, with less than 70 days till the 2016 NHL Draft, Octagon Hockey, a leading global hockey representation agency, and GONGSHOW, the world’s most innovative Lifestyle Hockey Apparel company, have created an original content series, The Road. A six-episode series, The Road follows the path of eight top hockey prospects preparing and training for […]

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Lauren Thompson Signs With Fidelity Sports Group

Press Release: Lauren Thompson, a fixture on Golf Channel, signs with Fidelity Sports Group for exclusive representation across broadcasting, endorsements, appearances, and philanthropy. Orlando, Florida (April 15th, 2016)–Media personality Lauren Thompson has signed with Fidelity Sports for exclusive worldwide sports marketing and management representation. She will be co-represented by Fidelity Sports’ principles David Moorman and […]

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College Basketball Players Headline NBA Players Sports Agents

Wasserman Signs NBA Prospects Georges Niang And Stephen Zimmerman

Per a press release from the company, Wasserman today announced the signing of two NBA Draft prospects – Georges Niang and Stephen Zimmerman. Niang will be represented by agents Thad Foucher and Makhtar Ndiaye and Zimmerman by agent Darren ‘Mats’ Matsubara. Both have signed with Wasserman for representation in all areas. Iowa State forward Georges Niang is a 2016 consensus […]

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College Basketball Players Headline WNBA

UConn Phenom Breanna Stewart Signs With Wasserman

Per a tweet from Sports Business Journal’s Liz Mullen, Unviersity of Connecticut basketball player Breanna Stewart has signed a representation agreement with Wasserman. She will be managed by Lindsay Kagawa Colas. Breanna Stewart was a dominant player all the way through her 4 years at Connecticut. Amongst her many accolades, she is the only player […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (4/15/2016)

Coming to you live from New York today, where I am speaking on a fantasy sports panel at Cozen O’Connor’s Sports Law event, which features fantastic panelists throughout. We are quickly coming up to the 2016 NFL Draft and just learned about a blockbuster trade between the Tennessee Titans and St. Louis Rams, swapping the […]

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Headline Soccer

Soccer Player Banned By FIFA For Not Paying Agent

FIFA has come down hard on Premier League player Emmanuel Eboue. The Sunderland defender has been banned for 1 year for not paying commissions to his former agent. The 32 year-old has seen his contract with the team, which he only signed in March, ripped up. The payment in question dates back to July 2013 […]

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College Basketball Players Headline Recruiting Sports Agents

Georges Niang Signs With Wasserman

As reported by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, former Iowa State standout forward, Georges Niang, has signed with Wasserman for his 2016 NBA Draft representation. He will be represented by Thad Foucher and Makhtar Ndiaye. The 6-foot-8, 230 pound Massachusetts native finished his four-year career in Ames, IA with a senior year average of 20.5 PPG, 6.2 […]

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Roc Nation Sports Signs NBA Prospect Michael Gbinije

Per a press release from Berk Communications, on the heels of signing former Marquette University point forward Henry Ellenson, Roc Nation Sports today announced the signing of 2016 NBA draft prospect and former Syracuse University guard Michael Gbinije. Initially beginning his collegiate career at Duke University, Gbinije transferred to Syracuse following his freshman year. After sitting out […]

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College Basketball Players Headline NBA Players Sports Agents

Roc Nation Sports Signs Henry Ellenson

Per a release by Berk Communications, earlier today, Roc Nation Sports announced the signing of 2016 NBA draft prospect and former Marquette University forward Henry Ellenson. A highly-touted high school recruit, Ellenson made an immediate impact in the collegiate ranks, earning first team All-Big East First Team honors, Big East Freshman of the Year, and finishing the […]