Press Release: NORWALK, CT (May 3, 2016) – Octagon, a global sports and entertainment marketing leader, proudly announces the agency has retained its business with BMW of North America. Octagon will continue its 27-year relationship as the automaker’s Sports Sponsorship and Experiential Marketing Agency of Record into 2019 following a competitive agency pitch process. “Octagon […]
Month: May 2016
We already know that sports agents handle business and legal deals for professionals. They take care of all the contracts, negotiations and sponsorships for the player. A poker agent has similar responsibilities. They help successful poker players to take their branding and business to the next level, improving and diversifying income streams and managing PR. […]
Chinese basketball player Zhou Qi, nicknamed “the big devil king”, will enter the 2016 NBA draft. Zhou represents the second big-name Chinese player to come out of China since Yao Ming played for the Houston Rockets. At 7 feet 2 inches tall, Zhou Qi (pronounced “Joe Chee”) is an imposing big man with the rare […]
According to SBJ, Maryland center, Diamond Stone, has signed with Tandem Sports & Entertainment for his representation in the 2016 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-11, 255 pound Stone did not have to go very far from the Maryland campus in College Park, MD to his new agency – Tandem is located in Arlington, VA a mere […]